Team Belize Falls Short, But Makes a StatementBelize did not get the win, but it may have earned something just as important: respect. But for those close to the program, the bigger story is not what Belize failed to do, but how far the national basketball team has come. Three years ago, this Belizean squad, minus Josiah Mosely, fell to the Dominican Republic by seventeen points on Belizean soil. For Belize Basketball Federation President Jacob Leslie, Tuesday night’s performance wasn’t an isolated result. For a young team wearing “Belize” across its chest, every game is bigger than basketball.