East Central is 0-10 against Steele since January of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The East Central Hornets will square off against the Steele Knights at 7:00 p.m.
East Central lost 60-39 to Judson on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 320th, while the Rockets are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Steele had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They breezed by the Buffaloes to the tune of 52-23. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 21 points or more this season.
Steele is also on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.9 points per game. As for East Central, their loss dropped their record down to 17-14.
East Central lost to Steele on the road by a decisive 52-37 margin in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can East Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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