It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact United can now relate to. They received a blow on Tuesday as they fell 67-52 to the Steele Knights. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while the Knights are ranked 42nd).
This is the second loss in a row for United and nudges their season record down to 19-16. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points over those games. As for Steele, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season.
United does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Steele, they will challenge Weslaco on Thursday. Weslaco will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Steele surely won't give up without a fight.
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