The Sands Mustangs fell to 11th in this week’s Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ Class 1A state poll, but that doesn’t seem to bother Sands Coach Ben Connell.“Right now I’m more concerned with us getting better than any ranking,” Connell said.The Mustangs lost their final game before the Thanksgiving break to the Valley Patriots, 40-30, at Jayton on Monday. Valley is ranked fifth in that same poll.A shaky start got the Mustangs into trouble. Sands trailed 7-2 at the end of the first quarter and 18-12 at the half. Valley outscored Sands, 9-4, in the third quarter, but the Mustangs ...