The Sands Mustangs and Borden County Coyotes split their big District 8-1A varsity basketball doubleheader Friday night at Ackerly. Pesky defense has been a Mustang girls trademark during the Ben Connell era as coach. It played a big factor Friday night as 13thranked Sands cooled off the 20th-ranked Borden County Coyotes, 39-26. The Coyote girls have put up 73 points or more point in five of their games this season, including 102 against Ralls in their fourth game of the season. “Our girls play great defense. Defensively, our girls did a great job limiting their three-point shooters tonight,” Connell said. “They didn’t hit ...