By Sloane Samberson

BubbleLife Intern

The varsity boys of Coppell High School's basketball team fought a hard battle last night. In an incredibly close game, the Cowboys beat the Flower Mound Jaguars, 60-59.

Coppell (20-12) has one more game, a play-in, against the Jaguars (19-12) on Friday night at Grapevine High School at 7:30 p.m, to fight for the final playoff spot in District 5-5A.

Last nights game was especially important for it was Senior Night.

13 of the 16 boys on the basketball team made their way down court to be introduced by their name and number followed by what they have done in their high school career and where they want to attend college.

They posed for a quick photo and presented their mother with an exquisite bouquet of flowers.

The game quickly proceeded on after.

Senior point guard, Landon Gosling, made the first goal of the game by free throw. Goesling was all over the court, shooting baskets back to back, doing everything in his ability to bring home a win. He finished with 19 points to lead the Cowboys.

It was a constant toggle of who was winning and who was losing. One second Coppell was on top the next Flower Mound. Keeping the Jaguars in the game was junior guard Jake Feickert. Feickert scored a game-high 27 points.

At the start of the second quarter senior forward, Simi Socks, scored a three pointer. Flower Mound then came in strong scoring 9 points consecutively.

Senior forward, Chad Kaiser, broke Flower Mound’s scoring streak by adding one more point to the scoreboard. By the end of the second quarter, the score was 28-35 and things were not looking great for Coppell.

The third quarter was very subtle, but by the start of the fourth quarter the score was 43-42, Coppell being back on top.

At this point, the game was up in the air. The score was constantly one point apart from being tied.
There was 30 seconds left in the game, the score was 58-56 and Flower Mound had the ball.

Flower Mound ran the ball for 20 seconds until Socks stole the ball with 10 seconds left.
Timeout was called multiple times before the clock actually ran. Coppell senior guard Brandon
Watson made a pair of free throws, which bumped up their score to be 60-56.

Though Feickert hit a three-pointer as the final buzzer sounded, the Cowboys took home another win and are ready to face the Jaguars on Friday.