On the very first Friday in the month of February, the New Braunfels Unicorns played their final home game of the season, as they took on district rivals Alamo Heights. The Unicorns came into the game, winners of their last six out of eight games, and was sitting in second place in district standings. Meanwhile, the Mules of Alamo Heights came into the night winning two straight and was sitting 4th in the standings of district 26. Each team has an eye on the post season, as the season is quickly coming to an end.
The Unicorns jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the beginning of the first quarter. Led by great defense throughout the quarter, the Unicorns was suffocating the Mules with their defense in the early part of the game. On a night to give a tribute to their seniors, the players, and student section was rallying the Unicorns on in the first. By the end of the first, the Unicorns led 19-7, a completely dominating opening quarter by New Braunfels. In the second quarter, however, the Mules came to life, and outscored the Unicorns 16-12, to make it an eight-point New Braunfels lead heading into the second half.
In the third, the Mule once again outscored New Braunfels, this time to the tune of 15-12, on the strength of some great three-point shooting for the Mules. Going into the fourth, the Unicorns lead was down to five. But a spirited, yet, competitive fourth, the Unicorns outscored the Mules 19-17 and won by a final score of 62-55. New Braunfels improved to 26-7, and 10-4 in district play. Meanwhile, the Mules dropped to 21-9, 7-6 in district play, still holding on to that final playoff spot for district 26.
The night, however, was bigger than the result for New Braunfels. This senior heavy team had a total of 11 seniors play their final game inside of Unicorns Arena. In an emotional night for the New Braunfels school, and community, the seniors went out on top in their final home game in their gym.
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