Coupeville Sports

Wynter Thorne and her Wolf hoops teammates are rolling through a successful “off season.” (John Fisken photo)

Still rollin’.

Spreading the offense around, with three players in double figures, Coupeville’s girls’ hoops squad improved to 2-0 in “fall ball” play after drilling a Canadian team Sunday.

The Wolves, paced by Rachael Arand’s 16-point, 10-rebound performance, bounced the Panthers 45-32 in a knock-down battle.

Coupeville had superior height and a deeper bench, which eventually overcame the Canucks, who were “fast, tough and extremely scrappy.”

Coming out hot, the Wolves rolled to an early 10-2 lead, before a rash of turnovers threatened to squash their chances.

Down 23-17 at the half, Coupeville started to click midway through the second half.

Utilizing its bench, it had players flying in and out of the game, kept the pace quicker than the Panthers wanted it, and eventually ran the Canadians out of the gym.

Arand, the team’s lone non-Wolf (she lives on South Whidbey and plays for Bush High School), was backed by the killer one-two combo of Kailey Kellner and Makana Stone.

Kellner dropped in 10 of her 12 points in the second half, while hauling down nine boards on the day.

Stone filled the stat sheet with 10 points, a team-high 16 rebounds, three blocks, three steals and three assists.

Monica Vidoni dropped in five and Lindsey Roberts added a bucket to round out the scoring.

The entire squad rebounded strongly, with Vidoni (4), Kacie Kiel (3), Mia Littlejohn (3), Lauren Grove (2), Wynter Thorne (2) and Roberts (1) all chipping in.

Kiel also added two blocks.