Andre Avila, seen here in an earlier game, had three rebounds and four assists in a win Wednesday night. (John Fisken photo)
Fourth quarter warriors.
Playing their best ball over the final eight minutes Wednesday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad stormed back to knock off visiting Orcas Island 58-43.
The Wolves used a 22-7 advantage in the fourth to break open a tie ball game and net their first win of the season.
Now 1-3, Coupeville’s young guns were led by Ty Eck, who went off for a team-high 22, including five treys, and Luke Merriman, who dropped in 20.
Gabe Eck added 10, Ariah Bepler banked home four and James Vidoni swished a basket to complete the scoring output.
The Wolves started to run away with the game in the early going, jumping out to a 17-5 lead after one.
Orcas chipped away, though, using 15-12 and 16-7 surges in the middle two quarters to knot things up at 36 entering the final eight minutes of play.
After that it was all Coupeville, all the time.
Gabe Eck hauled down 11 boards, handed out five assists and made off with two steals to help fill up the stat sheet, while his brother had four rebounds and two steals.
Merriman liked the number three, racking up that total in three categories (rebounds, steals and assists).
Andre Avila chipped in with three rebounds and four assists, Vidoni had two rebounds and Bepler and Beauman Davis each corralled a loose carom.
Coupeville Sports 
Leave a comment