James Vidoni, seen here in an earlier game, scored a bucket Saturday. (John Fisken photo)
A quick look at the final score wouldn’t tell the whole story.
As far as the stat keepers care, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball team fell 65-54 to visiting Mount Vernon Christian Saturday.
The loss dropped the Wolf young guns to 2-8 on the season, and they’ll now be off until Coupeville travels to Chimacum Jan. 19.
But what that score doesn’t tell you is how CHS almost pulled off a stunning comeback.
Despite being saddled with severe foul trouble most of the game, which forced Wolf coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh to get creative with his lineups, the Wolves used a big fourth quarter to storm back into the game.
Trailing by 19 at the half, Coupeville cut the lead to five with 1:30 to play.
Unfortunately, they had to foul in an effort to get the ball back and the Hurricanes closed out the game at the line, tacking on a three-ball with 15 seconds left to balloon out the final score.
Freshman Ty Eck, the only player to score in every quarter, paced the Wolves with a team-high 18, tossing in four treys along the way.
Cameron Toomey-Stout added 13, with nine of those coming during the 22-point fourth quarter rally, while Brian Shank was steady with 10, all coming in the second half.
Ariah Bepler (5), Gabe Eck (4), James Vidoni (2) and Hunter Downes (2) rounded out the Wolf scorers, while Beauman Davis and Andre Avila also saw floor time.
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