Coupeville Sports

Lindsey Roberts and the Wolf varsity are all smiles at a stellar 14-4. (John Fisken photo)

“When we play well and things are clicking, we are a fun team to watch!”

That being said, Coupeville High School girls’ basketball coach David King would like to see a little more consistency from his squad.

The Wolves played brilliantly in spurts Thursday, easily bashing host Chimacum 47-24 to run their record to 14-4 overall, 8-0 in conference play.

It’s the second time this season Coupeville has put together a five-game winning streak, and leaves them one win (Saturday at home against Klahowya) from wrapping up a second straight unbeaten run through the 1A Olympic League.

“I’m looking for us to come out Saturday and play a complete game,” King said. “We need to strive to be consistent from the beginning of the game until the final buzzer.”

The Wolves jumped all over the Cowboys right from the start, with Makana Stone throwing down 10 of her game-high 20 in the first quarter to outscore Chimacum by herself.

Mia Littlejohn kicked things off with “a good inside pass” to Tiffany Briscoe for Coupeville’s first bucket, something of a trend of late.

From there, the Wolves rolled to an 18-8 lead after the first eight minutes, but then hit a rough spot in the second.

While its defense was on top of things, only giving up four points in the quarter, the Coupeville offense went MIA, only adding six to its total.

“In the second we just flat out went cold on offense,” King said. “Two things contributed to this, turnovers and lack of putting the ball through the hoop.”

Also hurting CHS was foul trouble, as Stone and deadly outside sniper Kailey Kellner found themselves planted on the bench for much of the second quarter.

But then, as quickly as things stalled out, the fire was re-lit.

With multiple players stepping up — Lauren Grove sank a 12-foot jumper, Littlejohn banged home a pair of buckets, Lindsey Roberts scored on a put-back off of a rebound and Kyla Briscoe “got aggressive and hit a shot” — the Wolves went off on a game-busting 17-3 tear.

Up 41-15 heading into the fourth, King was able to give his swing players (Lauren Rose, Skyler Lawrence, Allison Wenzel and Kyla Briscoe) extensive playing time, which saves wear and tear on his starters while helping the younger players get valuable floor time.

Coupeville controlled the boards, winning the rebounding game 38-21, largely thanks to Roberts, who snagged a career-high 11, and Stone, who corralled 10.

Grove added six while Tiffany Briscoe had five.

Stone’s 20 points gives her 341 on the season (342 would equal 19 a game), while Littlejohn (7), Roberts (6), Kellner (4), Tiffany Briscoe (4), Grove (3) and Kyla Briscoe (3) all chipped in.