Coupeville Sports

   Jered Brown netted 11 Saturday, including a game-busting breakaway bucket off of a steal. (John Fisken photo)

   After hitting seven three-point bombs, Mason Grove (center) was so hot the wall turned red above his head. (Kimberly Bepler photo)

The real show was in the side room.

Pitting three-ball flinging mad men against South Whidbey’s big bangers, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad pulled out a wild 55-51 win Saturday night.

In a game where the lead went back-and-forth all night, the Wolves, now 3-2, held on to grab victory on the strength of their shooting from behind the arc.

Freshman Mason Grove knocked down seven treys, including three in the fourth quarter, as CHS countered a Falcon lineup which included freshmen who come in at 6’5 and 6’4.

Clinging to a one-point lead entering the final quarter, the Wolves put the ball in Grove’s hands and he answered, scoring half of his team-high 24 points in the final eight minutes.

That point total is the best by a CHS player this year, varsity or JV.

Grove’s treys also came in the white hot spotlight, with one tying the game late in the going and the next one giving Coupeville the lead for good.

Jered Brown, who tossed in 11 points in support, followed up Grove’s back-to-back bombs with a steal that he turned into a breakaway to seal the deal.

Drawing a defender to him while on the fly, the Wolf frosh hit a reverse layup, then added a free-throw after getting hammered at the end of the play.

“Jered is one of the toughest kids I’ve coached, and that’s saying a lot,” said Coupeville coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh.

Also coming up big were Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, who “did the yeoman’s work” in trying to deal with the Falcon’s big duo, and Ulrik Wells and Nikolai Lyngra, who did “a fantastic job” helping the Wolves deal with losing three players to fouling out.

Pacquette-Pilgrim dropped in eight in support of Grove and Brown, while Sean Toomey-Stout (5), Koa Davison (4) and Kyle Rockwell (3) also scored for the Wolves.