Coupeville Sports

   Ulrik Wells dropped in four points Tuesday to help power the Coupeville JV to a win at Concrete. (John Fisken photo)

Never skipped a beat.

Playing without three of their four tallest players Tuesday, the Coupeville High School JV boys’ basketball squad turned to the three-ball and knocked off host Concrete 40-36.

The win, which snaps a brief two-game skid, lifts the Wolves to 5-4 headed into Christmas break.

Coupeville played without big men Kyle Rockwell, Koa Davison and Jacobi Pacquette-Pilgrim, but sharpshooter Mason Grove picked up the offensive slack.

Raining down 17 points, including four treys, he kept the Wolves alive early, then put them over the top later.

Concrete actually led 16-11 after the first quarter, with Grove (6) and Sean Toomey-Stout (5) accounting for all the CHS points.

The second quarter saw an immediate change, as the Wolves clamped down on defense, using a 12-2 surge to snatch the lead away for good.

Jered Brown hit a pair of shots, but it was Grove who wielded the biggest dagger, rolling up another eight points with treys #3 and #4 and a pair of free throws.

From there, Coupeville coasted home for the win, icing the game with strong work at the free-throw stripe.

“It wasn’t pretty, but we got the job done,” said CHS coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh. “Got good minutes from Tucker Hall, Nikolai Lyngra, Dawson Houston and Elliott Johnson.”

Toomey-Stout hit for nine to back up Grove’s 17, while Brown knocked down seven.

Ulrik Wells, Coupeville’s only active big man, powered inside for four and Jean Lund-Olsen came up with all three of his points down the stretch.