Coupeville Sports

Gwen Gustafson scored a team-high five points Saturday for the Coupeville 8th grade SWISH girls basketball squad. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Turnabout is fair play. I guess.

Using a key fourth-quarter surge Saturday to nail down the win, Mount Vernon Christian avenged an early-season loss to the Coupeville 8th grade SWISH girls basketball team.

The Wolves entered the final frame trailing by just three, but an 11-4 run by their foes led to a 33-23 defeat.

The loss drops Coupeville to 4-1 on the season, with three regular-season games left to play over the next two weekends.

When these two squads met the first time, back in the season opener, it was the Wolves who came out on top 26-18.

This time around, it was a brawl, for three quarters at least.

Coupeville, getting points from four different players, surged to a 7-6 lead after one quarter, before MVC used 7-5 and 9-7 runs over the next two quarters to claim control of the game.

Free throws were a bugaboo for both teams, but the Wolves, while shooting a slightly higher percentage, were stung by how many points they left on the rim.

MVC only hit 3 of 12 charity shots, but Coupeville, at 7-23, could have reversed the flow of the game with a better run at the stripe.

The Wolves split up their scoring between seven players, with Gwen Gustafson and Maddie Georges topping the team with five points apiece.

Alita Blouin and Savina Wells each tossed in four, while Nezi Keiper (2), Brionna Blouin (2) and Carolyn Lhamon (1) rounded out the offensive attack.

The Hurricanes countered with a two-woman onslaught, as a pair of MVC players combined to rattle home 29 of their team’s 33 points.

Wells, a 6th grader playing two grades up, paced Coupeville on the boards, snagging 10 caroms, while Lhamon snatched seven and Keiper reeled in four.

The Wolves got something from everyone on their 10-player roster, with Hayley Fiedler and Ryanne Knoblich chipping in with two rebounds each, while Lauren Marrs played strongly on defense.