Sage Downes tossed in a team-high 11 Friday for the Coupeville JV boys basketball squad. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Toss out the first quarter, and it was a one-point thriller.
Unfortunately for the Coupeville High School JV boys basketball squad, the refs insisted on counting every point Friday night.
And that one brief hiccup, when they were outscored 14-9 over the game’s first eight minutes, sent the Wolves to a 40-34 loss to visiting South Whidbey.
The defeat drops the CHS young guns to 2-4 in North Sound Conference play, 6-7 overall.
The first time the Island rivals have faced this season (they play in Langley Jan. 29), Friday’s rumble was edge of your seat all the way.
The Falcons used a 6-5 “run” in the second quarter to take a 20-14 lead in at the half, then the two squads played even after the break.
Coupeville got a fair amount of its points thanks to shots from behind the three-point arc, raining down seven treys to four from the Falcons.
But those four were killers, as South Whidbey’s Ben Lind hit a pair in the opening frame, and two more in the final quarter en route to a game-high 13 points.
Answering for the Wolves was sophomore Sage Downes, who tickled the nets for 11 points, including a trio of three-balls.
Much of his support came from freshman Xavier Murdy, who netted all nine of his points thanks to nothin’ but three-balls, while Daniel Olson hit Coupeville’s final trey and had seven points.
Grady Rickner knocked down three points, with Cody Roberts and TJ Rickner adding a bucket apiece to round out the scoring attack.
Tucker Hall and Logan Martin also saw floor time for the Wolves.
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