Audrianna Shaw leads the Coupeville girls in scoring this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The road ahead gets easier.
After enduring the toughest 24+ hours of the season, the Coupeville High School girls basketball team has four very-winnable games left on the schedule.
Thursday night was painful, as the Wolves fell 55-6 to visiting Mount Vernon Christian, their second blowout loss to a Northwest 2B/1B League powerhouse in as many days.
Now 3-5 after falling to undefeated La Conner Wednesday, then coming up short against the one-loss Hurricanes a day later, CHS gets back at it Saturday with a trip to Orcas Island.
That’s a school the Wolves lost a thriller to the first time around, while they have already beaten each of their final three foes — Friday Harbor, Concrete, and Darrington.
Thursday’s clash with MVC was the first time the Hurricanes had been on the floor since La Conner shredded them in a match-up of unbeaten teams.
I might be guessing, but the visitors looked hungry for payback, and against anyone who wandered into their path.
With Coupeville coming hard on defense, the game actually stayed close for a large chunk of the first quarter.
Junior guard Audrianna Shaw, who leads the Wolves in scoring this season, drilled a three-ball from the top of the arc to pull CHS within 5-3.
While MVC responded with three quick buckets, Coupeville got a free throw from Izzy Wells, a nice play from sparkplug Maddie Georges — where she expertly drew a charging foul — and trailed just 13-4 at the first break.
Unfortunately, that was where everything started to break down.
The Wolves went scoreless in the second quarter, while MVC got hot, burying four treys on its way to an 18-0 run.
Up 31-4 at the half, MVC stretched the margin to 39-6 after three quarters, before holding Coupeville scoreless again in the fourth quarter.
The Wolves only bucket in the second half came from Izzy Wells, who narrowly avoided having the ball stolen, spun around her defender, then banked home a lil’ runner in the paint.
And that was it, as Coupeville recorded its worst offensive night of the season, by a large margin.
The previous low for CHS was 13 points, which came against La Conner.
Wolf coach Scott Fox played everyone available, with Savina Wells, Lyla Stuurmans, Gwen Gustafson, Anya Leavell, Georges, Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Ryanne Knoblich, Morgan Stevens, and Kylie Van Velkinburgh getting floor time.
Rampaging rebounder Carolyn Lhamon missed her second-straight game with a lingering injury, but is expected back for the Orcas game.
No JV game:
MVC doesn’t have a second squad, so Coupeville’s young guns were in the stands, cheering on their varsity counterparts.
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