Mia Farris banked in a season-high 14 points Friday night. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
It might not have been raining outside Friday night, but it was pouring inside.
Visiting Sultan dropped eight three-balls through the bottom of the net, including four in an explosive opening quarter, downing the Coupeville High School varsity girls’ basketball team 48-33.
The non-conference loss drops the Wolves to 3-4 on the season, and now they’ll have a stretch of days off for the holidays.
After Christmas, the CHS varsity heads to Eastern Washington for a two-game road trip, playing games against Kittitas and Toledo Dec. 27-28 at Central Washington University.
Overall, Coupeville’s next four games are on the road, with the Wolves not playing in their own gym again until Jan. 10.
Friday’s rumble, played in front of an enthusiastic group of home fans, briefly belonged to CHS.
Mia Farris slapped home a rebound for the first two of her team-high 14 points, followed by Katie Marti rustling the net on a pair of successful free throws, and the hometown squad was up 4-3.
Then the bottom fell out.
Hitting back-to-back-to-back three balls, Sultan went on a scoreboard-exploding 16-0 run to blow the game open, while the Wolves went six-plus minutes without scoring.
And yet, there was still life in Coupeville.
Farris broke the drought with two free throws to end the first quarter, before the Wolves ripped off the first eight points of the second frame.
The buckets were often sensational, with Tenley Stuurmans dropping a perfect pass to a rampaging Farris for a layup and Madison McMillan drilling a supremely sweet jumper from the side.
Meanwhile, the Wolf defense was ramped up, with Farris picking off passes and Marti using her elbows to massage the Turks heads, and Sultan went scoreless for a solid six minutes.
The visitors did briefly surge back to life, netting a pair of three-balls in the final moments before halftime, but Coupeville was back within 25-19 at the break and feeling pretty good.
The good times did not continue for CHS, however, at least in the third quarter and the start of the fourth, as the team’s shooting touch largely evaporated.
Sultan continued to pepper the net from behind the three-point arc, eventually pulling ahead 46-26 midway through the fourth.
Coupeville stayed scrappy until the end, closing on a 7-2 run with Haylee Armstrong netting her team’s lone three-ball, the ball splashing home with a nice lil’ pop.
But that was it for the Wolves, as time ran out on any comeback hopes.
Farris had a season high with her 14 points, while McMillan and Armstrong both chipped in with five.
Marti (3), Jada Heaton (2), Tenley Stuurmans (2), Danica Strong (1), and Lyla Stuurmans (1) also tallied points, with Teagan Calkins bouncing off the floor in pursuit of loose balls and rebounds against a fairly physical Sultan team.
