Xavier Murdy and Co. are off to a 5-0 start after annihilating Concrete Tuesday night. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
The victory express keeps rolling right along.
Throwing down 35 points during a game-busting second quarter Tuesday, the Coupeville High School varsity boys basketball squad continued its undefeated season.
Shredding host Concrete 73-22, the Wolves improve to 3-0 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 5-0 overall. That’s the best start for the program in 24 years.
The victory also put Coupeville alone atop the NWL standings, at least for a night.
The Wolves are a half game up on defending league champs Mount Vernon Christian, who put a 2-0 conference mark on the line Wednesday against Friday Harbor.
Coupeville travels to MVC Friday for the season’s biggest showdown to date.
The undefeated Wolves, coming to a town near you soon.
Tuesday, the Wolves seized control from the start, even with a little slower offensive start than has been the norm this season.
Up 18-5 at the first break, Coupeville poured it on in the second frame, outscoring the Lions 35-10 across an eight-minute stretch of excellence.
Fron there, the Wolves cruised in for the lopsided victory, triggering a running clock early in the third quarter, and getting their bench plenty of playing time.
That included giving sophomores Nick Guay and Zane Oldenstadt their varsity debuts, with Oldenstadt rolling hard to the hoop for his first bucket, set up by a zippy entry pass from Cole White.
Everyone on the floor contributed, from Alex Murdy bounding high to snag rebounds and slap home second-chance buckets, to Logan Martin makin’ the net bounce on his jumper.
Along with its win streak, Coupeville also has a stellar scoring streak going, having topped the 70-point barrier in all five games this season.
A quarter of the way through the regular season, the Wolves are averaging 72.4 a night, and Brad Sherman’s team is doing it with very-balanced scoring.
Tuesday was a perfect example, as Caleb Meyer, Hawthorne Wolfe, and Logan Downes topped the stat sheet with 10 points apiece, while Xavier Murdy and White both tossed in nine.
Martin (8), Grady Rickner (8), Alex Murdy (7), and Oldenstadt (2) rounded out the offensive assault, with Guay, Dominic Coffman, and Jonathan Valenzuela also seeing floor time.
It was a night for milestones all around, as well.
With his 10 points, Wolfe has 731 for his career, and passes hardwood legends Dan Nieder (729) and Steve Whitney (730) to move into 17th place on the all-time CHS boys scoring chart.
Meanwhile, Downes (102) and Alex Murdy (101) both cracked the 100-point club, and Oldenstadt became the 405th Coupeville boy to score in a varsity game.
No JV rumble:
Concrete only goes one team deep, so the Wolf young guns were idle on this night.
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