Brisa Herrera (33) scored her first basket of the season Wednesday. (John Fisken photos)
Kailey Kellner continued her season-long streak of torrid shooting, dropping in a game-high 15.
The night started off beautifully.
While the varsity game would turn out to be an apathetic disaster, the Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball squad looked impressive during their time on the court Wednesday.
Busting out an 11-0 second quarter that sealed the deal, the Wolves strolled past visiting Friday Harbor 38-20 in a game that wasn’t even remotely close.
Twice stretching the lead out as far as 21 points, a much-more aggressive Coupeville squad (now 4-3) benefited from having a confident trio at the forefront of its attack.
Lauren Rose, in the lineup for the first time this season, pumped in eight points in the first half, continually harassing timid Friday Harbor ball-handlers into turnovers.
Then the second half became the Kailey Kellner Show, as the sophomore shooting sensation banged home 14 of her game-high 15 after the break.
She hit three consecutive jumpers in the third to spark a 10-0 run, then swished four more buckets during an 8-2 streak in the fourth.
After almost all of her buckets, she punctuated the made shot with a slight downward wave of her fingertips as the ball hit the bottom of the net, honoring a tradition dear to the heart of all stone cold killers masquerading as outside bombers.
Helping set up the duo was Lauren Grove, who was charged up on defense and nimbly set up numerous fast breaks for the Wolves, who set the pace and never allowed Friday Harbor to get comfortable.
The visitors stayed close for a quarter, trailing just 6-4 after the opening eight minutes.
Then the Wolves picked up the intensity and broke the will of their opponents, holding them scoreless for an entire quarter.
Rose hit for three baskets, two on set-ups from Grove, while the biggest fan cheer went to Brisa Herrera, who banked home her first bucket of the season to cap the run.
Coupeville spread the offensive love around, with six of the eight players who suited getting into the scoring column.
Kellner was backed by Rose (8), Grove (6), Kyla Briscoe (4), Skyler Lawrence (3) and Herrera (2).
Allison Wenzel and Tiffany Briscoe failed to score, but both chipped in with stellar efforts on defense, with Wenzel rising up to swat away a shot as her braided ponytail whipped through the air like Indiana Jones‘ bullwhip.
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