Easton Green pushes the ball up court. (Julie Wheat photo)
The first quarter was brutal.
The Coupeville High School varsity boys’ basketball team was not in sync for the first eight minutes Tuesday, and that proved fatal against a strong Mount Vernon Christian squad.
Despite playing strongly across the game’s final three quarters, the Wolves could never get back over the hump after falling behind 15-3 at the first break and eventually absorbed a 51-32 loss to the visiting Hurricanes.
The defeat drops Brad Sherman’s hardwood aces to 0-2 in Northwest 2B/1B League play, 1-5 overall.
Up next, weather permitting, is a trip to Eastern Washington, with non-conference rumbles Friday at Manson and Saturday at Entiat.
Then, there’s a two-week gap between games, with the Wolves returning Jan. 3, 2026, to travel to Morton White-Pass, and not playing at home again for 21 days, when Friday Harbor arrives in Cow Town Jan. 6.
When they do take the floor, the Wolves will want to be the aggressive, opportunistic team of the last 24 minutes Tuesday, and not the one which failed to hit a shot for nearly seven minutes to open things.
Coupeville didn’t get on the board until Malachi Somes roared through the paint for a bucket-and-free-throw combo at the 1:15 mark of the first quarter.
By that point, MVC was up 13-0 and grabbing seemingly every rebound in sight.
Somes three-point play seemed to light a spark in the Wolves, however, and they finally caught full fire in the second frame.
Trailing 16-3 after a Hurricane free throw, CHS launched an 11-4 surge, started by Camden Glover splashing home a three-ball, while Davin Houston got dramatic.
The high-energy rampager snagged the ball, lowered his head, and knocked his defender to the ground — while making it look like the ‘Cane was the aggressor — drilling a fall-away jumper and the ensuing free throw.
A pair of Chase Anderson free throws cut the deficit to 20-14, and it seemed like we were set for a nailbiter.
It wasn’t to be, though.
MVC immediately packaged a pair of three-balls around a steal and breakaway bucket in the next few seconds, and Coupeville would never get the lead back down to single digits for the remainder of the evening.
The Wolves cut the deficit to 10 points twice in the second half, at 28-18 after a swooping bucket from Aiden O’Neill, and at 40-30 after Anderson turned a crisp Glover pass into a careening layup.
But the Hurricanes had a swift answer both times, immediately drilling another three-ball on the very next possession to blunt any comeback hopes.
The visitors finished with seven treys to three from CHS, and it felt like each and every one of those seven came at the absolute worst time for Coupeville.
Anderson finished with a team-high 13 points, with Glover (7), O’Neill (5), Somes (3), Houston (3), and Easton Green (1) also scoring, while Liam Blas, Riley Lawless, and Carson Grove saw floor time as well.
With his performance, Anderson continues his climb up the CHS boys’ basketball career scoring chart, jumping from #24 to #22 all-time on a list started in 1917.
The Wolf senior sits with 689 points, having passed old-school scoring legends Gavin Keohane (677) and Chris Good (688) Tuesday night.
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