Maya Toomey-Stout scored 10 points, snagged nine boards and made off with seven steals in Tuesday night’s win. (John Fisken photo)
Amy King loves it when a plan comes together.
The Coupeville High School JV girls’ basketball coach went with a freshman-dominant starting lineup Tuesday in Concrete, and the young guns came out on fire.
Putting the game away early and decisively, the Wolves romped to a 56-10 non-conference victory that could have been far, far more lopsided if they hadn’t repeatedly stamped the brakes in the second half.
The win lifts the JV to 4-2 heading into Christmas break.
Fab frosh Maya Toomey-Stout, Emma Mathusek, Scout Smith and Avalon Renninger opened the game, accompanied by savvy sophomore Ema Smith.
That unit was stifling on defense and gave the host Lions absolutely nothing to work with.
“It was awesome to see the team come together and play the way they did,” King said.
Coupeville crashed the boards relentlessly, Scout Smith expertly moved the ball around, setting up one person after another and Toomey-Stout, AKA The Gazelle, flew down the court ahead of every break.
Nothing changed when the Wolves went to the bench.
Nicole Lester and Sarah Wright dominated the paint when in the game, while Maddy Hilkey and a very sick Ashlie Shank delivered strong play from the outside.
Up 12-3 after one, CHS stretched its lead to 30-6 by halftime, though, even before the break, King was trying to contain the carnage.
She ramped things up in the second half, going away from fast breaks and three-point shots and asking her players to burn time while working on running plays.
Even doing that, the third quarter came out 15-0 in favor of the Wolves.
With all nine active players scoring and getting at least one rebound, King was more than pleased with her squad’s effort.
“The whole team played hard, listened when asked to pull back and even performed a brand new play drawn up at half time,” she said.
Scout Smith paced the Wolf attack with 11 points, seven rebounds and seven steals, while Lester and Toomey-Stout hit for 10 apiece.
Wright (8), Ema Smith (8), Shank (3), Hilkey (2), Mathusek (2) and Renninger (2) rounded out the scorers.
Coupeville thoroughly controlled the rebounding game, as Ema Smith snatched a team-high 10 and Toomey-Stout and Renninger each made off with nine.
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