Hannah Davidson, here lining up a free throw in an earlier game, scored seven Monday as Coupeville held on for a win in Port Townsend. (John Fisken photos)
Scout Smith ran the Wolf offense and dropped in eight of her own points.
Flip the script.
In game #1, the Coupeville Middle School varsity girls’ basketball teams played an edge-of-your-seat thriller and a blowout.
Same thing in game #2, just with the teams reversed.
Monday night in Port Townsend, the 8th grade Wolves, who had romped first time out, hung on through cold second-half shooting to escape with a 23-19 win.
The victory lifted them to 2-0 heading back home to face Forks Thursday.
That matches the 7th grade varsity, also 2-0 after a one-point win on opening night and a 30-point romp Monday.
The 8th graders knocked down 16 of their 23 in the first half to build a lead, then found the basket a bit more unforgiving after halftime.
After netting just five in the third, they could manage only a lone bucket in the fourth, courtesy point guard Scout Smith.
Thanks to scrappy defense, though, the Wolves were able to hang on and withstand their dry spell on offense.
Smith paced the Coupeville attack, dropping in a game-high eight, while Hannah Davidson popped for seven.
Maya Toomey-Stout and Avalon Renninger each knocked down four to cap the limited offensive attack.
