Jean Lund-Olsen’s fingers tell the tale — two JV games Friday, two wins for Coupeville. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The small gym was hoppin’.
While the varsity basketball teams lit up the Coupeville High School gym Friday, the Wolf JV squads took turns winning thrillers against visiting Mount Vernon Christian across the hallway.
The CHS boys pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 38-36 win, evening their record at 1-1, while the girls emerged from overtime with a 24-22 victory to climb to 2-1 on the season.
Girls fight back:
Trailing 13-7 at the half, the Wolves steadily chipped away at the lead, cutting away three points in both the third and fourth quarters.
After losing its lead, MVC hit a late bucket to re-tie the game, then had a chance to win in the final three seconds.
Wolf frosh Chelsea Prescott read the play nicely, though, intercepting the in-bounds pass and sending the game to overtime, where one perfect play won the night.
Running a play it had recently installed, Coupeville used a “soccer-style” pass from pitch vet Tia Wurzrainer to Mollie Bailey to set up the only bucket of the extra period.
The wild finish capped what CHS coach Amy King termed a “back-and-forth, soccer-style game,” in which the ball was frequently loose, bodies were frequently crashing into one another, shots kept popping back out of the cylinder and there were “a million steals.”
Prescott racked up the best numbers in the scoring column with 10 (she also had five blocks and four steals), while Avalon Renninger (6), Nicole Lester (4), Bailey (2) and Wurzrainer (2) also tallied points.
Boys win a back-and-forth affair:
Both squads took turns surging, with Coupeville up 12-7 after one, down 20-19 at the half, then tied at 25-25 heading into the final eight minutes.
Once there, the Wolves got a pair of crunch-time three-balls from freshman Alex Jimenez, one of five CHS players to score in the fourth quarter.
Sophomore Mason Grove paced Coupeville with a game-high 16, netting five three-point bombs and a crucial free throw, while Ulrik Wells pounded down low for seven points.
Jean Lund-Olsen (6), Jimenez (6), Daniel Olson (2) and David Prescott (1) all chipped in to round out the scoring attack.
“The young guys really stepped up for us tonight,” said Coupeville coach Chris Smith.
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