Boys basketball: Wolves trounce Trojans

Needing a balanced attack to take down one of the Olympic League’s top teams, that’s exactly what Sequim got Friday night.

Needing a balanced attack to take down one of the Olympic League’s top teams, that’s exactly what Sequim got Friday night.

Vance Willis scored 15 points, Alex Barry had 12 and Jackson Oliver chipped in with 11 as the Wolves (6-3 in league play, 10-6 overall) knocked off the second place Olympic Trojans on Jan. 23, 51-39.

While the Trojans held Barry about nine points under his season average, they didn’t have an answer for Oliver, who scored all 11 of his points in the first half.

Barry and Josh McConnaughey controlled the defensive end, as Barry corralled 16 rebounds and had three blocks and McConnaughey had nine boards. Barry also had two steals, as did Willis, Oliver and Dustin Bates.

Sequim led 14-9 after one quarter, 33-23 by halftime and 46-29 after three quarters.

The Wolves were scheduled to host North Mason on Jan. 27 — results were not available at press time.

Sequim plays a boys/girls doubleheader at Port Angeles on Feb. 3 and finishes the regular season with a home date with league-leading North Kitsap on Feb. 3.

Wolves KO Kingston

One bad quarter nearly did in Sequim’s chances to survive a home upset.

The Wolves rallied from a one-point third quarter to topple Kingston 47-35 behind Alex Barry’s 21 points.

Barry scored 13 of those in the first half — as many as the Bucs did as a team — as Sequim grabbed a 23-13 lead by halftime. Kingston, however, went on a 9-1 run in the third quarter to pare Sequim’s lead to two.

But the Wolves owned the fourth quarter, outscoring Kingston 23-13.

Barry added seven rebounds and had five of Sequim’s 16 offensive rebounds. He also had two blocks and a team-high seven steals.

Vance Willis, shut out from the field (0-for-4), and Josh McConnaughey led Sequim’s work on the glass with nine rebounds. McConnaughey had eight points.

 

Olympic League standings

(as of Jan. 25)

Team Lg. Over.

North Kitsap     8-1 13-4

Olympic 7-2 11-5

Sequim 6-3 10-6

Bremerton 3-5 6-8

North Mason    2-6 7-9

Port Angeles    2-6 5-11

Kingston 2-7 6-10