Braves cannot match high-scoring Coupeville in loss

It was a good news, bad news kind of night for Braves boy basketball at Coupeville last Tuesday.

The good news is La Conner held unbeaten Coupeville, ranked No. 4 in state 2B boys’ polls, to nearly 20 points under their per game scoring average.

The bad news is the Braves still found themselves on the short end of a 54-29 conference verdict Jan. 4, falling to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in NW2B play,

La Conner played the Wolves on equal terms over the final three quarters but couldn’t overcome an early 27-2 Coupeville run fueled by three-point specialist Xavier Murdy.

Murdy put up 13 points, including...