Kody Newman was one assist short of a triple-double as the South Whidbey High School boys basketball team won 66-43 at Chimacum in a non-league game Saturday, Jan. 12.

The win took some of the sting out of a 55-53 loss at Cedar Park Christian Friday in Bothell.

South Whidbey played both games without an injured Carson Wrightson, the Falcons’ No. 2 scorer and top rebounder.

The Falcons (2-2, 9-5) play two North Sound Conference away games week. First up is trip to Granite Falls (0-5, 2-12) at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15. Then South Whidbey heads up the island to face rival Coupeville (1-3, 2-9) at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18.

South Whidbey 66, Chimacum 43

Newman had his hand in all but five of South Whidbey’s 26 hoops with 12 field goals and nine assists. He finished with 32 points and 11 rebounds to go with the nine dishes.

The Falcons blitzed the winless Cowboys (0-10) early. Newman scored a striking 16 points in the first quarter as South Whidbey opened an 18-7 lead.

Sterling Patton scored 6 points on two from outside the arc and Newman and Dexter Jokinen tallied 5 points each as the Falcons pushed their advantage to 39-20 in the second quarter.

South Whidbey was up 54-34 after three periods.

Jokinen completed the game with 9 points, Patton 8, Nick Young 7, Levi Buck 5, Kole Nelson 3 and Jacob Ng 2.

Buck added nine rebounds

Isaac Purser scored 18 for the Cowboys.

Cedar Park Christian 55, South Whidbey 53

Buck scored with 19 seconds left to give the Falcons a 53-52 lead, but the Eagles converted two free throws seconds later to take the lead. After a turnover, South Whidbey fouled again and CPC hit a final foul shot to finish the scoring.

The loss came after a strong Falcon comeback. South Whidbey trailed by double digits much of the game as the Eagles when up 19-7 and 34-20 after the first two quarters.

Cedar Park Christian’s Luke Allen scored 17 points in the first half, including five three-pointers, and Trenton Lynch added 7.

In the second half, South Whidbey coach Mike Washington switched his club to a diamond-and-two defense, manning up of Allen and Lynch. The strategy limited the pair to 7 second-half points and allowed the Falcons to get back in the game.

South Whidbey outscored the Eagles 14-6 in the third quarter and trailed 40-34 going into the fourth period.

Newman (11 points) and Buck (5) led the fourth-quarter comeback.

Newman finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.

Jokinen and Buck scored 9 points, Young 7, Patton 5 and Wyatt De Mers 2.

Allen and Lynch finished with 20 and 11 respectively.

The loss dropped South Whidbey into a tie for third place with Cedar Park Christian (2-2, 6-8).

The Falcons beat the Eagles 63-53 Dec. 11.