2nd half surge propels Bainbridge to victory against Sequim
Published 1:30 am Monday, January 26, 2026
The Bainbridge Spartans boys basketball team (11-4, 8-1 in Olympic League) beat the Sequim Wolves (6-9, 6-4 OL) 55-42 at home Jan. 23, keeping them in reach of first-place Bremerton.
The Spartans entered the game on a five-game win streak, with their last loss coming against the Grandview Greyhounds by a score of 67-57 at the Yakima Valley SunDome Dec. 30.
Spartan Haden Fink kicked off the scoring with an immediate mid-range jumper within the first ten seconds of the game. Nonetheless, the Spartans couldn’t find the back of the net again until the five-minute mark in the first when Spartan wing Kethan Reed hit a mid-range jumper of his own. The lead swapped back and forth between the Spartans and Wolves until Reed and Fink managed to get Bainbridge out to a multiple-possession lead off consecutive scores.
The lead continued to go back and forth between the Spartans and Wolves until halftime, with Sequim leading 17-16.
“I feel like, in the second half, we came out and punched them in the mouth,” Reed said. “We did what we talked about a lot, which was being the aggressor.”
Spartan forward Kaden Thielmann converted a layup to start the third quarter, taking the lead back at 18-17. The Bainbridge offense found life after the initial score, scoring nine points in four minutes and jumping out to a 25-21 lead.
The Spartans kept their foot on the gas pedal with a Thielmann fastbreak score, giving Bainbridge their largest lead on the night at six, 30-24. Spartan guard Leo Koch hit two three-pointers, and Thielmann scored again on another fastbreak opportunity, giving Bainbridge a 35-26 lead at the end of three.
Koch got the Spartans’ lead out to 12 with a three-pointer with four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and Bainbridge kept their foot on the gas, forcing Wolf turnovers and driving the ball into the paint.
“This is the first time a team’s really been into us in the first half like that this season,” Bainbridge coach Scott Orness said.“We started the third quarter with that nice backdoor cut for Kaden, you know, and we got a bucket to start with, and we kind of got our momentum back that way.”
