A road loss to Bremerton and home win against Neah Bay last week have the Wolves at 2-2 overall heading into a pair of key Olympic League games this week.

A hot-shooting, quick-handed Bremerton Knights squad jumped out to a 13-6 lead after one quarter and held off the visiting Sequim Wolves for a 68-51 win in an early Olympic League contest on Dec. 8.

“They turned our turnovers into baskets,” Sequim coach Greg Glasser said. “I don’t think we took advantage of their holes in their defense like we could have … until later in the game.”

Atyus Powell led the Knights with 14 points, while Japrea Pedesclaux had 12 points and six assists, as Bremerton forced Sequim into 22 turnovers.

Jack Shea led Sequim with 14 points and seven rebounds, Jackson Oliver had 10 points and five rebounds, and Payton Glasser added eight points.

While the Wolves struggled from the field, shooting 17-of-46 (37 percent), Bremerton shot a healthy 29-of-55 (52.7 percent).

“We need to play more consistent and play harder,” Greg Glasser said.

A day later, Sequim got 24 points from Jackson — 12 in a key third quarter spurt — as the Wolves edged Neah Bay 65-60.

Down 11-7 after one quarter and 28-26 at half, Sequim out-scored the Red Devils 22-15 in the third quarter and held on for the non-league victory.

“He (Oliver) can score in bunches because of his athleticism,” Greg Glasser said. “We saw the same defense the night before against Bremerton. It was kind of nice for our guys see that (and) figure it out.”

Payton Glasser added 13 points, Nick Faunce scored 11 and Riley Cowan chipped in seven points.

Ryan Moss led Neah Bay with 18 points and Rweha Munjagi had 17.

“I’m really impressed with what I’m seeing from (freshmen) Riley (Cowan) and Nate (Despain),” Greg Glasser said. “Nate is handling the responsibilities of controlling the ball and doing a pretty good job of that. Three of first four games … were against some high pressure defenses.”

Wolves tour Redhawks

Sequim’s Wolves jumped out to a 17-10 lead after one quarter and went on to a 55-45 win at Port Townsend on Monday night.

Payton Glasser had 24 points — including going 3-for-3 from the 3-point line — and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Sequim (3-2) to victory. Oliver had 14 points and Faunce added six points and a team-high six assists.

The Wolves overcame 16 turnovers in the win. Sequim held the Redhawks to just 16-of-49 (33 percent) from the field and out-rebounded their hosts 28-14.

Jacob Ralls led the Redhawks (0-5) with 14 points.

Coming up

The Wolves host Kingston on Dec. 16 and Olympic on Dec. 18.

Sequim is on the road for a pair of non-league games after that — Dec. 19 at Anacortes and Dec. 21 at Lynden — before their winter break.

The Wolves are back in action Jan. 5 with a home game against North Mason.