Coupeville Sports

   CHS grad Makana Stone (left) and Whitman College teammates Mady Burdett (center) and Anissia Hughes are now 8-0 on the season.

You can’t stop their roll.

Rising in the polls and beating opponents by ever-bigger margins, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad is fast becoming a juggernaut.

Sparked by eight points and four rebounds from Coupeville High School grad Makana Stone, the Blues threw down an 89-59 beat-down on visiting Louisiana College Friday night.

The win, coming in the first round of the two-day Kim Evanger Raney Classic in Walla Walla, lifts Whitman to 8-0 on the season.

The Blues will face Colorado College Saturday in the tourney finale, then head to Honolulu Dec. 19-20 for the Hawaii Tournament.

Whitman put Friday’s game on ice fairly quickly, jumping out to a 27-14 lead after one quarter, before cruising home for the win.

Emily Rommel paced the Blues with 16, while three of her fellow starters dropped 11 apiece.

Coming off the bench as a super sub, Stone hit a pair of jump shots in the second quarter, then padded her scoring totals with two layups in the third.

On the season, she is averaging 6.3 points and 5.4 rebounds a night, and her 43 rebounds are third-best on the squad.

After hitting four of six shots Friday, Stone is shooting a crisp 56.4% from the field (22 of 39).

That puts her just one miss off of the team lead, currently held by Maegen Martin (22-38).