Coupeville Sports

   Makana Stone, seen with parents Josh and Eileen, leads a 17-1 Whitman College basketball squad in scoring and rebounding. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Center stage is hers.

Coupeville grad Makana Stone is playing alongside an All-American in Casey Poe, but lately it’s the former Wolf who’s been the woman on fire.

Throwing down a team-high 15 points Friday, while snagging six rebounds, Stone sparked the Whitman College women’s basketball squad to an 83-62 rout of the University of Puget Sound.

The home victory runs the Blues winning streak to 17 games and leaves them atop the Northwest Conference at 9-0.

Now 17-1 on the season, Whitman, ranked #4 in NCAA D-III ball, jumps right back into things Saturday with another home game, welcoming Pacific Lutheran to Walla Walla.

Friday’s match-up pitted Whitman against their arch-nemesis from a season ago, and while UPS isn’t the powerhouse it was last year, the Loggers still put up a stiff fight.

Down just six at the half, UPS was finally subdued in the third quarter.

With Stone dropping in seven of her points coming out of the break, Whitman used a 22-14 surge to stretch its lead out to double digits and never looked back.

The Blues spread their scoring around, with six players going off for 10 or better. Maegan Martin and Mady Burdett each rattled home 12 in support of Stone.

Coupeville’s finest leads Whitman in scoring (263 points) and rebounding (117 boards), while also recording 32 assists, 13 steals and two blocks.

Stone, who has scored double digits in 14 of 18 games, is shooting a torrid 59% from the field (112 of 191) and 76% (39 of 51) from the free-throw line.