Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner has played in all 22 games as a freshman at D’Youville College. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Fight till the end.
With their playoff hopes all but extinguished and trailing by 30 heading into the fourth quarter Wednesday, the D’Youville College women’s basketball squad could have easily given up.
Instead, the plucky Spartans, and Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner, fought back, carving away more than a third of their deficit with a 19-8 surge to close the game.
Time ran out, though, and D’Youville fell 61-42 to host Hilbert College, dropping the Spartans to 4-11 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play, 5-17 overall.
The Spartans, stuck in ninth-place in the 10-team league, sit three games back of the final playoff spot with three to play.
Hilbert (14-1, 17-5) is atop the conference and closing in on a league title.
Kellner, a freshman, came off the bench to play 18 minutes Wednesday, tossing in a pair of free throws, snagging five rebounds (second-best on the team) and rejecting a Hilbert shot.
For the season, she has 53 points, 57 rebounds, 24 assists, five blocks and eight steals.
Coupeville Sports 
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