Makana Stone rumbles in the paint. (Photo property Leicester Riders)
The offense never got out of neutral.
Held to a season-low scoring output Friday, the Leicester Riders fell 62-41 to a highly ranked Sevenoaks Suns squad seeking a bounce-back win.
A game after surrendering 102 points in a shocking upset to a lower-rung Nottingham franchise, the Suns were in lock-down mode in the lone Women’s British Basketball League game of the day.
The loss drops Leicester to 13-8 in league play, 17-10 overall.
Coupeville grad Makana Stone was one of the few Riders to find holes in the Sevenoaks defense, banging down low for 12 points and 10 rebounds.
She and Hannah Robb tied for team-high scoring stats, while Suns star Janice Monakana topped all players with 16 points.
Sevenoaks, which sits in second place in the 13-team WBBL, held off fourth place Leicester at every step of the way.
The Suns grabbed an early 20-14 lead, before stretching the advantage to 32-21 by the half.
Leicester trailed by as many as 20 points in the second half and could never get the lead down to single-digits, hitting on just 14 of 62 field goal attempts in the game.
Stone, in her first season of professional basketball, continues to build her stats game, however.
With the double-double, she has 232 points, 163 rebounds, 36 assists, 24 steals, and three blocked shots on the season.
Leicester returns to action Saturday with a game against the Cardiff Met Archers, who are 5-16 in WBBL regular season play.
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