Coupeville Sports

Makana Stone plays keep away with the basketball. (Photo property of Erik Berglund)

The American was red-hot, but she could have used a little more help from the locals.

Despite filling up the stat sheet Sunday in Norway, Coupeville grad Makana Stone wasn’t quite able to carry her pro basketball team to a win against her former franchise.

Baerum rode a 27-10 first-quarter explosion to a 67-55 victory over host Ammerud, dropping the Queens to 2-3 on the young season.

The loss came despite Stone throwing down a game-high 25 points, snatching a team-best 14 rebounds, and adding four assists, five steals and a blocked shot to her superb all-around performance.

This was the second time the former Wolf ace squared off with the franchise she played for last season, though she and Ammerud came out on top in that first meeting.

Not quite the same result in the rematch, as Baerum controlled the game from start to finish.

That 27-10 lead after one quarter of play blossomed into a 45-23 margin by the half.

And while Ammerud was able to trim down things a bit in the second half, the Queens struggled from the field, with only Stone and 36-year-old teammate Alexandra Polishchuk topping three points on the day.

Coupeville’s dynamo, now in her third season of pro hoops, has racked up 95 points, 61 rebounds, 21 assists, 14 steals, and six blocks through the first five games.

Ammerud returns to action next Sunday, Nov. 19 when it squares off with Asker (3-3).

After that, Stone and Co. get the holidays off, not playing again until early December.