Coupeville Sports

Makana Stone crashes through the defense. (Photo property Erik Berglund)

It’s time for a break.

Coupeville grad Makana Stone and her Ammerud teammates have been running the gauntlet of late, and Saturday’s bout with co-league leader Ullern was another stern test.

The Queens, despite a 25-point, 10-rebound performance from their American assassin, fell 83-52, dropping to 3-7 on the season.

Ullern gets to 9-1, keeping even with Ulriken atop the standings.

Ammerud heads into the holiday break now, not returning to the floor until it plays back-to-back games Jan. 6-7.

Saturday’s rumble on the hardwood actually started in favor of the Queens, who powered out to a 17-13 lead after one quarter of back-and-forth action.

But after that Ullern asserted its dominance, putting four players into double digit scoring and steadily pulling away from its hosts.

The league leaders had a 40-31 advantage at the half, then pushed that out to 64-41 after three quarters.

While Stone added three assists and a blocked shot to her double-double, she was the lone Queen to mount much of an offensive challenge to Ullern, as no one else tallied more than seven points.

Now in her third season of professional overseas basketball, Andre’s sister has racked up 207 points, 118 rebounds, 34 assists, 30 steals, and seven blocks.