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Kellner and Co. killin’ it!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , on January 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner (second from right) helped D’Youville College nab a crucial league win Wednesday night in Buffalo.

The playoff hunt intensifies.

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner and her D’Youville College women’s basketball teammates built a big lead Wednesday, then weathered a fourth-quarter storm to nab a crucial win.

The 74-69 victory over visiting Penn State-Behrend snaps a five-game skid for the Spartans and keeps them in the running for the postseason.

The top six squads in the 10-team Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference advance to the postseason tourney, and D’Youville (4-6 in league play, 5-12 overall) currently sits in seventh-place.

But Wednesday’s win was huge as it pulls the Spartans within a half-game of the team in sixth, which happens to be Penn State-Behrend (5-6, 7-11).

D’Youville swept the season series, beating the Lions 62-45 Nov. 29.

The second go-round seemed like it would be a rout, as the Spartans jumped out to a 25-17 lead after one quarter, then stretched the margin to 20 headed into the fourth.

Penn State had other ideas, launching a furious fourth-quarter comeback, slicing its deficit all the way down to 71-67 with a minute to play.

The Spartans held on at the end thanks to dead-eye free-throw shooting from Sydney Alton and strong work on the defensive boards.

Kellner played 13 minutes, tossing in a three-point bomb and snagging a pair of rebounds.

One of just six Spartans to have played in every game this season, she has 46 points, 44 rebounds, 18 assists, eight steals and three blocks so far in her freshman campaign.

Wednesday’s win launches a three-game home-stand for D’Youville.

The Spartans welcome Pitt-Greensburg (3-8, 3-15) to Buffalo Saturday, then host Penn State-Altoona (3-7, 7-8) Sunday.

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Stone rakes in the honors!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on January 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Former Wolf Makana Stone heads off to collect her second Northwest Conference Player of the Week honor this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

She’s a two-timer.

Coupeville grad Makana Stone was picked Monday as the Northwest Conference women’s basketball Player of the Week, the second time she’s notched the honor during the 2017-2018 season.

This time around the Whitman College sophomore was honored for a spectacular road trip to Oregon Jan. 19-20.

Stone threw down 18 points against Linfield, then topped that with a new single-game college career high of 23 in a battle with Willamette.

The Blues won both games, running their winning streak to 16 games.

Whitman, ranked #4 in the NCAA D-III Women’s Basketball Coaches Association poll, sits at 8-0 in league play, 16-1 overall.

Stone has been a big part of the success, teaming with All-American senior Casey Poe to form the league’s most deadly one-two combo.

The former Wolf leads Whitman in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage this season.

The Player of the Week honor was Stone’s second, as she was also honored Dec. 11, after claiming MVP honors at the Whitworth Holiday Classic.

Having returned to Walla Walla, Whitman hosts two games this weekend, with the University of Puget Sound swinging by Friday, followed by Pacific Lutheran University a day later.

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Run! Hide! Just get out of her way!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Makana Stone is here to destroy any team foolish enough to get in her way. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The best one-two combo in the land.

The Whitman College women’s basketball team is destroying anyone and everyone in its path right now, and a heapin’ helpin’ of the abuse is coming from its twin stars.

Senior All-American Casey Poe, and sophomore sensation Makana Stone, she of the Coupeville pedigree, are on fire, and so is their team.

Saturday Whitman rolled into Salem, Oregon to face a strong Willamette squad, then rolled right over the Bearcats.

With Stone throwing down a new college single-game personal-best 23 points, and Poe notching her 1,000th career point, the Blues roared to a 68-49 win.

Having swept two games in Oregon, Whitman, which is ranked #4 in D-III ball, heads back to Walla Walla boasting an 8-0 mark in Northwest Conference play.

The Blues sit at 16-1, with their only loss coming way back in the season opener to non-conference foe Eastern Oregon, when Poe was away on an academic trip.

Whitman’s splendid senior was on the court Saturday, tossing in 15 points to back Stone.

Poe joined the 1,000-point club with a silky running hook shot in the fourth quarter.

Her younger teammate is well on her own way to joining that exclusive fraternity for scorers, having already dropped in 456 points in less than two full seasons.

Stone, who also snagged seven rebounds, saved her best for crunch time against Willamette, dropping in 14 of her 23 points after halftime, spurring a game-busting 34-20 run by the Blues.

She leads Whitman in points (248) and rebounds (111) this season, while also collecting 32 assists, 13 steals and two blocks.

Stone is hitting 59% of her field goals (107-183) and 76% of her free throws (34-45).

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Bow before your queen!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on January 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Makana Stone went off for a team-high 18 points Friday, leading Whitman to its 15th straight win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

She used every second they gave her.

Limited to just 17 minutes by foul trouble Friday, Coupeville grad Makana Stone still threw down a team-high 18 points, spurring Whitman College to its 15th straight win.

With Stone and All-American Casey Poe combining for 35 points, the Blues held off pesky Linfield 69-62 on the road, lifting their record to 7-0 in Northwest Conference play, 15-1 overall.

Whitman wraps up a two-game trip to Oregon Saturday with a big-time showdown at Willamette University, where the Bearcats will enter boasting a 6-1, 10-6 record and their own six-game winning streak.

Friday night Stone picked up four fouls (probably due to blind refs), but exploded in the second half.

The third quarter belonged to the sophomore sensation, as she went for nine points, draining jumper after jumper.

With the game close down the stretch, Whitman turned to its big two, and the duo answered the call.

Stone hit a shot to lift the Blues to a late four-point lead, then she and Poe combined to make seven free throws down the stretch to ice the win.

Through 16 games, Stone has scored 225 points (passing the 208 she scored as a freshman) while piling up 104 rebounds, 31 assists and 13 steals.

She’s shooting 58% from the field (97-166) and 76% from the line (31-41).

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These boards are clean!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , on January 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   A flashback to when current college baller Kailey Kellner helped lead Coupeville to the state tourney. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Need a rebound? Call Kailey.

A slow start crippled the D’Youville College women’s basketball squad Wednesday, but while the Spartans fell 74-63 at Medaille, it wasn’t for lack of effort from one of its freshmen.

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner ripped down a season-high nine rebounds, dished out four assists, blocked a shot and dropped in a bucket while playing 25 minutes for the Spartans.

Making her sixth start, the former Wolf raised her season totals to 43 points, 37 rebounds, 18 assists and eight steals.

D’Youville, which has dropped four straight, sits at 3-5 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play, 4-11 overall, while the Mavericks improve to 5-4, 8-8.

Medaille jumped out to a 23-10 lead after the first quarter, then basically played keep-away the rest of the night.

If you only counted the second through fourth quarters, the Spartans finished up by two points … but that, unfortunately, is not how basketball games work.

Kellner and her teammates return to the court Saturday for another road game, but they’ll have their work cut out for them, as they face league power Mt. Aloysius (8-1, 10-4).

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