Makana Stone has a delivery to make. Get out of her way! (Photo property Marianne Maja Stenerud)
The time off didn’t dull her game.
Playing for the first time in 17 days, Coupeville grad Makana Stone threw down a double-double Tuesday, lifting her Norwegian pro basketball team to a resounding win.
Baerum went up early on Ullern, then never let its foes back in the game, romping to a 60-47 victory.
With the victory, Stone and Co. get to 8-2 on the season, and sit solidly in second place in the seven-team Kvinneligaen.
Baerum jumped out to a 20-10 lead at the end of the first quarter Tuesday, before stretching the lead to 32-20 by halftime.
Ullern staged its one semi-comeback in the third frame, using a 16-12 run to cut the margin back to single digits, but Stone and associates closed the game with a 16-11 surge in the fourth quarter.
The former Coupeville standout filled up the stat sheet, banking in 20 points, snatching 10 rebounds, doling out four assists, pilfering seven steals, and recording two blocked shots.
Along the way, Stone rippled the nets for a trio of three-balls, her season-best performance from behind the arc.
Baerum teammate Abbey Hoff provided able support, knocking down six treys of her own en route to a game-high 24 points.
Stone, who is in her second season of pro ball after playing in England as a rookie, has rung up 189 points, 114 rebounds, 18 assists, 29 steals, and six blocks through her first 10 games in Norway.
Fresh off the win, Baerum will go right back into another winter break, not playing again until Jan. 4, when it squares off with Asker.
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