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Big performance, big win

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone went for a game-high 21 points and 17 rebounds Tuesday as Whitman won a big-time showdown. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

One big hurdle down, several more to go.

Powered by a ferocious performance from Coupeville grad Makana Stone, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad won a thriller in Spokane Tuesday, knocking off Whitworth University 91-86.

The pressure-packed victory lifts the Blues to 4-0 in Northwest Conference play, 10-3 overall and leaves them in a first-place tie with defending league champ George Fox.

After absorbing the loss, Whitworth (3-1, 8-5) slips into second-place in the conference standings.

Stone, who went off for a game-high 21 points and 17 rebounds Tuesday, will lead Whitman into a dangerous doubleheader this coming weekend.

The Blues play Friday at Linfield (2-2, 6-7), before facing off Saturday with George Fox (4-0, 11-3).

Tuesday’s rumble was a slug-fest between two talented squads, and went down to the wire.

Stone iced the game with her final points of the night, when she snared an offensive rebound and powered back up for a game-busting bucket with just 33 ticks left on the clock.

Add another huge rebound, coming off of a missed free throw by a teammate at the 18-second mark, and the former Wolf was a woman on a mission.

Whitman edged out to a small lead (14-12) after one quarter of play, only to fall behind 35-32 at the half.

The Blues promptly doubled their score, however, tossing in 32 points during a wild and woolly third quarter, before hitting big shots down the stretch to hold on for the win.

Stone’s 21 points came on 9-15 shooting from the floor and 3-4 from the free-throw line, while Blues teammate Kaelan Shamseldin drilled five three-balls en route to 20 points of her own.

On the season, Stone, who leads Whitman in 13 of 22 stat categories, sits with 216 points, 116 rebounds, 22 assists, 18 steals and 17 blocks.

She’s shooting 92-176 from the field and 32-44 at the charity stripe.

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Wolf grads light up college courts

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on January 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »

CHS grad Kailey Kellner lets fly in a recent college basketball game. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Kellner)

Coupeville, taking control of women’s college basketball, coast to coast.

Playing on different sides of the country Saturday, Wolf grads Makana Stone and Kailey Kellner both put together strong games.

While one of their teams rolled to a big win, and the other was nipped at the buzzer, the spirit of CHS basketball lives large across the USA.

How Saturday played out:

 

Cruise control:

Stone tossed in 10 of her 13 points in the first quarter as Whitman College buried host Lewis & Clark College early, rumbling to a 77-46 win in Oregon.

The victory lifts the Blues to 3-0 in Northwest Conference play, 9-3 overall.

Whitman, which started a four-game road trip Saturday after not playing since Dec. 21, gets a major test next week.

Stone and Co., currently in a three-tie for first place in league play, face Whitworth (3-0, 8-4) Tuesday, Linfield (2-2, 6-7) Friday and George Fox (3-0, 10-2) Saturday.

Saturday’s game was a nice palate cleanser, as the Blues roared out to a 47-20 lead at the half, then gave their bench players plenty of floor time after the break.

Stone finished with 13 points, five rebounds, two steals and two assists while playing just 22 minutes on the night. It was her second-shortest stint of the season.

For the year, the Whitman junior has 195 points, 99 rebounds, 22 assists, 18 steals and 17 blocked shots.

 

Heartbreak city:

Kellner singed the nets in New York for seven points, including a key three-ball which helped D’Youville College sprint out to a 12-point halftime lead, but the Spartans couldn’t hold on at the end.

A game which see-sawed back and forth in the final two minutes, with D’Youville tying the bout on a pair of free throws with seven ticks left on the clock, ended on a layup.

Unfortunately for Kellner and Co., that final basket came off of the fingertips of a visiting Penn State-Altoona player, giving the Lions an 83-81 squeaker.

The league loss drops D’Youville to 1-3 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference play, 4-7 overall.

The Spartans, who are back in action Wednesday against Penn State-Behrend (4-3, 5-8). sit in 8th place in their 10-team conference.

After a relatively mild first quarter, which ended with Penn State up 19-18, the game took huge swings over the next two frames.

D’Youville used a 26-13 surge in the second to build a large lead, then saw most of it crumble away thanks to a 26-15 Penn State run in the third.

Clinging to a one-point lead entering the final frame, the Spartans were outscored 25-22 down the stretch.

Kellner also snagged three boards Saturday, topping all D’Youville bench players in points and rebounds.

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Kellner returns to hard-court life!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner was in action Sunday, after a three-week break from her sophomore college basketball season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s been awhile.

When Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner and her D’Youville College women’s basketball teammates stepped on the floor Sunday in Buffalo, New York, they might have been forgiven for not recognizing their home court.

The Spartans have been on a three-week winter break, allowing for trips home, but also possibly adding a bit of rust to the ol’ jump shot.

Their foes, Clarkson University, had just played Saturday, and were back in a mid-season groove, bouncing D’Youville 80-61.

The non-conference loss drops the Spartans to 4-5 on the season.

Kellner played well, however, netting four points and yanking down five rebounds in 14 minutes of action.

She was one off the team high in the carom-collecting biz, as teammate Sara Fields pulled in six rebounds.

Kellner added a steal and an assist as she checked off most of the boxes on the stat sheet.

Clarkson, which was led by a game-high 29 points from junior guard Molly Stewart, AKA “The Pride of Livonia, NY,” led 15-11 after one quarter, then stretched the lead out from there.

The crippler for D’Youville was a 25-15 run by the visiting Golden Knights in the third quarter.

Now that they’re done with their holiday break, the Spartans plunge into the meat of their schedule.

D’Youville has a final non-conference game against Buffalo State Wednesday, Jan. 2, then plays its final 15 regular-season contests against Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference rivals.

The Spartans, 1-2 in league play, start that conference run with a game Jan. 5 against Penn State-Altoona.

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Stone, Blues exit 2018 with a bang!!

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

CHS grad Makana Stone threw down 12 points and snatched nine rebounds Friday, as Whitman rolled to its sixth win in its last seven games. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re heading into the break on a high note.

Roaring from behind Friday, the Whitman College women’s basketball team ended 2018 with a win, scorching The University of Northwestern 73-63.

The victory gives the Blues a two-game sweep at the Hyatt Place December Classic in Santa Cruz, is their sixth win in their last seven games, and lifts them to 8-3 on the season.

Now, Whitman, and its Coupeville star, junior Makana Stone, are off until Jan. 5.

When they return to action, the Blues head into the heart of the league schedule, carrying a 2-0 mark in Northwest Conference games with them when they go to Oregon to face Lewis & Clark College.

Whitman’s final 14 regular-season games are league rumbles, as it chases the conference title which has narrowly eluded it during Stone’s first two seasons on campus.

Wrapping up tourney play in California, the Blues fell behind 21-15 after one quarter against a foe from Minnesota.

Things quickly took a better bounce, however, as Whitman knotted things up at 33-33 at the half, eked out a one-point lead after three quarters, then hammered Northwestern in the final frame.

The Blues took the lead for good at 55-54 a minute into the fourth quarter, after a series of fortunate events initiated by Stone.

First, she went high to reject a shot, then, at the other end of the floor, the former Wolf fed teammate Maegan Martin for a game-busting layup, picking up an assist on the go-ahead bucket.

Stone finished with 12 points, tying Mady Burdett for top honors, as four Blues notched double figures.

She also hauled down nine rebounds, dealt out four assists, rejected three shots and made off with a crucial steal.

On the season, Stone, who leads her team in 13 of 22 statistical categories, has 182 points, 94 rebounds, 20 assists, 16 steals and 17 blocks.

She’s connected on 78-153 field goals and 26-36 free throws.

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Stone sizzles in Cali!!

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

Makana Stone filled up the stat sheet Thursday, lifting Whitman to a tourney win in California. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The power was out all across Whidbey Island Thursday, but Makana Stone lit up California.

The Coupeville High School grad, playing for the first time in 12 days, filled up the stat sheet in the opening game of the Hyatt Place December Classic in Santa Cruz, lifting the Whitman College women’s basketball squad to its fifth victory in its last six games.

The Blues, showing remarkable consistency, scored exactly 16 points in every quarter, holding off a late rally by non-conference foe Williams College to escape with a 64-59 win.

Whitman, which plays the University of Northwestern Friday, then is off until Jan. 5, sits at 7-3 on the season.

Stone, as she has been in every game during her junior season, was a major driving force Thursday for the Blues.

She recorded 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and a steal, while rising high above the Kaiser Permanente Arena floor to reject five shots.

The blocks were a collegiate career-high for Stone.

Whitman surged out to a 16-14 lead after one, turned it into a 32-28 margin at the half, then pushed things out to 48-36 headed into the fourth.

While Williams snuck back into the game in the final quarter, it never got closer than five points.

The first two times it did, at 56-51 and 58-53, Stone responded with a score to push the margin back out.

A three-point play the hard way, with just a single second left on the clock, allowed Williams to make the final deficit look a bit closer than reality.

Stone, who passed a personal milestone when she topped 700 points in college on a second-quarter jumper, sits with 170 points, 85 rebounds, 16 assists, 15 steals and 14 blocks on the season.

She’s shooting 72-133 from the field and 26-36 from the free throw line, and leads Whitman in 13 of 22 statistical categories.

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