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Stone, Whitman on a roll

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (right), seen back in the day with CHS teammate Lindsey Roberts, continues to tear up the college basketball world. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They coasted into winter break.

Cruising along nicely in the second half Saturday night, the Whitman College women’s basketball team rolled to a 72-49 victory over visiting Buena Vista University.

Led by Coupeville’s Makana Stone, who banked in eight points and snatched eight rebounds in limited action, the Blues improved to 8-1 heading into a 19-day break.

Whitman doesn’t play again until Jan. 3, when it kicks off the 16-game Northwest Conference schedule with a home game against the University of Puget Sound.

Saturday night the Blues were playing their second, and final game, in the annual Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic, which honors a former Whitman hoops star who died of injuries from a 2007 cycling accident.

Coming off of a 35-point blowout of the University of Maine at Fort Kent a night before, Whitman let Buena Vista hang around for a half.

Up 15-13 after one quarter, then 31-26 at the half, the Blues kicked things into overdrive after halftime, pouring in 26 points in a torrid third quarter.

With the game in hand, Whitman went deep on its bench, giving 15 players floor time, and limiting its starters a bit.

Stone played a slim 21 minutes, but also tossed in a blocked shot and assist to go with her eight and eight.

Mady Burdett led Whitman with 12 points, while Kaylie McCracken popped for 11, and Natalie Whitesel made the nets jump for 10.

On the season, Stone sits with 137 points, 69 rebounds, 13 assists, 11 steals, and 11 blocks.

She’s shooting 55-95 (57.8%) from the floor and 25-30 (83.3%) at the free throw line.

For stat hounds out there, the former Wolf star reached two career milestones Saturday, making her 75th collegiate start (she’s played in 92 games) and collecting her 50th block.

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Stone reaches milestone, Blues grab win

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone, here with mom Eileen, is now the #7 scorer in Whitman College women’s basketball history. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

First they honored her, then she impressed them some more.

Coupeville’s Makana Stone was hailed Friday for becoming just the ninth player in Whitman College women’s basketball history to top 1,000 career points, then went out and tossed 12 more onto the stat sheet.

Paced by their senior star, who added 11 rebounds to post another double-double, the Blues blitzed the University of Maine at Fort Kent 84-49, kicking off the 2019 Kim Evanger Raney Classic, and their home schedule.

With the non-conference win, Whitman improves to 7-1 headed into a Saturday match-up with Buena Vista University, which sits at 1-8 on the season.

After that game, Stone and the Blues will be off for nearly three weeks, not playing again until Jan. 3, when they begin Northwest Conference play against the University of Puget Sound.

Whitman began the season with a seven-game road trip, so Friday night was the first chance for its fans to fill the Sherwood Athletic Center.

Those in attendance got to see Stone, who cracked 1,000 points in a win over Whittier College, continue to move up the career scoring chart.

Friday night she passed Mary Kincaid, who scored 1,056 between 1982-1986.

Now #7 all-time with 1,057, the former Wolf ace is hot on the heels of #6 Casey Poe (1,145), who she played alongside during her first two seasons at Whitman.

Katie Rubenser, a star from 1990-1994, is #1 with 1,693 points, and was in attendance Friday for Stone’s ceremony.

Bouncing back from its only loss of the year, which came last week to highly-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor, Whitman took control early Friday and never let go of the lead.

Up 25-12 after one quarter of play, the Blues surged to a 52-25 lead at the half, then took their feet off the gas pedal a bit and coasted home for the win.

Stone played a tidy 21 minutes, adding two blocked shots and an assist to her 12 points and 11 boards.

Four different Whitman players scored in double figures, led by Kaelan Shamseldin, who tallied a team-high 14 points.

On the season, Stone has 129 points, 61 rebounds, 12 assists, 11 steals, and 10 blocks.

She’s shooting 52-89 (58.4%) from the floor and 23-28 (82.1%) at the free throw line.

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Be vewy, vewy quiet, it’s a Silent Night

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Don’t cheer for Mason Grove Friday, until Coupeville scores its 10th point of the game. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Don’t cheer for the Wolves.

At least not at first.

When Coupeville High School boys basketball hosts Concrete Friday (7 PM tip), things will be a little different if everything goes to plan.

Following in the footsteps of Indiana’s Taylor University, the Wolves are planning a Silent Night.

Fans are encouraged to wear festive outfits, and then keep their cheer to themselves (for a hot moment, at least).

“Any holiday-themed dress,” said Coupeville Athletic Director Willie Smith. “Ugly sweaters (including any UW sweater), reindeer ears, blah, blah blah … or is it humbug, humbug, humbug.”

Under Silent Night guidelines, those in the stands (and camped around the court) stay dead quiet from opening tip-off until Coupeville scores its 10th point of the game.

If Concrete gets there first, silence still reigns.

Coupeville. 10th point. And then everyone gets crazy.

Literally at Taylor University, where students often flood the floor during the celebration.

With refs in on the plan, no technical foul is called, and the event has been going strong for 20+ years.

For Coupeville’s inaugural try, Smith is more about the celebration happening off the court, and not on it.

“We won’t storm the court,” he said. “But there is just a lot of them (students/fans) around the court and, yes, I’d like (to see) that replicated.”

 

To see a well-oiled machine pull off the event, take a gander at:

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Fill the hoop, win the day

Posted in Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Sophomore Hawthorne Wolfe is averaging 24.3 points a night through the first three games. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Avalon Renninger drills a jump shot.

Points make the world go round.

There are a lot of things which contribute to basketball success, from rebounds, to hustle, to heart.

But, in the end, the team with the most points wins, and it’s the easiest stat to track.

So, three games into the 2018-2019 high school hoops season, here’s a breakdown of where four of the five Coupeville teams sit, points-wise.

The boys C-Team isn’t included this time around for only one reason – it has yet to play a game.

So, with that in mind, scoring totals through Dec. 10:

 

Girls Varsity:

Scout Smith – 29
Chelsea Prescott – 17
Maddie Georges – 15
Izzy Wells – 13
Hannah Davidson – 8
Avalon Renninger – 7
Carolyn Lhamon – 3
Tia Wurzrainer – 3
Nezi Keiper – 2
Audrianna Shaw – 2
Kylie Van Velkinburgh – 2

 

Boys Varsity:

Hawthorne Wolfe – 73
Mason Grove – 39
Koa Davison – 26
Sean Toomey-Stout – 26
Jered Brown – 12
Jacobi Pilgrim – 8
Ulrik Wells – 8
Gavin Knoblich – 3

 

Girls JV:

Alita Blouin – 17
Ella Colwell – 14
Gwen Gustafson – 14
Ryanne Knoblich – 14
Natalie Castano – 6
Savana Allen – 4
Jessenia Camarena – 3
Morgan Stevens – 3
Abby Mulholland – 2
Samantha Streitler – 2
Heidi Meyers – 1

 

Boys JV:

Sage Downes – 32
Grady Rickner – 28
Daniel Olson – 22
Alex Murdy – 14
Cody Roberts – 10
Miles Davidson – 8
Alex Jimenez – 8
Logan Martin – 8
Andrew Aparicio – 4
Chris Cernick – 4
TJ Rickner – 4

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Stone notches college hoops honor

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Makana Stone won an Athlete of the Week award at Whitman for her play during a Texas trip. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Her game travels well.

After tearing up a pair of teams during a Texas trip, Whitman College women’s basketball standout Makana Stone has been tabbed as the Northwest Conference Female Athlete of the Week.

The Coupeville grad threw down a pair of double-doubles as the Blues wrapped up a season-opening seven-game road stand.

After going off for 13 points and 12 rebounds in a win against Concordia University, Stone posted a 22 and 10 in a big-time brawl with the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, the #7 team in NCAA D-III.

Whitman, 6-1 on the season, returns to play this Friday, Dec. 13, when it hosts the University of Maine at Fort Kent in the opener of the Kim Evanger Raney Classic.

On the season, Stone, a senior, has 117 points, 50 rebounds, 11 assists, 11 steals, and eight blocked shots, while shooting 47-79 (59.4%) from the floor and 21-26 (80.8%) from the free throw line.

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