Coupeville grad Makana Stone set a new personal collegiate record Friday, scoring 24 points in a tourney win in Spokane. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
She might already be a lock for the All-Tournament team.
Again.
Coupeville grad Makana Stone went off Friday in the opener of the Whit Classic in Spokane, throwing down 24 points and snatching 10 boards to spark the Whitman College women’s basketball team to a 74-62 win over the University of Texas at Tyler.
The win lifts the Blues to 2-1 headed into a second, and final tourney rumble Saturday, when they play Montana Tech.
Playing in the 60th game of her career at Whitman, Stone broke her personal collegiate scoring record, edging out the 23 she tallied last year as a sophomore in a game versus Willamette.
Maybe it’s the Whitworth Fieldhouse in Spokane she loves, or the Whit Classic itself, since the Whidbey native has now scored 77 points across five games in three of these tourneys.
Stone dropped eight and seven points as a freshman, then was named to the All-Tournament team as a sophomore when she knocked down 20 and 18.
This time around, the junior post player jumped on her Texas counterparts quickly, raining down eight points in the first quarter, then slapping home another 10 in the second frame.
Sparked by Stone’s 18-point first half, and some deadly three-point shooting from her teammates, Whitman cruised into the halftime break up 45-23.
Texas rallied a bit after the break, shaving 10 points off its 22-point deficit, but the Blues were never seriously in trouble.
Stone added another six points in the third quarter, wrapping up a strong shooting performance.
She drilled 10 of 14 from the field, and swished all four of her free-throw attempts, while also tossing two steals, an assist and a blocked shot on the stat pile.
The former Wolf standout is averaging 15 points and nine rebounds a night this season.
Stone’s stellar performance under the bright lights against Texas raised her career totals to 582 points and 412 boards in a just a hair over two seasons.
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