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Tough road ahead!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   CHS grad Kailey Kellner continues to play strongly, but her college basketball team is sinking in the standings. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not the direction they want to be headed in.

It became a lost weekend for the D’Youville College women’s basketball team, which took a severe hit in its efforts to nab a playoff spot after dropping back-to-back games to teams behind them in the standings.

After losing a fourth-quarter lead in an overtime loss Saturday, the Spartans absorbed a much-more substantial drubbing Sunday, falling 90-54 to visiting Penn State-Altoona.

The loss leaves D’Youville sitting at 4-8 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, 5-14 overall.

In a league where the top six schools make the postseason, the Spartans sit in a seventh-place tie, two games out of sixth with six to play.

The outlook isn’t especially bright, either, as D’Youville is 1-5 this year against its remaining opponents.

Sunday, despite strong supporting work from Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner, the Spartans fell behind early and never recovered.

A 29-10 Penn State run in the second quarter was a crippler, essentially turning the second half into an afterthought.

Kellner, a freshman, finished with three rebounds and an assist.

On the season, she has 46 points, 48 rebounds, 21 assists, eight steals and three blocks.

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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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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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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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Killer Kailey lights up college court!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on January 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Kailey Kellner, seen here in her high school days, started Monday for D’Youville College. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Some nights you just try to survive.

Facing one of the two powerhouses in its league Monday, the D’Youville College women’s basketball team ended up smack-dab in the path of a buzz-saw.

After enduring a 66-45 rout at the hands of visiting Hilbert College, the Spartans sit at 3-4 in league play, 4-10 overall.

The high-flying Hawks of Hilbert (8-1, 10-5) took over sole possession of first-place in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference with the win, moving a half-game up on Mount Aloysius (7-1, 9-4).

While D’Youville struggled, there was one bright spot.

Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner returned to the starting lineup for the Spartans, and the freshman picked up three points, two rebounds and two assists.

For the season, the former Wolf sharpshooter, who has played in all 14 games, starting five, has 41 points, 28 rebounds, 14 assists and eight steals.

D’Youville stayed close in the first quarter Monday, trailing just 22-14 at the first break, but a 24-6 Hilbert surge in the second was a killer.

Down 60-28 entering the fourth quarter, the Spartans showed some gumption, opening the final period with a 13-0 run to slice the lead almost in half.

Kellner and her teammates bounce right back into action Wednesday, when they hit the road to play Medaille College (4-4, 7-8).

The “road trip” isn’t a long one, as both schools are in Buffalo, New York and sit just 10 minutes (on a good traffic day) away from each other.

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