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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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It’s rainin’ awards!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on December 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (right), seen at her 2016 high school graduation with Lindsey Roberts, continues to rack up college basketball honors. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Maybe they should just rename the award in her honor.

Coupeville grad Makana Stone’s body of work on the court for Whitman College continues to attract praise from those around her.

Monday, she was named as the Northwest Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for the second time in less than a month.

Stone, who also was tabbed for the honor Nov. 19, was hailed for her work this past weekend at Whitman’s annual Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic.

She went off for 25 points in a win over Colorado College, then put up 16 points and 13 rebounds in a battle to the wire with undefeated Thomas More College, the #4 team in NCAA D-III basketball.

Jordan Jenkins, a senior forward for Willamette University, was honored as the league’s Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week.

Whitman, which is off until Dec. 20, sits at 6-3 overall, 2-0 in league play, with Stone, a junior, leading the team in 14 of 22 stats categories. She’s second in three others.

On the season, she has 158 points, 78 rebounds, 13 assists, 14 steals and nine blocks, while shooting 68-121 from the field and 22-30 at the line.

Stone is on the cusp of a personal statistical mark, as well, as she is just two points shy of scoring 700 for her collegiate career.

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Stone rock-solid, but Saints inspired!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , on December 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Wolf grad Makana Stone scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Saturday while facing the #4 team in NCAA D-III women’s basketball. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

You have to play the best to be the best, but sometimes that means absorbing a loss or two.

The Whitman College women’s basketball team scrapped all night Saturday, but despite a splendid 16-point, 13-rebound effort from Coupeville grad Makana Stone, could not take down the #4 team in the country.

That squad is Thomas More College, which went to the NCAA D-III Final Four last year, won a national title in 2016 and entered play Saturday with a 10-0 record.

And, powered by 33 points from Madison Temple, the Saints lived up to their rep, holding off Whitman 80-63 in the final game of the Kim Evanger Raney Classic in Walla Walla.

The non-conference loss snaps a four-game winning streak for the Blues, and drops them to 6-3 on the season.

Stone held up well in the spotlight, leading her team in points and grabbing five more rebounds than any other player on the floor.

She also played a season-high 39 of 40 minutes.

For her efforts across two games (she had 25 points and five rebounds Friday against Colorado College), Stone was named to the All-Tournament team.

She was joined by teammate Mady Burdett, while Temple was picked as tournament MVP.

Whitman hung tough with Thomas More, leading early in the game and only trailing 15-12 at the end of the first quarter.

The deficit stretched out to eight at the half, but a 21-21 third quarter stalemate kept hope alive for the Blues.

It wasn’t to be, however, as the Saints proved to be strong closers, wrapping things with a 21-12 surge across the final 10 minutes.

Stone, who leads her squad in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots, has 158 points, 78 rebounds, 13 assists, 14 steals and nine blocks on the year.

She’s shooting 68-121 from the field and 22-30 at the line.

Whitman is off for a week-and-a-half, not returning to play until it travels to California for the UC Santa Cruz Classic Dec. 20-21.

The Blues are scheduled to face Williams College and Northwestern at the tourney, then are off until Jan. 5, when the league season kicks into high gear.

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Stone, Blues torch net!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville grad Makana Stone tossed in 25 points Friday as Whitman College women’s basketball rolled to its fourth-straight win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Makana Stone has found her groove.

The Coupeville grad threw down 25 points Friday night, missing her collegiate-high by just a single point, as Whitman College women’s basketball crushed visiting Colorado College 99-60.

The victory, coming in the first of two games the Blues will play in their annual Kim Evanger Raney Classic, is Whitman’s fourth-straight and sixth in its last seven games.

Now 6-2 on the season, Stone and her associates return to their home court in Walla Walla Saturday to face Thomas More College.

Whitman came out red-hot Friday and never cooled off, with the 99 points its second-best team scoring performance of the season.

The Blues dropped 107 on Walla Walla College in an earlier game.

It actually took Stone a minute or two to lock in, as she rimmed out her first three shots.

Things changed when she pulled off the kind of play Coupeville fans grew accustomed to enjoying during her prep career, as she picked the pocket of a rival ball-handler, then beat the crowd to the other end for a layup.

After that, Stone was unstoppable, tossing in eight points in both the first and second quarter.

With the game turning into a blowout, she added seven more in the third, then a single basket in the fourth before heading to the bench early.

Stone finished the game 12-18 from the field, snatched five rebounds and added an assist to go with her steal.

It was the fourth time she has topped 20 points this season, and the Whitman junior has hit double digits in seven of eight.

The 25 points was one shy of the 26 she banked home against Montana Tech.

Whitman surged to a 27-11 lead after one quarter Friday, but Colorado stiffened its chin a bit and eked out a 23-23 tie in the second frame.

After the halftime break, it was back to being all Blues, all the time, as Whitman threw down 23-11 and 26-15 runs in the final two quarters.

Four Blues players scored in double figures, with Mady Burdett knocking down 21.

Stone, who leads her squad in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots, has 142 points, 65 rebounds, 10 assists, 12 steals and nine blocks on the year.

She’s shooting 62-109 from the field and 18-24 at the line.

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