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Stone a savage!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Makana Stone, here with CHS running mate Sylvia Hurlburt, sparked Whitman to a fifth-straight win Friday night. (Photo courtesy Eileen Stone)

The Human Highlight Reel is back at it.

Throwing down a team-high 16 points and snatching seven boards Friday, Coupeville grad Makana Stone sparked the Whitman College women’s basketball team to its fifth consecutive win.

The Blues, playing the first game of back-to-back road contests in Tacoma, savaged Pacific Lutheran 72-44.

The win, coming in the team’s first conference game, lifts Whitman to 5-1 on the season.

Stone continued to be highly-efficient this season, dropping in 8-12 shots from the field in 23 minutes of action. She also added two assists and two steals.

Casey Poe knocked down 10 to back her, while Whitman got 30 points from its bench players.

Whitman jumped out to a 14-11 lead after one quarter, then steadily added to its lead, with a 24-11 run in the fourth the real killer.

If nothing else, PLU hit a rare achievement in the loss, scoring exactly the same amount of points (11) in every quarter.

The Blues, ranked #8 in D-III, return to the court Saturday to face their arch-rivals, #19 University of Puget Sound.

The schools split four games last season, with UPS winning two regular-season games in overtime. Whitman avenged those losses, however, winning twice in the playoff.

Six games into her sophomore campaign, Stone tops Whitman in points (88), rebounds (41), field goal percentage (66% on 35-53) and free throw percentage (86% on 18-21).

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Can’t hold her down!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on November 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Refs played foul with Makana Stone Saturday, but she used her few minutes of playing time strongly to help Whitman win its fourth-straight. (Eileen Stone photo)

Not even the refs could stop Whitman.

The Blues played major chunks of game time Saturday without their leading scorer, Coupeville grad Makana Stone, who was saddled with foul trouble, but still rolled to their fourth-straight win.

Breaking open a one-point game with a strong second-half effort, Whitman cruised past Evergreen State College 89-76 in the finale of the Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic.

The win lifts the Blues to 4-1.

Stone came into the game averaging 16 points a night, and started with a bang.

The sophomore sensation hit a pair of jumpers to open things, then fed freshman Kaelan Shamseldin for a three-ball.

But back-to-back fouls derailed her night less than three minutes into the opening quarter, and she stayed on the bench for much of the first half.

When she was on the court in the second half, Stone was her usual explosive self, picking up four more points, four boards and another assist.

Two more fouls severely limited her floor time, however. She entered the night averaging 22 minutes a game, but only played nine against Evergreen.

Stone finished Saturday with eight points, on efficient 4-6 shooting from the floor.

She leads Whitman in field goal percentage (66% on 27-41 shooting) and free throw percentage (86% on 18-21).

With several other key players plagued by foul trouble — Sierra McGarity fouled out, while Maegan Martin (4) and Emily Rommel (3) were hobbled — Whitman turned to its guards for much of its offense.

Preseason All-American Casey Poe rattled home a team-high 26 in her second game of the season, while Shamseldin bounced back from a scoreless game the night before to net 16.

Through the first five games, Stone remains Whitman’s #1 scorer, with 72 points, and #2 rebounder (trailing Rommel 37-34).

The Blues return to action next weekend, when they take a two-game road trip to Tacoma to face their first Northwest Conference foes.

Whitman plays at Pacific Lutheran University Friday, then revives its rivalry with the University of Puget Sound Saturday.

Last season, the Blues and Loggers split four games, with UPS taking two regular-season games in overtime, before Whitman rebounded to win a pair of playoff contests.

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Total domination, total perfection!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , on November 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Makana Stone volunteers to go kick some fanny and take names. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcome to beat down city.

With preseason All-American Casey Poe back in the lineup, and Coupeville grad Makana Stone playing near flawless ball, the Whitman College women’s basketball squad was unstoppable Friday afternoon.

Kicking off the Kim Evanger Raney Memorial Classic, the Blues crushed previously-unbeaten Walla Walla College 81-42 in a game which was over as soon as Stone knocked down the first basket.

The win lifts Whitman to 3-1 heading into another tourney game Saturday against Evergreen State College.

The Blues played the first three games of the season minus Poe, who was working on an academic project, and, with her out, Stone has emerged as a go-to scorer.

That continued Friday, as the former Wolf banged home three lay-ups in the first quarter, then iced four straight jumpers.

Stone, who didn’t miss a shot until midway through the fourth quarter, finished with 16 points on 8-9 shooting.

Poe, who went off for 12 in the third quarter, had a game-high 21. Emily Rommel and Maegan Martin chipped in with 12 apiece.

Whitman put the game away early, cruising in with a 25-9 lead at the end of the first, then stretching it to 46-14 at the half.

From there, the Blues steadily pushed the margin, which reached as high as 42 right before Walla Walla hit a game-closing three-ball.

Through the first four games of her sophomore season, Stone is averaging 16 points and 7.5 rebounds a night.

She leads Whitman in points (64) rebounds (30), field goal percentage (66% on 23-35) and free throw percentage (86% on 18-21), while also having five assists, three steals and one blocked shot.

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Makana, unleashed!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on November 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Makana Stone is averaging a team-high 16 points a night through the first three games of her sophomore season at Whitman. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Call her Ms. Double-Double.

Throwing down like a beast for the second time in as many days, Coupeville grad Makana Stone went for 18 points and 11 rebounds Saturday to spark Whitman College to a huge tourney win.

With Stone controlling the paint and freshman Kaelan Shamseldin drilling three-balls from beyond the arc, the Blues bounced Whittier 64-52 in their finale at the Ramada at Spokane Airport Whit Classic.

Whitman, which has played without preseason All-American Casey Poe so far, is 2-1 on the season.

A huge key to that success? Stone.

As a freshman, the former Wolf was a starter on a Whitman squad which went to the Elite Eight of the NCAA D-III women’s tourney. As a sophomore, she is fast becoming the focal point of the Blues offense.

Stone has hit double figures scoring in every game (10, 20, 18) and leads Whitman at 16 points a night.

With her 11 boards, which ties her best single-game college performance, she pulls within one carom (27-26) of veteran Emily Rommel for the team lead in that category, as well.

Her shooting has been locked-in from the opening tip of the season, as Stone is hitting 58% (15-26) from the floor and 86% (18-21) from the free-throw line.

She’s #1 on the Blues in free throw percentage and #2 in field goal accuracy.

That last stat is a little skewed, as the only teammate Stone is chasing, Anissia Hughes, has built her 60-58% lead while taking far fewer shots, hitting 6-10 from the floor.

Playing against Whittier, Stone divvied up her points, throwing down six in the first quarter, adding five more in the third, than closing like a champ with seven in the game-clinching fourth.

Her back-to-back double-doubles landed Stone a spot on the All-Tournament team.

Shamseldin, who hit six bombs from three-point land Saturday, added 23 points.

Whitman returns to action next weekend, when it plays in the Kim Evanger Raney Classic Nov. 24-25. The Blues play Walla Walla University and the Evergreen State University.

Killer Kailey hits the floor:

Stone wasn’t the only former Wolf to play in a college basketball game Saturday, as her former teammate, Kailey Kellner, suited up for D’Youville College in New York.

Kellner netted two points off a jumper, while also piling up a rebound, assist and steal as the Spartans fell 56-35 to SUNY-Canton.

D’Youville, which is 0-3 on the season, returns to action Monday with a game against Wells College.

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You’ve been Stoned!!

Posted in Basketball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Makana Stone, seen here in action last season, went for 20 points and 10 rebounds Friday as Whitman rolled to a win. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

There were Leopards in the gym Friday, but only one true beast on the court.

Playing with wild abandon, Coupeville grad Makana Stone had the most dominant game of her already-stellar college basketball career, throwing down 20 points and snatching 10 rebounds to spark Whitman College to a 93-75 win over the University of La Verne.

The victory, coming in the opening round of the Ramada at Spokane Airport Whit Classic, evens Whitman’s early-season record at 1-1.

The Blues spring right back into action Saturday, when they play Whittier College to close out the tourney.

Stone, who was a starter as a freshman on a Whitman team which went to the Elite Eight of the NCAA D-III hoops tourney, scorched the nets Friday at a rate not previously seen.

At least at the college level.

Her 20 points, which came on almost-perfect shooting (she finished 6-8 from the floor and 8-8 at the free-throw line), was the most she’s scored as a college player.

Stone’s previous college high was 16 against the University of Puget Sound last season.

After warming up with a four-point, six-rebound first quarter, helping the Blues take a 22-18 lead they would never relinquish, the superb sophomore went off in the third quarter.

Pouring in 10 of her 20 coming out of the halftime break, she accounted for almost a third of Whitman’s 32 third-quarter points.

Stone’s 10 rebounds were just a single carom shy of her college best, as well. She hauled in 11 in a game several times as a freshman.

Whitman, which was without preseason All-American Casey Poe for the second straight game, used its inside strength to annihilate the Leopards of La Verne.

The Blues outrebounded their foes 57-20, with Emily Rommel pulling down 16 to go with her team-high 22 points.

La Verne was led by Clarissa Perez, who netted 29, but needed a ton of shots (12-25 from the floor, 1-6 at the line) to get there.

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