Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner was in action Sunday, after a three-week break from her sophomore college basketball season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
It’s been awhile.
When Coupeville grad Kailey Kellner and her D’Youville College women’s basketball teammates stepped on the floor Sunday in Buffalo, New York, they might have been forgiven for not recognizing their home court.
The Spartans have been on a three-week winter break, allowing for trips home, but also possibly adding a bit of rust to the ol’ jump shot.
Their foes, Clarkson University, had just played Saturday, and were back in a mid-season groove, bouncing D’Youville 80-61.
The non-conference loss drops the Spartans to 4-5 on the season.
Kellner played well, however, netting four points and yanking down five rebounds in 14 minutes of action.
She was one off the team high in the carom-collecting biz, as teammate Sara Fields pulled in six rebounds.
Kellner added a steal and an assist as she checked off most of the boxes on the stat sheet.
Clarkson, which was led by a game-high 29 points from junior guard Molly Stewart, AKA “The Pride of Livonia, NY,” led 15-11 after one quarter, then stretched the lead out from there.
The crippler for D’Youville was a 25-15 run by the visiting Golden Knights in the third quarter.
Now that they’re done with their holiday break, the Spartans plunge into the meat of their schedule.
D’Youville has a final non-conference game against Buffalo State Wednesday, Jan. 2, then plays its final 15 regular-season contests against Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference rivals.
The Spartans, 1-2 in league play, start that conference run with a game Jan. 5 against Penn State-Altoona.
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