By james art 
Seattle, washing. – Nanooks raised his first GNAC victory for the season on Saturday afternoon, beating Seattle Pacific Falcons 88-82. With the victory, Alaska improves to 6-11, 1-8 GNAC for the season.
How did it happen
Alaska jumped to an early lead by 11-6, with Fate reimers By scoring eight points in the starting 3:54. Nanooks kept their lead, despite two straight Falcons buckets that reduced the advantage of one. Once the two sides converted free throws, Emily Freeman He knocked three to launch 9-0 mileage for Blue & Gold. This would help them lead 25-18 leads, passing through the second quarter.
Raymers started the result in the second with two straight baskets, giving the advantage of the “corners”. Miranda Lomax Added to a jumper and three, and Raymers followed with a jumper to put Nanooks to 36-25 and force a Spu Timeout by 6:26, remained in the period. Reimers and Lomax continued to score for “Nooks Out from the break with two more buckets, released by 12. However, the Seattle Pacific ended the quarter to 14-2, tying the game at 43, entering the half-time break.
SPU added to its launch to start the third, marking the first six points of a quarter to take over its first lead of the game. Raymers ended running with a stack, which caused 7-0 mileage so that the corners could restore the lead. Freshing falcons again tied the game, and the two sides traded threes of successive possessions, with Freeman opposed Grace Turni’s troika to tie the game to 53. Blue and gold followed this by scoring the next eight points unanswered, closing, closing The neighborhood in front 61-53.
Falcons started the third with five straight points, reducing Alaska’s advantage to 61-58 before Taylor pilot They posted five consecutive points on their own, demolishing a jumper and converting a three -point game to bring the nanoux back by eight. Later in the quarter Lomax later in a quarter helped to build its lead up to nine with 6:06. However, Falcons ahead of Nanooks 9-4 in the next 2:47, which made it a game of 73-69 at the 3:19 brand. Trystian Martin Linked to three to put nanks in front with seven, and Raymers followed with arrangement, helping them to increase their pillow to nine points. They would stay on this lead when they saw the game outside and took the win 88-82.
Inside the numbers
- Fate reimers Posted 28 points in the game, going 13-28 from the floor. She secured the double-soul by grabbing 10 boards in the victory and tied to the leader of the team with four blocks.
- Miranda Lomax He knocked five of her nine attempts from the floor, passing 4-5 from deep to a 16-point finishing.
- Taylor pilot I almost finished with a triple-pair, posting 13 points, nine assists and eight fights. She also forced a team with three thefts.
- Emily Freeman and Jade van Dyke Whether the rest of the nanks were completed with a double figure evaluation. Freeman knocked down three out of six shots beyond the rainbow, helping her finish with 10 points while Van Dyke posted 11 points.
- Alaska fired 45.2% of the floor and 42.9% of three in the victory.
What’s ahead
Nanooks returned to Fairbanks for two games next week, starting with a match on Thursday afternoon against Northwest Nazarene and ending Homestand by lunch against Central Washington on Saturday.
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