King Cove continued its whirl-wind, road trip through Southcentral Alaska with a pair of non-divisional games at Nikiski High School on Wednesday; the King Cove Rookie girls defeating Nikiski 48-42 and the Nikiski boys downing the King Cove T-Jacks 67-43.
Nikiski Girls 42 – King Cove 48
Lead by a 27 point effort by Elaina Mack, the Rookies held off Nikiski 48-42 in non-conference basketball between the 1A reigning state champions and the 3A reigning state runner-up Bulldogs. Nikiski lead 15-9 after one quarter and King Cove took the lead 26-24 at the half. The Rookies built a nine point lead after three quarters 42-31. Lillian Carstens lead Nikiski with 14 points.
Nikiski 67 – King Cove 43
The Nikiski boys, on the strength of six, three-point baskets in the first quarter, built a 25-10 lead in the first and cruised to a 67-43 victory over the King Cover T-Jack boys. Noah Litke lead Nikiski with 24 points, including six, three-pointers; Michael Mysing scored eight points, all in the first quarter.
Nikiski travels to Nome to face the 3A Nome Nanooks on Friday and Saturday, February 14-15. Friday’s games are scheduled for 7 & 8:30 p.m. with the boys varsity playing the first game. Saturday’s schedule is for 4 & 5:30 p.m. with the girls varsity leading off.
All games will be broadcast on KSRM 920AM and streamed live and free at www.radiokenai.com
Other 1A Basketball Scores
Nikolaevsk girls 62, Kodiak ESS 22
Nikolaevsk boys 71, Nanwalek 42
Ninilchik boys 72, Kalskag 40
Cook Inlet Academy boys 62, Nanwalek 37 (Tuesday)
