The 2020 Peninsula Conference Basketball Championships, which will determine conference champions and state qualifiers to the ASAA 1A State Basketball Championships, tipped-off four days of competition at Cook Inlet Academy with first-round games on Wednesday, March 4th in the CIA gym.
The Peninsula Conference tournament features a double-elimination format in both the girls and boys bracket with the tournament’s championship games scheduled for Friday night (March 6th) and the runner-up games, which will determine the second, state qualifier on Saturday afternoon (March 7th).
Peninsula Conference Girls Bracket: Opening Round
Lumen Girls 27 – Ninilchik Girls 18
#5 Lumen downs #4 Ninilchik in tournament’s first upset.
Cook Inlet Academy (6-4) – Kodiak ESSS (0-10) Rescheduled to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The Nikolaevsk girls earn the #1 seed with a 10-0 record and receive a bye into Thursday’s round. Birchwood Academy (7-3) also receives a first-round bye with the #2 seed.
Peninsula Conference Boys Bracket: Opening Round
Birchwood Academy Boys 51 – Cook Inlet Academy Boys 43
Cook Inlet battles from 36-17 deficit at halftime to draw to within a basket in the final three minutes; however, Birchwood holds-off the Eagles 51-43.
Nikolaevsk Boys 75 – Nanwalek 40
Justin Trail lead the Warriors with 26 points in a 75-40 win over Nanwalek.
Thursday Game Schedule at Cook Inlet Academy
1:30 p.m. Cook Inlet Girls vs Kodiak ESSS
3:00 p.m. Nikolaevsk Girls vs Lumen
4:30 p.m. Lumen Boys vs Birchwood
6:00 p.m. Birchwood Girls vs Winner of CIA/Kodiak
7:30 p.m. Ninilchik Boys vs Nikolaevsk
