Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Nelson Island Islanders (Toksook Bay, AK) and the visiting Nuniwarmiut Herders (Mekoryuk, AK), saw Nelson Island's basketball squad wallop Nuniwarmiut by a tally of 56-27.

With the victory, Nelson Island improves its record to 8-4 on the campaign. The Islanders travel to Chaputnguak (Chefornak, AK) to confront the Shaman in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 18. The Shaman come into the challenge with a record of 5-3. Chaputnguak won 51-27 in their recent non-league challenge against Ayaprun (Newtok, AK)