Basketball Game Preview: Eagle River Wolves vs. Ninilchik Wolverines + How To Watch

The Eagle River Wolves and the Ninilchik Wolverines will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest, having both just played. Eagle River has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with 27 straight losses, while Ninilchik will come in with four straight victories.

Eagle River saw some tournament action on Thursday. They were beaten by Kenai Central 77-27. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Kardinals are ranked 17th).

Meanwhile, Ninilchik was able to grind out a solid win over Soldotna on Thursday, taking the game 47-40. That's two games straight that the Wolverines have won by exactly seven points.

Eagle River's defeat dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Ninilchik, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.