Basketball Recap: Barrow Piles Up the Points Against Kotzebue

Barrow had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 52.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They blew past the Kotzebue Huskies, posting a 75-12 win. Given the Whalers' advantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Huskies are ranked 63rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Kylen Burnell

Points

03/06/25 vs Kotzebue	29
02/21/25 vs Kotzebue	22
02/07/25 vs West Valley	15
02/01/25 @ Bethel	18
01/24/25 vs Nikiski	23
+ 5 more games

Leading Barrow to victory were Aiga Unutoa and Kylen Burnell. Unutoa dropped a triple-double with 16 points, ten assists, and ten steals, while Burnell went 12-for-23 on her way to 29 points and four steals. The match was Burnell's tenth in a row with at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Zadah Unutoa, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds.

Barrow's victory bumped their record up to 19-4. As for Kotzebue, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-14.

Barrow wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 74-38 win against Bethel on the 7th. As for Kotzebue, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 63-48 victory against Nome-Beltz on the 7th.