The Unalakleet Wolfpack will face off against the Kotzebue Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Unalakleet is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Unalakleet saw some tournament action on Saturday. They walked away with a 38-29 victory over Lumen Christi. Given the Wolfpack's advantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Archangels are ranked 58th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Kotzebue over Homer in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Kotzebue blew Homer out of the water with a 58-30 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Huskies had established a 27 point advantage.
Kotzebue has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.4 points per game. As for Unalakleet, they pushed their record up to 13-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Unalakleet came out on top in a nail-biter against Kotzebue when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 56-53. Will Unalakleet repeat their success, or does Kotzebue have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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