In what's become a running theme this season, the Nelson Island Islanders gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Nightmute Elitnaurviat 96-39 at home. Given Nelson Island's advantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while Nightmute Elitnaurviat is ranked 112th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nelson Island was led to victory by Brennan Lincoln and Johnny Nicholai. Lincoln scored 26 points, while Nicholai scored 28 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Nicholai has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Felton Tulik, who scored ten points.
Nightmute Elitnaurviat's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Henry George, who scored 11 points. Another player making a difference was Richard Anthony, who scored ten points.
Nelson Island has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Nightmute Elitnaurviat, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.
Nelson Island will head out on the road to square off against Nuniwarmiut at 9:00 p.m. on Friday. Nelson Island knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past nine contests -- so hopefully Nuniwarmiut likes a good challenge. As for Nightmute Elitnaurviat, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Chaputnguak at 6:30 p.m. Chaputnguak is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 50.2 points per game this season.
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