Men Hoops ends the home plan for the home plan with a big win against Yellow jackets on the Senior Day

Fair bank – The Nanook's men's basketball team ended his home plan on Saturday with a big win against Montana State Billings. The nanooks have honored seniors Jordan GillPresent Paul Johnson And Griffin Effenberger Before the competition for the senior day and they defeated the Yellow jackets 72-64. The victory means that Alaska is connected to Saint Martin for the last Gnac Playoff spot. Both teams sit on an 8: 8 conference record.

How it happened
The Yellow jackets started the competition and scored his first six points, with Jajuan dead being two consecutive buckets to bring Alaska to an early 6-0 hole. Jalai O'ityh Got the corners on the board with a jumper and followed with a three of one Isaiah Saams-Hoy Steal and make it a one-point ball game. Thanks to a three from Saams-Hoy, the Nanooks took the lead and presented them with 4:21 before 8-6. Msub tied it three times in the next 5:45, but Alaska stayed in front of him thanks to a layup from Saams-Hoy and two Elyon Zevenbergen Layups. However, the Yellow jackets have registered a 6-0 run to drive up 6:46 to half-time 18-14. The corners would get buckets Ketan SidhuO'keith and Zevenbergen to close half, but they entered the break with 27-21.

MSUB started the second half with a value of the first four points and formed a double -digit advantage over Alaska. Paul Johnson I got things up running with a jumper for the nanooks, and O'ityh followed with three in the next possession to do it 31-26. Saams-Hoy scored Alaska's next six points and held out the yellow jackets at a striking distance before an O'ItH jumper made it a score game. Griffin Effenberger followed with a jumper and a three pointer to bind the game with 39, and Saams-Hoy gave the nooks the lead with a layup. O'keith would score the next six points for The Blue & Gold, and Chris Lee Followed by holes in the next three possessions to give the Nanooks a 56-45 lead. Johnson and Lee scored two more buckets for the Nanooks to record them with 61: 47, and Alaska would achieve his last 11 points from the charity strip to see the victory.

Within the numbers

• Jalai O'ityh led the nanooks with 20 points to an efficient 8-11 shooting performance from the field. He also led the team in Steal with two and band with nine rebounds for the team leader.
• Isaiah Saams-Hoy followed 18 points and nine rebounds. He led the team with five templates and two blocks.
• Chris Lee Was the last nanook that achieved a double assessment and scored 14 points.
• Griffin Effenberger contributed seven points from the bank while adding five rebounds, four assists and theft.
• The nooks went 25-57 (43.9%) from the field and 7-26 (26.9%) of three. They repaid 15-22 (68.2%) attempts from the open-air line.
• Alaska scored 12 points from sales compared to two for Msub. It also led the yellow jackets in the bench points 13-6.

What comes to come?
The Nanooks are traveling for their last two home games of the regular 2024-25 season, starting with a huge matchup against the saints of St. Martin next Thursday in a fight for last place in the GNAC playoffs. Then they play their regular season finals against the Western Oregon Wolves on Saturday.

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