Terrell Peter of Fairbanks went to a lot of UAF basketball games growing up, so putting on a Nanooks jersey is personal. After spending the last two seasons at Bellevue College in Seattle, the 6-foot-3 forward got the opportunity to return home and it's something he...
Portugal and South Sudan got an assist from Alaska in bagging some big wins over the weekend in FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Anchorage's Mareng Gatkuoth dropped in four 3-pointers and scored 16 points in 18 minutes off the bench for his biggest offensive explosion in...
The University of Washington has won the Sayvia Sellers sweepstakes. The nationally ranked Class of 2023 guard out of Anchorage announced on social media that she has committed to the University of Washington. The 5-foot-7 four-star recruit picked the Huskies over...
It’s been 20 years, but Laura Ingham still gets emotional when she thinks back to when she played in the Great Alaska Shootout. “Just remembering, I got a little choked up,” said the legendary Anchorage point guard. The former East High girls basketball star took over...
Taking advantage of extended playing time, Ruthy Hebard of Fairbanks made some things happen for the Chicago Sky. She also made Alaska basketball history. The 24-year-old forward grabbed five rebounds to match Jessica Moore’s record for most rebounds in a WNBA playoff...
Anchorage’s DeMarcus Hall-Scriven was offered a chance to play basketball at UAF straight out of high school three years ago, but turned it down. Now given a second chance to sign with the Nanooks, he looks to turn it up. The 6-foot-4 all-conference guard has joined...
Anchorage basketball player Sayvia Sellers was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after leading TruGame, a U17Alaska travel team, to the title of Nike Tournament of Champions in Chicago. The dynamic 5-foot-7 guard and reigning Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year out of...
Anchorage teens Olivia Heartwell and Sayvia Sellers have been close friends since the third grade and spent most of lives playing on the same basketball team. They went their separate ways in high school but reconnected this summer with Alaska TruGame, a travel ball...
Anchorage’s JT Thor brought the thunder to last year’s NBA Summer League. This year he made it rain. The second-year NBA player buried a 23-foot jumper in sudden death to give the Charlotte Hornets an 89-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in a NBA Summer League...
Justinian Jessup of Nome isn’t trying to complicate his job for the Golden State Warriors. Just score, baby. The 2020 second-round draft pick is back with the Warriors for summer league, and he got off to good start at the California Classic summer league. The...
Mareng Gatkuoth of Anchorage keyed a third-quarter run that carried South Sudan to a 75-61 victory over Tunisia at the FIBA World Cup African Nations qualifying tournament. Gatkuoth had a hand in eight points in the third quarter when South Sudan outscored the...