The last time Anchorage’s Sayvia Sellers and Wasilla’s Olivia Davies met on a basketball court was 2020. They faced off over the weekend for the first time at the college level at the Rainbow Wahine in Honolulu, where Sellers secured bragging rights as the Washington...
An 8-0 start has propelled the UAA men’s basketball team into the NABC Top 25 Poll for the first time in seven years. The Seawolves broke in at No. 23 when the second poll of the season was released Tuesday. Fellow GNAC team Saint Martin’s (7-0) was ranked sixth. UAA...
Ellen Silva’s fingerprints were all over a 2-0 weekend for the UAF women’s basketball team. The Fairbanks native on Friday grabbed 16 rebounds in a 70-62 win over Cal State San Bernardino and on Saturday hit two free throws with 8 seconds left to ice a 59-55 victory...
It was the dunk heard around Alaska; a two-handed thunderbolt hammered home by Seawolves' star Jason Kaiser of Anchorage. The 6-foot-5 guard out of Service High was a smooth jump shooter, not a rim rocker. But there he was alone on the break, throwing down a jam as...
A dreamy start to the season by the UAA men’s basketball team looked like it might get derailed in nightmare fashion Friday night against Adams State. The Seawolves saw their seemingly safe 21-point cushion sliced down to one midway through the second half as the...
Angelline Nageak couldn’t have drawn it up better. The Adams State guard from Anchorage was back in her hometown for some holiday hoops and set up the winning basket in Friday night's 83-82 nonconference win over the Seawolves at the Alaska Airlines Center. Nageak’s...
After stubbing his toe against the Tar Heels last week, Isaiah Moses of Anchorage kicked it into high gear and produced the finest two games of his young NCAA Division I career. The UC Riverside sophomore guard posted career highs in points (22) and assists (6)...
Anchorage basketball player Alissa Pili enjoyed the ultimate homecoming this weekend as she earned a Great Alaska Shootout title and Most Outstanding Player award. She also earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Pili powered the fourth-ranked Utah Utes to a...
She came. She saw. She conquered. Queen Alissa Pili of Anchorage enjoyed the ultimate homecoming this weekend as her reign in The Last Fronter extended to include a Great Alaska Shootout title and Most Outstanding Player award. Pili powered the fourth-ranked Utah Utes...
The play was a thing of beauty as UAA’s Jaisa Gamble’s perfect post feed to Tori Hollingshead resulted in a basket and foul that set up a potential three-point play. The crowd at the Alaska Airlines Center rose to its feet and this looked like the moment when the...
Alaska loves Alissa Pili. The largest crowd to watch a women's basketball game at the Alaska Airlines Center showed up Saturday night to catch a glimpse of the NCAA All-American from Anchorage. They saw a lot of Pili and a lot of points scored by nationally ranked...