Let him cook. It took until the final game of the 82-game regular season, but the Charlotte Hornets finally fit 21-year-old JT Thor of Anchorage with a chef’s hat. Given space to operate on Sunday, he used that leeway to leverage his breakthrough NBA performance with...
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Prep Hoops: Bartlett girls relish opportunity against No. 1-ranked Wasilla in 4A state tournament
Facing the state’s No. 1-ranked team in the first round of the state tournament would have some people calling foul, but Bartlett girls basketball coach Darian Lawson is calling his shot. The third-year coach wouldn’t be surprised if his eighth seeded Golden Bears...
Prep Hoops: Mt. Edgecumbe boys enter 3A state tournament riding 24-game heater; Grace’s Sophie Lentfer named Gatorade girls winner
Just because the Mt. Edgecumbe boys basketball team has a 24-0 record doesn’t mean the Braves had it easy this season. They had an 11-point fourth-quarter comeback against Sitka, blew an 11-point fourth-quarter lead at Barrow and rallied late to win against Ketchikan....
Prep Hoops: Petersburg gets defensive, knocks off top-seeded Hooper Bay in 2A boys state final
A little pain at the beginning of the season paved the way for the Petersburg boys basketball team to experience ecstasy at the end. Early losses served as growing pains that later helped the Vikings sprout from pretenders to contenders, a journey that culminated on...
Prep Hoops: Lexi Cook pumps in 27 points to lift Metlakatla over Tikigaq for 2A girls state crown
There was a changing of the guard Saturday night in Class 2A girls basketball. Metlakatla wiped away years of frustration after erasing a third-quarter deficit to beat perennial powerhouse Tikigaq 51-42 in the state tournament championship game in front of 3,500 fans...
Prep Hoops: King Cove snaps Kake’s 60-game winning streak, claims Class 1A boys state title
Defense is king in King Cove and now the T-Jacks are kings of Class 1A boys basketball. Led by an active defense and late-game poise, King Cove held off defending state champion Kake 39-31 in the ASAA March Madness Alaska state title in front of 3,000 fans Saturday at...
Prep Hoops: Fort Yukon Eagles earn first 1A girls championship with gritty win over Newhalen
The ASAA girls 1A state basketball title has a new home in Fort Yukon. The Eagles won their first girls championship in a gritty 62-51 matchup against the Newhalen Malamutes in front of a crowd of supporters donning signs that read “EAGLE POWER” and “GO FORT YUKON”....
College Hoops: Nationally ranked San Bernardino ekes out 52-49 win over Seawolves in NCAA Tournament opener
In a thrilling NCAA Tournament game that could have gone either way, CSU San Bernardino executed one, maybe two, more plays down the stretch to hold off the Seawolves. UAA stood toe-to-toe with the country’s 20th-ranked team before falling 52-49 in a first-round West...
College Hoops: Late-season push has Seawolves in NCAA Tournament for first time in 12 years; UAA opens against No. 20 San Bernardino Friday
Lots of teams overplay the respect card, but the Seawolves have a legit case. They were picked seventh in the GNAC preseason poll and written off with a month left in the regular season, and yet they are in the NCAA Tournament. A late season push by the UAA men’s...
Prep Hoops: Wasilla girls new No. 1 in ASR/Class 4A Coaches Poll; Monroe boys climb to No. 3, East holds top spot
The Wasilla girls basketball team will be the No. 2 seed at next week’s state tournament, but they are No. 1 in this week's Alaska Sports Report/Class 4A Coaches Poll. Fresh off winning the Northern Lights Conference Tournament title, Wasilla took the top spot after...
Service High freshman phenom Aryanna Watson named Alaska Athlete of the Week after dazzling at CIC hoops tournament
Aryanna Watson was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after a turning in a sparkling performance in the Cook Inlet Conference basketball tournament that was capped off by a dramatic game-winning shot. The Service freshman phenom, who has been touted all season as...