EE
Paul H. McCarthy
66
Alaska UAF-W 4-22, 0-20 GNAC
89
Winner Northwest Nazarene NNU-W 22-3, 18-2 GNAC
Alaska UAF-W
4-22, 0-20 GNAC
66
Final
89
Northwest Nazarene NNU-W
22-3, 18-2 GNAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Alaska UAF-W 20 13 20 13 66
Northwest Nazarene NNU-W 30 15 21 23 89

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Nona Letuligasenoa

@NanooksWBB Falls to Nighthawks in Final Game of the Season

NAMPA, Idaho – The Alaska Nanooks women's basketball team concluded the 2017-18 season on Saturday afternoon, as the Nanooks fell 89-66 to the Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at the Johnson Sports Center.

Alaska finishes the 2017-18 season with an overall record 4-22 and 0-20 in conference play under first-year head coach Brett Sawyer. The Nighthawks advance to the postseason with a record of 22-3 on the year and 18-2 in league games.

As a team, Alaska shot 38.3 percent from the floor (23-for-60), 12.5 percent from beyond the arc (3-for-24) and 85 percent from the free throw line (17-for-20). The Nanooks also picked up nine offensive and 20 defensive boards for 29 rebounds total, 10 assists, four steals and three blocks.

The Nanooks picked up 28 points in the paint, 25 points off of the bench,15 points off of turnovers and 10 points off of second-chances.

Junior guard Emily Evans and sophomore guard Kylie Wallace tied for a team-high 12 points, being two of three Nanooks that scored double-digit figures. Wallace shot 4-for-5 from the field and 4-for-6 from the free throw line, while also chipping in four rebounds in 18 minutes on the court.

Evans shot 4-for-13 from the floor, including 2-for-10 from three-point range and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. Evans also chipped in a game-high five assists in 31 minutes on the floor.

Sophomore guard Lexi Carpenter was the only other Alaska player to score double-digit figures, shooting 5-for-16 from the field and 1-for-5 from beyond the arc in a game-high 36 minutes on the court.

For more information on the Alaska Nanooks women's basketball team, follow @NanooksWBB on Twitter or like the Alaska Nanooks Women's Basketball team page on Facebook.
 
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Lexi Carpenter

#20 Lexi Carpenter

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5' 9"
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Kylie Wallace

#5 Kylie Wallace

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5' 7"
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Emily Evans

#22 Emily Evans

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Players Mentioned

Lexi Carpenter

#20 Lexi Carpenter

5' 9"
Sophomore
So.
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Kylie Wallace

#5 Kylie Wallace

5' 7"
Sophomore
So.
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Emily Evans

#22 Emily Evans

5' 5"
Junior
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