Davis Crilly goes up for a layup vs. Simon Fraser on Jan. 3, 2026
Kristen Pearson
50
Alas. Fairbanks UAF 8-6,3-2 Great Northwest
101
Winner Central Wash. CentWA 8-7,2-2 Great Northwest
Alas. Fairbanks UAF
8-6,3-2 Great Northwest
50
Final
101
Central Wash. CentWA
8-7,2-2 Great Northwest
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Alas. Fairbanks UAF 19 31 50
Central Wash. CentWA 42 59 101

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Alex Dean - Assistant Sports Information Director (MBB, WBB, SKI, SWIM)

Nanooks Fall to Wildcats on Thursday Evening

ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Nanooks men's basketball team fell to 8-6, 3-2 GNAC after suffering a 101-50 loss to the Central Washington Wildcats on Thursday evening.

How it Happened
The Nanooks started the game down 6-0 after going 0-8 from the field, not scoring until a Luke Fotheringham three put them on the board after 3:45. Alaska would tie things up at 10 thanks to layups by Tariq Weiser and Jalai O'Keith along with a three from Cortarius Mingo, but they could not take the lead, allowing another 6-0 Wildcats run. After they brought things level at 10, the Nanooks would go nearly eight minutes without a field goal, finding themselves down 27-12 before a Weiser layup ended the drought. O'Keith would add Alaska's third three-pointer of the half, but the Nanooks entered the halftime break trailing 42-19 after going just 7-35 from the field in the opening half.

The offensive struggles continued out of the break, beginning the second half by letting up 11 Wildcats points without an answer over the first three minutes. Tyriq Luke got the scoring started with a floater, and Weiser followed with a fastbreak layup off a Fotheringham steal. Davis Crilly connected on his first three of the night a few minutes later, but the Wildcats followed that with a 27-0 run over the next five minutes to make it 86-29. Mingo led the Nanooks with nine points over the final eight minutes of the contest.

Inside the Numbers

  • Cortarius Mingo led the Nanooks with 13 points, going 4-5 from the field, 1-2 from three and 4-5 from the free throw line. He collected four rebounds and a steal.
  • Tyriq Luke followed with nine points and posted two assists.
  • Mike Miller grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds.
  • Tariq Weiser led the team with four assists and tied for the team lead with two steals.
  • The Nanooks were outrebounded 47-37.
  • Alaska shot 19-70 (27.1%) from the field, 5-27 (18.5%) from three and 7-10 from the free throw line.


What's to Come
The Nanooks remain on the road for one more game this Saturday, taking on the Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks at 5:30 p.m. AKST.

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