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KODIAK — Wasilla freshman Alexis Imoe scored 10 points to lead the Warriors to a 49-35 win over the Kodiak Bears at Kodiak High School on Friday.
Juniors Celeste Colegrove and Kelsey Cottle added 18 points in the victory.
On Saturday, Kodiak used a 13-8 fourth-quarter run to grab a 43-41 and force the two-game series split.
Imoe led the Warriors with 11 points. Colegrove added seven.
Kodiak improrved to 2-2 in NLC play with the win.
Wasilla 49, Kodiak 35
Friday, Kodiak High School
Wasilla 14-8-9-18—49
Kodiak 8-7-5-15—35
Wasilla (49) — Apangolook 2, Imoe 10, Dinkel 1, Nuss 6, Naczi 4, Brown 3, Bialka 6, Colegrove 10, Troisi 4, Cottle 8, Burke 1.
Kodiak (35) — Yamat 5, Garcia 7, Grupp 4, Gronn, Tusitino 5, Gregory 14.
Kodiak 43, Wasilla 41
Saturday, Kodiak High School
Wasilla 10-10-13-8—41
Kodiak 8-15-7-13—43
Wasilla (41) — Imoe 11, Dinkel, Nuss 5, Naczi 7, Bialha 3, Colegrove 7, Troisi 2, Cottle 6.
Kodiak (43) — Yamat 4, Garcia 10, Grupp 16, Tusitino 1, Gregory 12.
Boys basketball
Wasilla boys seventh at tourney
ANCHORAGE — The Wasilla Warriors finished in seventh place of the Alaska Airlines Classic after a 60-53 win over the East Thunderbirds at West Anchorage High School on Saturday.
Senior Cody Pfeifer scored a game-high 23 points in the win. Sophomores Connor Devine and Bryadon Kuiper added a dozen points each.
Wasilla held Westinghouse, of Brooklyn, N.Y., to just eight second-half points, but Westinghouse scored eight points in overtime to edge the Warriors 43-37 during the second day of the tourney on Friday.
Pfeifer scored 15 points in the loss. Devine added eight.
Host West won the tourney with an 89-78 win over Christian Life, of Humble, Texas, late Saturday.
Wasilla 60, East Anchorage 53
Alaska Airlines Classic
Saturday, West Anchorage High School
Wasilla 15-18-18-9—60
East 17-9-11-16—53
Wasilla (60) — Quenga 2, Kuiper 12, Staley 5, Pfeifer 23, Devine 12, Ford 2, Green 4.
East (53) — Harris 3, Mitchell 2, Johnson 12, Banks 16, Arnes 6, Canady 7, Baptiste 2, Rias 5.
Westinghouse (N.Y.) 43, Wasilla 37 OT
Alaska Airlines Classic
Friday, West Anchorage High School
Wasilla 13-7-6-9-2—37
Westinghouse 16-11-5-3-8—43
Wasilla (37) — Schierman 1, Mock 1, Kuiper 3, Stahle 5, Pfeifer 15, Devine 8, Green 4.
Westinghouse — Kellman 5, Elleby 2, Ambrose 3, Cort 4, Upson 17, Elder 8, Belle 2, Gordon 2.