Alaska opened its men’s basketball season with a 122-65 win over Northwest Indian College in Fairbanks. The Nanooks built a 49-point halftime lead and finished with the sixth-highest scoring total in program history.

By the Numbers
  • 122 points — Alaska’s sixth-highest total in program history.
  • Davis Crilly: 30 points, 11-of-12 shooting and 6-of-6 from 3-point range.
  • Alaska shot 67.1% from the field, 46.2% from 3-point range and 94.1% from the free-throw line.
  • The Nanooks forced 20 turnovers and scored 36 points off them.
State of Play
  • Alaska surged ahead with an 18-0 run early and led 66-17 at halftime.
  • Tariq Weiser and Nick Clark scored 14 points apiece; Jett McCullough and Joel Amaro added 12 each.
  • Alaska’s men’s and women’s teams both reached 100 points on the same day for the first time.
What’s Next

The Nanooks host Northwest Indian again Saturday at 7:45 p.m. at the Alaska Airlines Gymnasium.

Bottom Line

A dominant opening-night performance gave Alaska a record-book result—and a chance to carry that momentum into the second game of the series.