Day 3 Recap: Top-ranked teams advance with one exception
Day 4 of the All Native Basketball Tournament in Prince Rupert on Feb. 14 saw the remainder of the top-ranked teams get into the action and the first eliminations of the eight-day competition.
Gitxaala actually won all three of the remaining quarters 10 – 8 in the second, 19 – 17 in third and 12-11 in the fourth, but the hole was just too deep to get out of. Hydaburg AK, Masters Division five-time champions from 2015 – 2019, easily knocked out Nuxalk 92 – 54 after barely losing to Gitxsan by a single point in the opening round.The Intermediates from Gitxaala were the first to go in that division in the 9:30 draw just after their Masters counterparts had been.On the women’s side, Prince Rupert bumped Heiltsuk out of the tournament in the 8 p.m. draw.
Gitxaala got a slight early lead winning the first quarter 14 – 11. But the gritty Gitxsan squad battled back in the second to take a two-point lead at the half. Gitxsan would also edge the defending champs out in the third quarter bumping their lead to three.
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