ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Playing in her hometown, Angelline Nageak emerged as a standout player for Adams State University, significantly influencing Friday night's non-conference game at the University. Ultimately, it was Kiiyani Anitielu who sealed the victory with the decisive last shot, propelling the Grizzlies to their second straight hard-fought 1-point win, with the final score standing at 66-65.
 
Seawolves jumped out to a 9-0 lead. Sophomore Elaina Watson got the first four straight buckets for the Grizzlies. A back-and-forth first half saw the Seawolves take a 17-9 lead.
 
The second quarter saw the lead swell to 11 at the break as the Seawolves outscored the Grizzlies by five, 18-13, for a 35-24 score at the break.
 
The Grizzlies finally took their first lead of the game at 43-42 with 3:02 left in the third quarter after a 6-0 run over 1:17. The lead continued as a three-pointer by Kiiyani Anitielu made the score 46-43. Adams State ended up doubling up the Seawolves 26-12 in the quarter by shooting 9-of-16 from the field to take a narrow 50-47 lead into the final stanza.
 
The final quarter saw both teams battle and UAA pull within one point but never caught the Grizzlies as a deep three-pointer by sophomore Harmanie Dominguez, who scored all her points in the second half, helped push the game to a 62-60 lead with just over two minutes remaining. 
 
A technical foul on Adams State that resulted in two free throws coupled with a three-pointer with just over a minute left helped the Seawolves go on a 5-0 run to make the score 44 seconds 66-65. A missed three pointer by the Grizzlies with 19.3 seconds gave UAA the ball but a shot with 6 seconds left was picked up by Dominguez to ice the game.
 
Adams State shot 24-of-60 (40 percent) from the field as Watson and Anitielu paced the way with 15 points each.
 
Up Next
The Grizzlies will return to the continental US to open Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action next Friday and Saturday when they hit the road for match ups at Western Colorado (Fri. at 5:30 p.m.) and Fort Lewis College (Sat. at 5:30 p.m.).
 
They will then host CSU Pueblo (Fri., Dec. 8th at 5:30 p.m.), New Mexico Highlands (Sat. Dec. 9th at 5:30 p.m.), and Colorado Mesa (Fri., Dec. 15 at 3:30 p.m.) .