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2024 All Native Basketball Tournament - Day 4 Recap

Senior men top seeds get into action and advance; eliminations continue in other three divisions

There were no big surprises on Day 4 of the 2024 All Native Basketball Tournament Feb. 13, but with all the top seeds now in action and multiple eliminations on Tuesday, the race for the playoffs started to emerge.

In Senior Men’s play, both the teams from the 2023 final played their first games and easily advanced within the winners bracket.

The top-ranked and defending champion Skidegate Saints took on Kitamaat (Haisla), who had handily advanced over Bella Coola the day before.

The Saints bedeviled the Haisla team, though, doubling them up score with an 82 - 41 final.

Two years ago the Burnaby Chiefs eclipsed the field in the Intermediate Division for the championship and almost did the same last year in the Senior Division if it hadn’t been for Skidegate. On Tuesday, Burnaby also had no trouble advancing in the winners bracket by crushing Lax Kw’alaams 110 - 72.

On the floor for the Chiefs this year due to tournament residency requirements is Jesse Barnes, who followed up his 2019 Intermediate MVP title as the Senior MVP in 2020 playing with Skidegate. Barnes scored 19 points Feb. 13, second to Kobe McNight, who put up 30 and would have almost certainly been the MVP in 2023 had the Chiefs prevailed in the final.

Barnes will almost certainly end up facing his former team this week as Burnaby and Skidegate are only one game apiece away from lining up against each other in the winners division semi-final.

The senior division also saw its first elimination on Day 4 as Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) decisively hand Metlakatla BC its second loss in the ANBT double-knockout format.

For the women on Feb. 13, there were three more knockouts to go along with the four on Monday winnowing the field to 10 out of the original 17 teams.

Heiltsuk (Bella Bella), Massett and Ahousaht fell to Gitmidiik, Gitanmaax (Hazelton) and Kitamaat (Haisla) respectively.

It was also moving out day in the Masters Division as three more teams said goodbye to the hardwood.

Sidegate bumped out Lax Kw’alaams, Gingolx knocked off Nuxalk and Gitxsan sent Terrace packing.

The Intermediates also saw three teams bow out as Gitxaala, Laxgalts’ap (Greenville) and Ahousaht all suffered their second losses of the week to Lax Kw’alaams, Kitamaat and Skidegate respectively.

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 RESULTS - * indicates elimination

WOMEN’S DIVISION

9:30 a.m. Nuxalk (Bella Coola) 60 vs Similkameen 71

Top scorers

Nuxalk - Kashlyn Mack 24

Smilkameen - Jasmine Montgomery-Reid 31

1:00 p.m. *Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) 48 vs Gitmidiik (New Aiyansh) 78

Top scorers

Heiltsuk - Katelyn Peers 16

Gitmidiik - Grace Clayton 14

4:00 p.m. Gitanmaax (Hazelton) 77 vs *Massett 14

Top scorers

Gitanmaax - Taylor Wale 16

Massett - Naomi Swanson 4

8:30 p.m. *Ahousaht 50 vs Kitamaat (Haisla) 73

Top scorer

Ahousaht - Shakayla Thomas 13/Jennifer T 13

Kitamaat - Jennifer Nyce 13

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION

8:00 a.m. Lax Kw’alaams 76 vs *Gitxaala (Kitkatla) 50

Top scorers

Lax Kw’alaams - Lloyd Dudoward 15

Gitxaala - Cole McKay 13

9:30 a.m. Kitamaat 73 vs *Laxgalts’ap (Greenville) 51

Top scorers

Kitamaat - Chaz Genaille 22

Laxgalts’ap - Bryson Stevens 21

11:00 a.m. *Ahousaht 52 vs Skidegate 56

Top scorers

Ahousaht - Quammi Frank 26

Skidegate - Daylyn Moraes 21

1:00 p.m. Gitxsan (Hazelton) 52 vs Massett 74

Top scorers

Gitxsan - Skyler Chisan 13

Massett - Stanley Swanson 28

6:00 p.m. Gingolx (Kincolith) 68 vs Prince Rupert 95

Top scorers

Gingolx - Cole Angus 20

Prince Rupert - Joe Lewis Jr. 32

SENIORS DIVISION

2:30 p.m. Gitmidiik (New Aiyansh) 54 vs Similkameen 119

Top scorers

Gitmidiik - Charles Leeson Sr. 18

Similkameen - Corbin Marsden Black Face 31

4:00 p.m. Burnaby 110 vs Lax Kw’alaams 72

Top scorers

Burnaby - Kobe McKnight 30

Lax Kw’alaams - Joshua Dennis 11

8:30 p.m. Kitamaat 40 vs Skidegate 82

Top scorers

Kitamaat - Jeremy Nyce 9

Skidegate - Tyler York 21

10:00 p.m. Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) 102 vs *Metlakatla BC 63

Top scorers

Heiltsuk - Germaine Starr 28

Metlakatla - John Ryan 15

MASTERS DIVISION

8:00 a.m. *Lax Kw’alaams 62 vs Skidegate 69

Top scorers

Lax Kw’alaams - Will Sheppard 24

Skidegate - Aaron Hans 19

11:00 a.m. Gingolx (Kincolith) 65 vs *Nuxalk (Bella Coola) 34

Top scorers

Gingolx - Simon Gurney 24

Nuxalk - Timothy Hans 16

2:30 p.m. Gitxsan (Hazelton) 75 vs *Terrace 60

Top scorers

Gitxsan - Robby Wilson 14

Terrace - Tony Gosnell 21

6:00 p.m. Massett 49 vs Prince Rupert 85

Top scorers

Massett - Jordan Williams 16

Prince Rupert - Derek Reece 19

10:00 p.m. Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) 87 vs Gitwinksihlkw 100

Top scorers

Heiltsuk - Ryan Humchitt 20/Clifford Starr 20

Gitwinksihlkw - Andrew Nyce 26