Kade McCorison erupted for 44 points as the host Ninilchik boys basketball team defeated Homer 81-56 in nonconference action Friday.

Ninilchik is 5-4 overall, while the Mariners are 1-6.

The Wolverines, who are the size of a Class 1A school but play at the Class 2A level, got by the Class 3A Mariners by getting four 3-pointers and a 10 of 14 performance from the foul line from McCorison, a junior.

Andon McCorison, only an eighth-grader, joined in with 18 points on four 3-pointers, while Brandt Mill had 10, Max Russell had 7 and Onyx Allen had 2.

For Homer, Einar Pederson had 14, Ben Engebretsen had 10, CJ Burns had 9, Graham Plumke had 6, Henry Wedvik had 4, Kaiden Bogie and Jamen Anderosn had 3, and Spencer Dye and Weston Marley had 2.