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Yellowjackets Blitz Wildcats in Home Finale (Feb. 26, 2005)
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BILLINGS, MT – There was no secret as to what the game plan was for Montana State-Billings this week: shoot 3-pointers.  MSU Billings hoisted up 51 threes Saturday night, knocking down a season-high 19 in a 124-92 win over Johnson & Wales. 

The Yellowjackets started the game with back-to-back 3-pointers from Buddy Windy Boy (Jr., Lodge Grass, MT) and Carlin Hughes (Fr., Perth, Australia) in the first 40 seconds.  Behind that 6-2 start, MSU Billings never trailed in the game. 

The Wildcats (14-15) were able to get within two points, 14-12, four minutes into the game.  Starting with a Justin Hassell (Sr., Brooklyn, NY) free throw at 14:49, the Jackets went on a 10-2 run over a span of three minutes and never let the Wildcats within 10 points the rest of the game.  The Yellowjackets scored 30 points in the final 10 minutes of the first half to build a 60-40 halftime advantage.

The second half was run-and-gun basketball at both ends of the court.  The Yellowjackets outscored the Wildcats 64-52 in the second half, hitting 9-of-27 from beyond the arc.  MSU Billings shot 48 percent from the field in the game, while the Wildcats hit at a 49 percent clip. 

Hassell was playing his final home game for the Yellowjackets and gave one of the best performances of his career.  He scored a career-high 33 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field.  He knocked down 13-of-17 from the free throw line, moving him to No. 10 all time in school history with 274 made free throws.  Hassell capped the night with his PacWest leading tenth double-double of the season, grabbing 12 rebounds.

Four Yellowjackets combined for 105 of the team’s points.  Windy Boy finished the night with 28 points, hitting 8-of-17 from 3-point range.  Cameron Munoz (Jr., Chino, CA) added five 3-pointers and Hughes hit four from long range.  Munoz finished with 24 points and six assists.

Hughes gave a glimpse of the future for the Yellowjackets.  The freshman point guard posted a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists.  The 16 assists tied the school single game record held by Jamie Stevens (vs. Concordia, 11/26/98).  The last Yellowjacket to record a triple-double was Jerett Skrifvars, who had 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 steals against Great Falls (2/5/04).

Off the bench, the Jackets’ Drew Arnold (Fr., Tempe, AZ) scored nine points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds.  He was 4-of-6 from the floor.  Cody Samuelson (So., Broadus, MT) and Kerington Youmans (So., Atlanta, GA) added five points apiece.  Samuelson also had six rebounds.

The Wildcats were led by a game-high 36 points from Donald Whitfield.  He was 14-of-22 from the field and 5-of-9 from the line.  Mike Gomez finished with 26 points, hitting 10-of-19 from the floor.  Will Butler added 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds.  The Wildcats were out rebounded 58-34 in the game. 

The win pushed the Yellowjackets’ season record to 18-8 with one game remaining.  They travel to Western New Mexico for their final PacWest Conference game next Thursday.  Tip off is set for 7:00 p.m., and the game can be heard live on AM 970 KBUL in Billings and on the internet at www.msubillings.edu/athletics.

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