Jackets’ Wohlers Tabbed by Heartland (12/26/05)

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings senior Moritz Wohlers has been named the Heartland Conference player of the week for the week of December 19-25.  Wohlers is a 6-foot-8 center from Wolfenbuttel, Germany.  He is the Yellowjackets' third player of the week winner this season.  Cameron Munoz and Buddy Windy Boy have also received the award.

With his parents in attendance while visiting from Germany, Wohlers scored a career-high 33 points to lead MSU Billings to a 118-110 win over Emporia State (KS) on Monday.  For the Yellowjackets it was their first-ever South Central Region game since joining the Heartland Conference. 

Emporia State, ranked in the national top 20 all season until this week, had no answer for Wohlers in the paint.  He was 8-of-13 from the field and 17-of-20 from the free throw line.  He also grabbed 14 rebounds to post a double-double.  Wohlers’s previous season-highs were 16 points and 11 rebounds.  He now ranks fourth in the Heartland for scoring (18.0) and leads the league in rebounding (10.0).  Wohlers also ranks in the conference’s top 10 for field goal percentage (7th), steals (6th), and free throw percentage (10th).

The Yellowjackets (5-0) will continue regional play this week when they travel to the Texas A&M-Kingsville Holiday Classic.  MSU Billings will face East Central University (OK) on Thursday and Texas A&M-Kingsville on Friday.  Both games will be broadcast on AM 970 in Billings and on the web.