Milne Tops Glacier Classic All-Tournament Team (Dec. 22, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – After leading the Lady Yellowjacket basketball team to back-to-back wins in Alaska, Robyn Milne was named the Glacier Classic’s Most Outstanding Player.  She averaged a double-double for the two-game tournament with totals of 28 points and 33 rebounds.  Sophomore forward Tanya Petersen was also selected to the All-Glacier Classic Team.

Against Alaska-Anchorage on Friday, Milne netted 14 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.  She also blocked four shots as the Yellowjackets held Anchorage to just a 37-percent field goal percentage.  Petersen, a Billings West grad, dropped in a career-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field and 5-of-5 from the line to lead the MSUB offense.  Petersen’s previous career-high was 14 points.  She also collected eight rebounds.  Milne and Petersen accounted for 58-percent of the Lady Jackets’ scoring and 51-percent of their rebounding against the Seawolves.

Milne picked up her seventh double-double of the year Saturday, scoring 14 points to go with a career-high 22 rebounds as the Yellowjackets defeated Alaska-Fairbanks.  She also matched her career high for blocked shots with six.  The junior captain from Richey, Mont., is averaging a double-double for the season with 13 points and 13.3 rebounds a game.  She has also blocked 25 shots in ten games.  Petersen added 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in the win against Fairbanks.  She is second on the team in all three categories, averaging 11.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

All-Glacier Classic Team

Kamie Jo Massey, Alaska-Anchorage

Amber Nasby, Alaska-Anchorage

Tanya Petersen, Montanan State-Billings

Ivanna Stojkovic, Western New Mexico

Adrienne Taalak, Alaska-Fairbanks

Most Outstanding Player

Robyn Milne, Montana State-Billings