Windy Boy Moves to Third for 3-Point Shooting (Jan. 18, 2005)

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings guard Buddy Windy Boy climbed to No. 3 nationally this week for 3-point field goals made.  The junior from Lodge Grass is averaging 4.0 made 3-pointers per game.  David Logan of Indianapolis University leads the nation at 4.8 per game.

Windy Boy also ranks fourteenth for 3-point field goal percentage.  He is connecting on 47.3 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc. 

Joining Windy Boy in the national rankings is guard Cameron Munoz.  The junior from Chino, CA, is fifth in the country for free throw percentage at 90.9 and fourteenth for 3-pointers per game at 3.6.

As a team, the Yellowjackets are sixth nationally for 3-point field goals made.  They are averaging 10.4 a game.  Southwest Baptist leads the nation at 13.2 per game.  The Yellowjackets also rank thirteenth for scoring average (86.7 ppg) and 34^th for free throw percentage (74.3).

MSU Billings plays host to BYU-Hawaii Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in the Yellowjackets’ PacWest home opener.  The Jackets host Hawaii Pacific at 7:00 on Thursday and 2:00 on Saturday afternoon.