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Fast Start Leads to Yellowjacket Win over Chadron (Dec. 4, 2004)
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BILLINGS, MT – Ten first half 3-pointers sparked the MSU Billings men’s basketball team to a 101-90 non-conference win over visiting Chadron State on Saturday afternoon.  Junior Cameron Munoz scored a season-high 34 points with nine 3-pointers to lead all scorers.  The Yellowjackets improved to 4-0 overall, handing the Eagles their first loss of the year to drop to 4-1.

“I thought our defensive intensity in the first 10 minutes really set a tone,” said Yellowjacket head coach Craig Carse.  “I thought Jonathan Wiley (So., Westlake Village, CA) played a great defensive game.  It gave us a lead and allowed us to play some people off the bench when we had some foul trouble.”

The Yellowjackets raced to a 31-13 lead in the first ten and a half minutes.  Munoz (Chino, CA) and Buddy Windy Boy (Jr., Lodge Grass, MT) each knocked down two 3-pointers during the opening 10 minutes.  Kerington Youmans(So., Atlanta, GA) deep 3-pointer at 9:51 gave the Jackets their 18 point lead with 15 of their first 31 points coming from long range.

MSU Billings led by as many as 23 in the first half before settling for a 52-37 halftime advantage.  Chadron closed the half with a 15-7 run. 

The Yellowjackets extended their lead to 21 in the first three minutes of the second half.  Back-to-back 3-pointers by Munoz and Windy Boy put the Jackets ahead 62-41 with 17:06 to play.  Chadron switched to a 2-3 zone at that point and succeeded in slowing the MSU Billings offense.

“They’re zone made us flat,” said Carse.  “In the past when teams would do that, we had three shooters to attack the zone.  In the first half we were moving off screens and getting good shots.  In the second half our shooters had defenders moving out at them.”

The defensive switch helped the Eagles whittle the lead down to 10 by the 11:30 mark when Dave Camadini’s 3-pointer cut the Jackets’ lead to 73-63.  The Eagles made two more charges, with the next coming just under 10 minutes when they were able to get to within nine. 

Elijah Collins scored on a layup at 7:41 to pull Chadron to within 81-72.  Another Camadini 3-pointer made the score 98-89 with 1:14 remaining.  The Yellowjackets were able to hold of each of the Eagles’ three second half runs and build a double-digit lead each time. 

Munoz was 9-of-16 from behind the arc for his 218th career 3-pointer.  Windy Boy was an efficient 5-of-7 from long range for 17 points.  Senior Justin Hassell (Brooklyn, NY) scored 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field.

The Jackets’ Lucas Walker (Fr., Launceston, Australia) finished with a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.  Wiley added eight points and a team-high six assists.  Youmans handed out five assists with his three points.

The Eagles had five players in double figures, led by Camadini’s 25.  He was 5-of-11 from 3-point range.  Darnell Williams scored 20 points, including 6-of-8 from the line.  Henry Davis added 11 points, Eric Griffo had 10 to go with 13 boards, and Collins finished with 10.

The Yellowjackets next play on December 8 when they travel to Northwest Nazarene for their first road game of the season.  MSU Billings returns to Alterowitz on December 17 to host the Crusaders. 

Click HERE for photos of the Yellowjackets vs. Chadron State

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