Final NCAA Men’s BB Stats Released (Apr. 1, 2005)

BILLINGS, MT – The NCAA released its final Division II men’s basketball statistical rankings this week, and Montana State-Billings finished the season ranked second in the nation for both scoring offense and 3-point shooting.  In addition being ranked in three team categories, five Yellowjacket players were ranked in the top 50 in nine different individual categories.

The Jackets averaged 93.3 points per game in posting a 19-8 record.  They eclipsed the 100-point mark 13 times with a season high 124 against Johnson & Wales.  MSUB made 12.4 three-pointers per game, narrowly trailing Oakland City at 12.7 for the national 3-point title.  The Yellowjackets also ranked 24^th nationally for free throw percentage at 74.5 percent.  There are 266 Division II men’s basketball teams.

Junior guard Cameron Munoz (Chino, CA) finished second in Division II for made 3-pointers, averaging 4.4 per game.  He made 111 threes, seventh most in school history for a single season.  He will enter his senior season ranked second in school history with 304 career 3-pointers, 67 behind record holder Marcus Hallgrimson.  Munoz also finished the 2004-2005 season ranked 23^rd in the nation for scoring average (20.4 ppg) and 24^th for free throw percentage (85.3).

Buddy Windy Boy, a junior guard from Lodge Grass, Mont., was seventh nationally for 3-point field goals per game at 3.9.  He was also 34^th for 3-point field goal percentage, hitting 104 of 250 from behind the arc for 41.4 percent.  Windy Boy’s 104 threes rank eighth in school history for a season, and he is sixth for career 3-pointers with 216.

Senior Justin Hassell (Brooklyn, NY) returned from missing the entire season last year because of back surgery to have the best season of his career in 2004-2005.  He ranked 37^th nationally for scoring average at 19.6 points per game.  Hassell led the PacWest and ranked 38^th in the country for rebounding average at 9.1 per game.

Freshman Carlin Hughes—a point guard from Perth, Australia—climbed all the way to eleventh in the nation for assists after missing the first part of the season.  He averaged 6.2 assists per game.  Sophomore Jonathan Wiley (Westlake Village, CA) ranked 48^th nationally for free throw percentage at 83.8 percent.