Jacket Men Play Exhibition Monday (11/5/06)

BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings men’s basketball team will play an exhibition game at Rocky Mountain College on Monday.  Tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Rocky’s Fortin Center.  The game will be aired live on AM 970 KBUL with the voice of the Yellowjackets, Pat Boland, calling the action.

Monday’s game will be the first of three preseason exhibitions the Yellowjackets have scheduled.  They will play an alumni game on Saturday, November 11, and host Rocky Mountain on Tuesday, November 14.  The Yellowjackets don’t open the regular season until December 1 and 2 when they play two games at a tournament in Nampa, ID.

The Yellowjackets were 20-8 overall last year and shared the Heartland Conference regular season title.  They advanced to the Heartland Conference championship game, where they lost to St. Edward’s University.  Only four players return from last year’s team, none of which started more than 11 games.  Head coach Craig Carse is beginning his twelfth season at MSU Billings. 

Rocky Mountain College, an NAIA team, has already played two regular season games.  The Bears are 1-1.  They dropped their season opener to South Dakota Tech before rebounding to defeat Black Hills State last week.

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