2009-10 MSUB Basketball

Saint Martin’s (11-3, 1-2)at

Montana State Billings (7-4, 1-1)

Release #9 Saturday,January16•7:00p.m. •AlterowitzGymnasium(3500),Billings,Montana

GAME DAY INFORMATIONTHE SERIES VS. SAINT MARTIN’SOverall Record 6-7 inBillings 4-2 inLacey 2-5 atNeutralSites 0-0

BROADCAST Webcastonwww.msubillings.edu/ath-leticswithKenAdelbluewiththecall.

SMU AT A GLANCEHead Coach:KeithCooper(6thseason)Assistants:DanBarfootNickname: SaintsConference:GNACLocation:Lacey,Washington

YELLOWJACKET SCOREBOARD(7-4, 1-1 GNAC)

Nov.8 atEasternWash.(Exhib.) L,67-58Nov.18 ColoradoChristian W,72-70Nov.21 UniversityofMary W,72-68Nov.24 atAugustana(SD) L,82-63Dec.4 vs.Dominican! W,82-54Dec.5 atDixieState! L,78-75Dec.11 NorthernNewMexico W,85-64Dec.21 DixieState W,63-60Dec.30 atUniversityofMary L,76-62Jan.2 UniversityofGreatFalls W,88-61Jan.7 atAlaskaFairbanks* W,82-68Jan.9 atAlaskaAnchorage* L,80-72Jan.16 SaintMartin’s* 7:00p.m.Jan.21 atNorthwestNazarene* 7:00p.m.Jan.23 atSeattlePacific* 7:00p.m.Jan.28 CentralWashington* 7:30p.m.Jan.30 WesternWashington* 7:30p.m.Feb.3 AlaskaFairbanks* 7:00p.m.Feb.11 atSaintMartin’s* 7:00p.m.Feb.13 atWesternOregon* 7:00p.m.Feb.18 NorthwestNazarene* 7:00p.m.Feb.20 SeattlePacific* 7:30p.m.Feb.25 WesternOregon* 7:00p.m.Feb.27 AlaskaAnchorage* 7:00p.m.Mar.4 atCentralWashington* 7:00p.m.Mar.6 atWesternWashington* 7:00p.m.

*GreatNorthwestAthleticConferencegame!DixieStateTournament(St.George,UT)Allgametimeslocaltosite

MediaRelationsOfficeMontanaStateBillings1500UniversityDriveBillings,MT59101-0298Phone:406-657-2130Fax:406-657-2919Men’s Basketball Contact: Kit Strief

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OPENING TIPTheMontanaStateBillingsmen’sbasketballteamopensthe2010GreatNorthwestAthleticConferencehomeslateSaturdaywithanimportantmatchupagainstSaintMartin’sUniversity.TheYellowjacketsenterthegamewitha7-4recordoverallanda1-1markintheconference.SMUstandsat11-3ontheyearand1-2inconfernceplayafterahomelossThursdaytoNorthwestNazarene.

SATURDAY PROMOTIONThegamesponsorforSaturday’sconferencehomeopeneristheU.S.ArmyandthethemeisMilitarynightasallmilitarypersonnelandtheirfamiliesreceiveFREEadmissionwithmilitaryID.Inaddition,RainbowDancewillbeperformingathalftime.

1,000TH VICTORYTheYellowjacketswontheir1,000thcareergamethispastweekwithan82-68victoryatAlaskaFairbanksintheconferenceopener.MSUBnowis1,000-891all-timeandbecamethe68thDivisionIIschooltoreachthe1,000careervictorymark.

SCOUTING MONTANA STATE BILLINGSTheYellowjacketsareledthisseasonbyDeAndreChamberswholeadstheteamaveraging14.6pointspergame.Heleadstheteamwith60madefieldgoals,secondinmade3-pointerswith19andleadstheteaminreboundingat5.0reboundspergame.SecondontheteaminscoringisDaVellJacksonata12.5average.Heisthirdinfieldgoalsmade(44)andleadstheteamwith57assistsand26steals.LashaParghalavaisthirdinscoringat11.6pointspergame.Heleadstheteamwith22madetriplesontheyear,whileDerrickWrightaverages11.2pointsasistiedwithChamberswith55reboundsontheyear.

Inconferenceplay,Jacksonleadstheteamaveraging21.5pointspergame,whileChambersisat19.0,BradHodgeisscoring11pointsagameandParghalavaisat10pointspercontest.

Asateam,theYellowjacketsareshooting47.6percentfromthefieldandareshooting37.1percentfrombeyondthearcwith66triples.Theteamisshootingjustunder72percentfromthcharitystripeandispullingdown

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MEDIA RELATIONS STAFFKitStrief Asst.AD/MediaRelationsJustinKesterson Asst.SportsInformation

CONTACT INFORMATION(406)657-2130•Strief’sOffice(515)490-4627•Strief’sCellkstrief@msubillings.edu•Strief’sEmail(406)896-5917•Kesterson’sOffice(304)615-1922•Kesterson’sCelljustin.kesterson1@msubillings.edu•Email(515)490-4627•PressRow(406)657-2919•Fax

MEDIA SERVICESGEORGE PFEIFER INTERVIEWS MediamemberswishingtoarrangeaninterviewwithheadcoachGeorgePfeiferareaskedtocontactKitStriefintheMSUBSportsInformationOffice.

PLAYER INTERVIEWS MediamemberswishingtointerviewaMSUBplayerMUST coordinate this through the MSUB Sports Information Office.Itisaskedthatatleastthreehourspriornoticeisgiveninordertoarrangetheinterviewanditmustoccurinafashionthatdoesnotinterferewiththestudent-athlete’sacademicschedule.

POST GAME INTERVIEWS PostgameinterviewsaretobeconductedfollowingtheNCAA’srecommended10-minutecoolingoffperiodaftetheconclusionofthecontest.PleasealertamemberoftheMSUBSportsInformationstaffinadvanceaboutwhichplayersmembersofthemediawouldliketointerview.CoachPfeiferwillbemadeavailableaswell.

MONTANA STATE BILLINGS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 2 BrettTaylor G 5-8 Jr. 2L Billings,MT/WestHS 3 MikeMcCrary F 6-8 Sr. TR Hanford,CA/CalStateNorthridge 4 DerrickWright F 6-7 Sr. 1L Brooklyn,NY/WesternOkla.State 5 AdamWeisz G 6-1 Sr. 1L Melstone,MT/DawsonCC 10 DaVellJackson G 6-1 Sr. TR LasVegas,NV/OklahomaCityCollege 12 DeAndreChambersG 6-2 Jr. TR Monroe,NC/WesternOkla.State 21 KirkBlaine F 6-6 Jr. 2L Gillette,Wyo./CampbellCountyHS 23 LashaParghalava G 6-3 Sr. TR Tbillisi,GeorgiaRepublic/Hawaii 25 JoelBarndt F 6-8 Fr. HS Billings,MT/CentralHS 32 RobbyTrabing G 6-3 Fr. HS Buffalo,WY/BuffaloHS 33 TylerHentzen F 6-6 Sr. 2L Brea,Calif./OrangeCoastCollege 34 BradHodge F 6-8 Sr. 1L Hillsboro,Ore./GraysHarborCollege 44 JasonTanascu G 6-2 Jr. TR Gardner,MT/CarrollCollege 50 AndrewHickman C 6-7 Fr. TR Woodward,OK/NWOkla.State

HeadCoach:GeorgePfeifer(2ndseason,16-20)AssistantCoach:JustinWetzel(2ndseason)StudentManagers:MariaFinken(2ndseason),MadisonWatson(1stseason)

QUICK FACTSLocation: Billings,MontanaEnrollment: 4,799Founded: 1927Colors: NavyandGoldNickname: YellowjacketsConfernece: GreatNorthwestAthleticArena: AlterowitzGym(3,500)

ADMINISTRATIONChancellor: Dr.RonaldSextonDirector of Athletics: Dr.GaryGrayFaculty Athletic Rep.:Dr.ScottHarrisAssoc. AD/Compliance:KristaMontagueAsst. AD/Media Relations: KitStrief

MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFFHead Coach: GeorgePfeiferAsstant Coach: JustinWetzelStudent Assts.: MariaFinken,MadisonWatsonAthletic Trainer: PatHughesMBB Contact: KitStrief

2009-10 GNAC Preseason Coaches Poll

No. Team Pts. 1. SeattlePacific(4) 76 2. WesternWashington(4) 72 3. CentralWashington(1) 59 4. AlaskaAnchorage 53 5. MontanaStateBillings 52 6. NorthwestNazarene 39 7. AlaskaFairbanks 22 8. SaintMartin’s 21 9. WesternOregon 13

11-3recordanda1-2markintheGNAC.SMUdroppeda76-59homedecisiontoNorthwestNazareneThursdayevening.SMUisledbyrein-ingGNACPlayeroftheWeekBlakePoolewhoisleadingtheteamaverag-ing20.7pointspergameand12.4reboundspercontest.Heleadstheteaminfieldgoalsmade(105),fieldgoalpercentage(.636),freethrowsmade(79),assists(49),blocks(14)andsteals(24).JeremyGreenissecondinscoringat13.6pointspergame.JaredHowardisthirdat12.3pointsandissecondtoGalenSquiersfromlongrangewith18triples.Squi-ersisfourthinscoringat11.5pointsandleadtheteamwith22triples.

Asateam,theSaintsareshooting45.4percentfromthefieldandhold-

33.2reboundspergameandscoring74.2pointspercontest.

Conversely,MSUBisholdingoppo-nentsto45.7percentshootingfromthefieldand35.3percentfrombe-yondthearc.Theoppositionisshoot-ing69percentfromthelineandispullingdown31.3reboundspergameand69.4pointspergame.RECAPPING LAST WEEK TheYellowjacketssplittheirconfer-enceopeningroadseriesoftheseasonwithan82-68victoryatAlaskaFairbanksandan80-72setbackatAlaskaAnchorage.DaVellJacksonwasthestaroftheteamashescored43points,including28againstAlaskaAnchoragewith17madefieldgoals(11vs.UAA)andtallied13assiststojustsixturnovers.Hehadnoturn-oversatUAAin36minutesofactionandplayedall40minutesversusUAF.DeAndreChamberscontinuedtoshineashescored38pointslastweek,lead-ingtheteaminrebounding(14,7.0)andtallied15madefieldgoals.Hehasscoredindoublefiguresinall11gamesthisseason.

SCOUTING SAINT MARTIN’STheSaintsenterthegamewithan

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Great Northwest ahtletic coNfereNce staNdiNGs

(January11,2009)

Conference OverallSeattlePacific 2-0 11-2CentralWashington 2-0 8-4AlaskaAnchorage 1-0 10-2WesternWashington 1-1 14-2SaintMartin’s 1-1 11-2MontanaStateBillings 1-1 7-4AlaskaFairbanks 0-1 5-5NorthwestNazarene 0-2 8-5WesternOregon 0-2 7-6

This Week in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Thurs., Jan. 14AlaskaAnchorageatWesternWashingtonNorthwestNazareneatSaintMartin’sAlaskaFairbanksatCentralWashingtonSeattlePacificatWesternOregon

Sat., Jan. 16NorthwestNazareneatWesternOregonSaintMartin’satMontanaStateBillingsAlaskaFairbanksatWesternWashingtonAlaskaAnchorageatCentralWashington

GNAC Player of the WeekNov.23-ChrisBanchero(SPU)Nov.30-BrandonWalker(UAA)BrianBarkdoll(NNU)Dec.7-BlakePoole(SMU)ChirsBanchero(SPU)Dec.14-CaseyRobinson(UAA)Jan.4-MorrisAnderson(WWU)Jan.11-BlakePoole(SMU)JonClift(CWU)

ingopponentstojust41.7percent.TheSaintsareshootingjust.285frombeyondthearcandareat72.7percentfromtheline.SMUispull-ingdown39.4reboundsandholdingteamsto33.0average.

INSIDE THE SERIESTheSaintsleadtheall-timeseries7-6andhavewonallfourmeetingssinceMSUBjoinedtheGNAC.Priortothat,MSUBhadwonfivestraightfrom1999to2003.MSUBis4-2all-timeagainstSMUinBillings,whiletheSaintsleadtheseries5-2inLacey.

DAVELL AT HOME IN ALASKASeniorDaVellJacksonmadeanimpactinhisfirsttwoGNACgamesasaYel-lowjacket.TheLasVegas,NV,native,tallied43points,including28againstAlaskaAnchoragein76minutesofbasketballlastweek.hewent17of32fromthefield(.531)with13assistsandthreestealsandpulleddownninerebounds.AgaisntAlaskaFairbanks,Jacksonplayedall40minutesforthefirsttimethisseason.

ONE IN THE CHAMBERJuniorDeAndreChamberscontin-ueshisimpressivestarttohisMSUBcareer.Chambersscored38points(19.0average)intwoGNACgamesthispastweek.Hewassecondontheteamwith15madefieldgoalsandpulleddownateam-high14rebounds.Chambershasscoredindoublefiguresinall11gamesthisseason.

NATIONALLY SPEAKINGSeniorDaVellJacksonisleadingtheconferenceandis25thnationallyinassistspergameata5.8clip.Healsoleadstheleagueandiseighthnationallyinstealspergameata3.2average.

WINNING ON THE ROADForthefirsttimesinceMSUBjoinedtheGNAC,theYellowjacketswonback-to-backroadconferencegames.TheYellowjacketswontheirseasonfinaleroadgameatNorthwestNaza-renelastseasonandfollowedwithan82-68roadwinatAlaskaFairbankslastweek.ItwasjustthesecondroadwininconferenceplaysinceMSUBjoinedtheleague.

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New Look Jackets for 2009-2010

Muchcouldbesaidaboutateamthatreboundsfroma1-28finishin2007-08toa10-17overallthe

followingseason,andthat’sjustwhattheMontanaStateUniversityBillings2008-09men’sbasketballteamaccomplished.ThisamazingturnaroundintheinauguralyearofheadcoachGeorgePfeifer’sdirectiondefinitelyexceededexpectations.AsPfe-iferbeginshissecondseasonatthehelmoftheYellowjackets,hecombinesacoreofsixexperienced,veteranplayersandtentalentednewcomers—creatinganewlookforthe‘Jackets.Allonboardarededi-catedtocontinuingthemomentumtowardadvancementintheverycompetitiveGreatNorthwestAthleticConference. “LastyeartheJacketswereexpectedtoplaceatthebottomoftheconference,”Pfeifersaid.“Instead,withtremendousplayereffortandimprovement,theyplacedinthemiddleofoneoftheeliteNCAADivisionIIconferencesinthecountry.Theeffortthoseplayersputforthtookusfromaplacewhereitwasn’tuncommontodropgamesbyanaverageof27points,toapointwheretenoflastseason’slosseswerebyfivepointsorlessandhingedonthebounceoftheball.” Thistremendousimprovementbodeswellforthecomingseasonandthe‘Jack-ets’abilitytokeeptheenergygoing,de-spitethelossofsomekeyscoringpower. “We’velost40pointsfromtherosterwiththelossofsomeofourscorers,includingstandoutsMikeHallandTravisBunker,”Pfeifersaid.Thegrouplast

seasoncameintoatoughsituationandbattledfromthebeginningtotheend.I’mextremelyproudofthewaytheypioneeredthestartofourturnaround.” Lookingtocontinuethatimpetusarefourreturningfrontline‘Jacketswhoallplayedinvirtuallyeverygamelastseason.Honorablementionall-GNACseniorfor-wardDerrickWright(6’7,225lb.)isbackinthebestshapeofhiscollegecareer. “LastyearDerrickaveraged17.1pointspergameintheGNACandhadsomemonstergamesshooting53.3percentandgrabbed5.8reboundspergame,”Pfeifersaid.“AlsoreturningisseniorBradHodge(6’8,225lb.),wholedtheteaminfieldgoalaccuracylastseasonat59.2percentscoring8.2pointspergamewhiletakingdown4.7reboundspergame.WrightandHodgewillbejoinedbybluecollarwarriorsKirkBlaineandTylerHentzenwhoscoredacombined5pointspergameandgrabbedcloseto6reboundspergame,together.” ReturningtotheperimeterarejuniorBrettTaylor(5-8,170lb.)andseniorAdamWeisz(6-1,175lb.).Taylorwasthemostaccuratethree-pointshooterlastseason,knockingdown45percentofhisattempts,whileWeiszcameonhugeinthefinalgameoftheyearmakingthedifferenceintheYellowjackets’roadwinoverNorthwestNazareneUniversity. Addingtothenewlookofthe‘Jack-etswillbeninekeyrecruits,manycar-ryingimpressiveaccolades.Threekeyseniors,DaVellJackson(6’1,175lb.),LashaParghalava(6’3,205lb.)andMike

McCrary(6’8,205lb.)areinthelineupwithParghalavaandMcCrarybringingDivisionIexperiencetotheMSUBbackcourt.JacksoncomesinasaformermostvaluableplayerintheScenicWestConfer-enceandfirstteamNJCAAall-AmericaandNationalTournamentfirstteamall-America.ParghalavacomestoMSUBfromtheUniversityofHawaii,wherehestarted50percentoftheUofHgames.CominginfromCalStateNorthridge,McCraryalsobringsall-conferenceselectionhonorsfromtheCollegeofEasternUtah. ThreejuniortransfersbringproventrackrecordsthatimpactedtheprogramstheyleftbeforecomingtoMSUB.DeAn-dreChambers(6’2,170lb.)comesinasa“comboguard”fromnationallyrankedWesternOklahomaState,whileJasonTa-nascu(6’2,175lb.)joinstheYellowjacketsfromCarrollCollegeandTyroneWilliams(6’5,215lb.)comesinasaforwardfromMilesCityCommunityCollege. Threefirstyearplayerswillroundoutthisyear’sroster.Atpost,lookforAndrewHickman(6’7,250lb.)fromWoodward,Oklahoma.whileFreshmenJoelBarndt(6’8,185lb.)comesinfromBillingsCentralHighSchoolandRobTrabing(6’3,190lb.),fromBuffalo,Wyomingcomesinatguard.Intime,Hickmanisexpectedtobringmuchneededsizeandgirthtotheprogram,whileBarndt,whowillredshirtthisseason,isexpectedtobecomeamain-stayinthefutureoftheprogram. “Ilikethegroupofathleteswe’vebroughtin,”Pfeifersaid.“Wehaveaddedsomedecentpiecestothepuzzle.Thekeytooursuccesswillbeingettingeveryonetolearnhisrespectiverollandtherollofeachteammember.Ourdepth,whichwasanissuelastyear,ismuchimprovedthisseason.”Theschedulewillonceagainbechal-lengingandthepreseasonpollshavethe‘JacketspickedfifthintheGNAC.ThegoalwillbetocontinuethemomentumandfurtheradvancetheprogramintheGNAC.“Ourleaguewillonceagainbeoneofthetoughestinthecountry,”Pfeifersaid.“Ifyoushowupwithoutyour‘A’game,chancesforsuccessarenotgreat.Ilikethisteamandbelieveinwhatitcanbecome.Wehaveguyswhoreallyliketoplay,practiceandhavebeenveryexciting.”

Tipoftheseason-openerin2008-09asMSUBtraveledtoDivisionIandpreseasonNo.10GonzagaasDerrickWrightgoesupagainstAll-AmericanJoshHeytvelt.

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MSUB SMURecord 7-4 11-3ScoringOffense 74.2 75.3ScoringDefense 69.4 66.6ScoringMargin +4.8 +8.3FGPct. .476 .454FGPct.Defense .457 .4173FGPct. .371 .2853FGPct.Defense .353 .328FreeThrowPct. .719 .727ReboundAvg. 33.2 39.4Opp.ReboundAvg. 31.3 33.0TOAvg. 15.2 16.4 OpponentTO 16.5 16.9TOMargin +1.3 +0.5StealsAvg. 7.0 7.1Blocks 1.6 4.1

TEAM COMPARISONS

Team Stats (rank)ScoringOffense............................ 7th(74.2)ScoringDefense........................... 5th(69.2)ScoringMargin.............................7th(+5.0)FieldGoalPercentage..................2nd(.476)FieldGoalPercentageDef............. 7th(.457)FreeThrowPercentage................. 4th(.719)3-PointFGPercentage.................. 3rd(.371)3-PointFGPercentageDef............ 7th(.353)3-PointFGsMade........................ T-5th(6.0)DefensiveRebounds..................... 8th(23.5)OffensiveRebounds........................ 9th(9.7)ReboundingOffense..................... 9th(33.2)ReboundingDefense.................... 3rd(31.3)ReboundingMargin......................7th(+1.9)Assists......................................... 7th(14.9)Assist-TurnoverRatio...................... 5th(1.0)TurnoverMargin........................... 4th(1.27)BlockedShots................................ 9th(1.6)Steals............................................ 8th(7.0)

Individual Stats MSUBScoring......................Chambers(11th,14.6)FieldGoalPct...................Wright(2nd,.609)........................................Hodge(6th,.581)Assists.............................. Jackson(1st,5.7)FTPct.......................Chambers(11th,.786)Steals.............................. Jackson(2nd,2.6)3-FGPct......................Chambers(9th,.388)3-FGMade................ Parghalava(T-5th,2.0)Asst./TORatio...................Jackson(6th,1.8)Minutes..........................Jackson(8th,32.3)

GNAC STATSSPECIALTY STATS

YellowjacketshitexactlyseventriplesversusColoradoChristian.MSUBfollowedwithsixtriplesversusMary,sevenversusNorthernNewMexicoCollegeandsevenversusDixieState.TheJacketshave35fortheyearathomewithfourWendy’sThree’sWin-ners.Fortheseason,MSUBhas66triples.

WRIGHT & CHAMBERS REJECTIONJuniorDeAndreJacksonleadstheteamwithsevenblocksontheyear.HeisoneaheadofseniorDerrickWrightwhohassixandneedsjustthreemoretobreakintothecareertop-10blockslistinschoolhistory.

JACKETS PICKED FIFTHTheYellowjacketswerepickedpre-seasonfifthbytheconferencecoach-es.TheJacketstallied52points,onepointbehindfourthplaceAlaskaAnchorage.SeattlePacificwastabbedleaguefavorite.

LISTEN TO COACH PFEIFERFanscanlistentotheweeklyCoachPfeiferShowontheinterneteachTuesday.Logontowww.msubill-

TAYLOR MADEJuniorBrettTaylorcameoffthebenchversusUniversityofGreatFallsJan.2,for13pointsashewasdeadlyfromlongrange.TaylorhitfourtriplesinthegameatopportunetimestohelptheYellowjacketsbuildabigleadandtheeventual88-61victory.

WENDY’S THREE’SAnytimetheYellowjacketshitseven3-pointersinahomegame,everyoneinthecrowdwillreceiveafreecouponforonesmallchiliatWendy’s.The

Belowisagame-by-gamebreakdownoffreethrows,benchpoints,pointsinthepaint,pointsoffturnovers,TOsandsecond-chancepoints.(ShownasMSUBstatsfirst,followedbyopponents).

Game FT Bench Paint Off TO 2nd-Chance ColoradoChristian 17-14 19-8 30-22 12-16 4-10 UniversityofMary 10-16 22-10 32-26 19-26 5-5 atAugustana(SD) 16-19 18-41 34-24 9-19 4-10 vs.Dominican 20-20 27-22 38-20 19-15 9-2 atDixieState 16-22 24-12 28-20 19-9 10-2 NorthernNewMexico 16-12 21-18 42-32 17-20 13-8 DixieState 12-13 21-23 30-26 24-12 8-10 atUniversityofMary 12-18 7-12 30-24 9-22 10-3 UniversityofGreatFalls26-10 27-31 34-28 29-13 13-6 atAlaskaFairbanks 14-13 29-18 44-22 21-14 21-16 atAlaskaAnchorage 15-16 20-25 28-30 14-5 2-12 SaintMartin’s atNorthwestNazarene atSeattlePacific CentralWashington WesternWashington AlaskaFairbanks atSaintMartin’s atWesternOregon NorthwestNazarene SeattlePacific WesternOregon AlaskaAnchorage atCentralWashington atWesternWashington

ings.edu/athleticstolistentoPfeifer’sthoughtsonthepreviousweekandthecomingweeks.

WATCH/LISTEN TO HOME GAMESFanscanlistentoallMSUBmen’sbasketballhomegamesbyloggingontowww.musbillings.edu/athleticsandclickonlivebroadcasts.KenAdelblueprovidestheplay-by-playforeachhomegame.

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POST-TIME REPORT2009-2010 Season

Overall Overall 7-4 Home 5-0 Away 1-4 Neutral 1-0Monthly Records November 2-1 December 3-2 January 2-1 February 0-0 March 0-0Daily Records Monday 1-0 Tuesday 0-1 Wednesday 1-1 Thursday 1-0 Friday 2-0 Saturday 2-2 Sunday 0-0Miscellaneous Winningthetip 4-2 Losingthetip 3-2 Leadingathalftime 7-2 Trailingathalftime 0-2 Tiedathalftime 0-0 Scorefirst 3-2 Opponentscoresfirst 4-2 Leadingwith5min.toplay 6-0 Trailingwith5min.toplay 1-4 Gamesdecidedby3pts.orless 2-1 Gamesdecidedby4-10pts. 1-1 Gamesdecidedby11-pluspts. 4-2 Shoot50%orbetter 4-0 Shootlessthan50% 3-4 Shoothigher%thanopponent 7-0 Shootlower%thanopponent 0-4 Opp.shootworsethan50% 7-0 Opp.shoothigherthan50% 0-4 Scorelessthan60points 0-0 Score60-pluspoints 1-2 Score70-pluspoints 2-2 Score80-pluspoints 4-0 Opp.scorefewerthan50pts. 0-0 Opp.scorefewerthan60pts. 2-0 Opp.scorefewerthan70pts. 4-0 Opp.scorefewerthan80pts. 1-2 Opp.scorefewerthan90pts. 0-2 Outreboundopponent 5-1 Outreboundedbyopponent 2-3 Reboundsareeven 0-0 Committlessturnoversthanopp. 5-2 Committmoreturnoversthanopp. 2-2 Makemoreorsame3FGsthanopp. 6-0 Makefewer/same3FGsthanopp. 1-4 Makemore/sameFTsthanopp. 5-0 MakelessFTsthanopp. 2-4 Scoremore/samepointsinpaint 7-3 Scorelesspointsinpaint 0-1 Makemorebenchpointsthanopp. 6-1 Makelessbenchpointsthanopp. 1-3 Makemore/samepointsoffturnovers 4-2 Makelesspointsoffturnovers 3-2 Overtime 0-0 Gamesvs.Top25opponents 0-0 Gamesvs.RegionalRankedopp. 0-0 Gamesfollowingloss 3-0 Gamesfollowingwin 4-4 Gamesvs.winningteams 2-3 Gamesvs.losingteams 4-1 Gamesvs..500teams 1-0

MSUB CAREER LEADERS MSUB CAREER LEADERS

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES

Scoring (1,000-plus points)1.RoyMcPipe(1972-74)............. 1,8832.CameronMunoz(2002-06)....... 1,8792.LesHeins(1949-53)................ 1,7264.JimSoft(1964-68).................. 1,5585.BartBauer(1978-82)............... 1,5476.MarkusHallgrimson(1997-99).. 1,4707.TitusWarmsley(1997-99)........ 1,4678.MarkHamilton(1994-98)......... 1,4639.ReeceGliko(1995-97)............. 1,38810.BuddyWindyBoy(2002-06)... 1,27811.ChrisHerriford(1991-94)....... 1,25212.JerrettSkrifvars(1999-04)..... 1,24013.FredJohnston(1969-71)........ 1,21514.BillDrumm(1960-63)............ 1,18815.JoeRinella(1960-64)............. 1,169

Rebounds (500-plus)1.JimSoft.................................. 1,3382.BillDrumm................................. 8353.RoscoeDudley........................... 8154.RoyMcPipe................................ 7725.BrianCook................................. 6436.JeromeReese............................ 6137.HarveyMunford........................ 592*8.JerettSkrifvars........................... 5769.ErnieFortney............................. 55910.JohnMomper........................... 54511.ChrisHerriford.......................... 54112.DougBorland........................... 51113.SteveBrimmer......................... 501*Missingstatsfrom1962-63

Assists1.JamieStevens............................ 8132.DominicWashington................... 4573.TomOsborne............................. 4514.DaveCarse................................ 4375.WillyDavison............................. 4156.BillyFoster................................. 4087.CarlinHughes............................. 4058.BarryGreen............................... 3489.RonOsborne.............................. 31510.MartyBertolette....................... 30711.TyElkin.................................... 28012.TitusWarmsley......................... 23913.CameronMunoz....................... 23314.BartBauer............................... 230

Steals1.JamieStevens............................ 1672.DominicWashington................... 1653.TitusWarmsley.......................... 1474.BuddyWindyBoy....................... 1205.TyElkin...................................... 1146.DarrylRoberts............................ 1126.JerrettSkrifvars.......................... 1128.BrianCook................................. 1019.JonathanWiley............................. 9910.JeromeJohnson......................... 94

Blocks1.ChrisHerriford............................. 972.BrianCook................................... 893.PatReynolds................................ 884.KyleStirmlinger............................ 765.BuddyWindyBoy......................... 586.DjolePalfi.................................... 487.JonathanWiley............................. 457.RobertUtterbannk........................ 459.JaysunMims................................ 4310.CodySamuelson......................... 2710.DominicWashington................... 27

30+ Scoring Games:

20+ Scoring Games (2):DaVellJack-son(1),DeAndreChambers(1)

Double Figure Points (42): DeAndreChambers(11),DaVellJackson(7),LashaParghalava(7),BradHodge(6),DerrickWright(6),MikeMcCrary(4),BrettTaylor(1)

Double Figure Rebounds (2):BradHodge(1),MikeMcCrary(1)

Double-Doubles (Pts-Ast):

Double-Doubles (Pts-Rebs) (2):BradHodge(1),MikeMcCrary(1)

Six or more Assists (8):DaVellJackson(6),DeAndreChambers(2)

Five or more Steals (2):DaVellJackson(2)

Jackets vs. Conferences RockyMountainAthletic 1-0 NorthernSun 1-2 PacificWest 2-1 NAIA 2-0 GreatNorthwestAthletic 1-1

2009-10 MSUB Basketball

GeorgePfeiferbeginshissec-ondseasonasheadcoachofmen’sbasketballatMon-

tanaStateUniversityBillings.HecomestotheYellowjacketswitharichbackgroundinresurrectingandbuildingchampionshiplevelprograms. Inoneyear,PfeifertooktheYellowjacketprogramfromapre-seasoncellarpredictedfinishtothemiddleoftheGreatNorthwestAthleticConference.Hetookover

a1-28and6-22programovertheprevioustwoyearsandnotonlygettingtheprogramcompetitive,butwinning. PfeifercomestoMSUBafterthreeyearsattheUniver-sityofIdahowhereheinheritedaprogramthatwasinlastplaceandpredictedbyeverymediaandcoachespolltofinishlast.Intheendtheyprovedthosepredictionswrong,finishinginthemiddleoftheWesternAthleticCon-ferenceandwinningthreeoftheirlastfiveleaguegamestogivetheprogramitshighestfinishintheWACatthattime. PriortoIdaho,PfeiferhadaverysuccessfultenureatLewis-ClarkStateCollegewherehewastheheadmen’scoachfrom1989-2005andtheassistantcoachfrom1987-1989.Hegainedhis200thcareerwinastheWarrior’sheadcoachin2001-02.Hethensettheschoolrecordforcoachingcareerwinswith213victoriesina105-79winovertheUniversityofGreatFalls,whilegarnering294careerwinsathisalmamater.Duringhistenure,hebuiltL-CintooneofthestrongestprogramsinthePacificNorthwestandledtheWarriorstonationalprominence. Duringthe2002-03season,theWarriorspostedaschool-recordforwinswitha31-6overallmarkandan.837winningpercentage.Priortohisarrivalasacoach,L-Chadwononlyoneplayoffgameinitsbasketballhistoryasafour-yearinstitution(1947).IttookPfeiferonlythreeyearstoguideL-CtoaconferencetitleandtheirfirstberthintheNAIAchampionshipbeatingSimon-FraserUni-versity,WesternWashing-tonandSt.Martin’sCollegeinabesttwo-out-of-threeseries.Thismarkedthefirsttimeinthe99-yearhistoryofthemen’sbasketballprogramthatitqualifiedforanationaltournament.ThatyeartheWarriorsposted23wins,whichwasaschool-recordatthetimeforwinsinoneseason.Twoyearslaterin1995,PfeiferledL-CtoitssecondNAIAberthinavic-toryoverSeattleUniversity. Inhis16yearsastheL-Cheadcoach,histeamswouldplayineighttitlegames,eightdistrict

championshipsandreachthenationaltournamentsixtimes.Whenhetookovertheprogram,theschoolrecordforwinsinasingleseasonwas21.InPfeifer’slastsixseasons,theWarriorsaveragedover23winsperyear.HehasbeenselectedCoachoftheYearfivetimesandhasrecruitedandcoached18NAIAall-Americansaswellas18Academicall-Americans.Ofthe75men’sbasketballrecordsheldatL-C,Pfeifer-coachedteamsposted51ofthem. Notonetoshyawayfromplayingtoughschedules,theWarriorsunderPfeifer’sreinfaced26NCAADivisionIop-ponents.In2000,Lewis-ClarkStatedefeatedtheUniversityofIdaho68-54andBoiseStateby14pointsin1995. PriortohispositionatL-C,Pfeiferhadatwo-yearstintasanassistantbasketballcoachunderlegendaryheadcoach,DickHannan.Healsoservedastheheadwomen’sbasketballcoachatRockyMountainCollegefortwoyears(1985-87).Pfeiferwasanassistantcoachformen’sbas-ketballatRMCduringthe1984-85campaignunderMarkAdams.HewasapartofRMC’sfirst-everNAIANationalTournamentberthafterbeingcrownedDistrictXIIchampi-ons. PfeiferservedasheadcoachfortwoyearsatHardinHighSchoolinHardin,Mont.,andthreeyearsatSt.MariesHighSchoolinhishometownofSt.Maries,Idaho.InhistwoyearsatHardin,Pfeiferledtheteamtoback-to-backappearancesattheMontanaStateHighSchoolChampion-ships.Hardinhadnotbeentothestatetournamentinover20years,andwas5-56overthethreeyearsbeforehisarrival.PfeiferledSt.Mariestoa21-3recordinhisthirdyearandafourthplacefinishattheIdahoStateClassA-2Tournament.Priortohisarrival,St.Marieshadonlywononegameineachofthepreviousthreeseasons. PfeifergraduatedfromLewis-ClarkStatein1979withabachelorofsciencedegreeinsocialscienceandaminorinphysicaleducationandcoaching.Hereceivedhismaster’sdegreeinsecondaryeducationadministrationin1989fromtheUniversityofIdaho. Pfeiferhasbeenmarriedfor27yearstoSusan,whoteachesintheBillingsSchoolDistrict.Theyhavethreechildren.Theiroldestson,Duncanwillgraduatefromthe

UniversityofIdahointhespringwithmultipleengi-neeringdegrees.Daughter,Jennifer,worksatSwitzerEngineeringinPullman,Wash.,andtheiryoung-estdaughter,Abigail,whoisasophomoreatMSUB,majoringinnursingandisamemberoftheYellowjacketCheerleadingteam.AllthreeoftheirchildrenhaveorareattendingtheUniver-sityofIdaho.Pfeifer’sson-in-law,KassidyProbert,isinhissecondyearasbusinessmanagerattheMoscowHospitalandhisdaughter-in-law,KylieisingraduateschoolatIdaho.

Head coach George Pfeifer

ThePfeiferFamily:TopRow-Son,Duncan;Son-in-lawKassidyProbert.Second row-Daughter-in-lawKylie;George;DaughterJennifer.Firstrow-WifeSusan; DaughterAbigail.

2009-10 MSUB Basketball

Montana State University BillingsMontana State Billings Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 15, 2010)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 7-4 5-0 1-4 1-0CONFERENCE 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 6-3 5-0 0-3 1-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg12 Chambers,DeAndre 11-2 285 25.9 60-124 . 4 8 4 19-49 . 3 8 8 22-28 . 7 8 6 16 39 55 5.0 22 0 30 26 7 6 161 14.610 Jackson,DaVell 10-10 323 32.3 44-95 . 4 6 3 1-4 . 2 5 0 36-55 . 6 5 5 3 30 33 3.3 26 0 57 31 1 26 125 12.523 Parghalava,Lasha 11-11 271 24.6 47-111 . 4 2 3 22-60 . 3 6 7 12-21 . 5 7 1 7 27 34 3.1 22 0 19 25 0 11 128 11.604 Wright,Derrick 10-10 240 24.0 39-64 . 6 0 9 3-5 . 6 0 0 31-44 . 7 0 5 15 40 55 5.5 25 1 18 25 6 10 112 11.234 Hodge,Brad 11-10 279 25.4 36-62 . 5 8 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 26-30 . 8 6 7 10 36 46 4.2 37 3 7 18 3 5 98 8.903 McCrary,Mike 11-10 298 27.1 34-74 . 4 5 9 10-29 . 3 4 5 17-22 . 7 7 3 13 30 43 3.9 29 2 12 10 0 6 95 8.602 Taylor,Brett 9-0 116 12.9 9-28 . 3 2 1 9-28 . 3 2 1 6-7 . 8 5 7 1 4 5 0.6 13 1 10 4 0 2 33 3.733 Hentzen,Tyler 11-1 136 12.4 10-20 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 9-13 . 6 9 2 8 13 21 1.9 14 0 2 9 0 5 29 2.621 Blaine,Kirk 11-1 160 14.5 4-15 . 2 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 8-12 . 6 6 7 21 12 33 3.0 27 0 6 9 0 4 16 1.505 Weisz,Adam 5-0 26 5.2 1-4 . 2 5 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 0 2 2 0.4 0 0 3 2 0 0 6 1.244 Tanascu,Jason 8-0 21 2.6 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 0.4 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 0.950 Hickman,Andrew 9-0 39 4.3 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 2 6 8 0.9 14 0 0 3 1 1 6 0.722 Williams,Tyrone 1-0 6 6.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 11 15 26 4Total.......... 11 2200 288-605 . 4 7 6 66-178 . 3 7 1 174-242 . 7 1 9 107 258 365 33.2 232 7 164 167 18 77 816 74.2Opponents...... 11 2200 262-573 . 4 5 7 66-187 . 3 5 3 173-251 . 6 8 9 97 247 344 31.3 214 - 135 181 27 74 763 69.4

TEAM STATISTICS MSUB OPPSCORING 816 763 Points per game 74.2 69.4 Scoring margin +4.8 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 288-605 262-573 Field goal pct . 4 7 6 . 4 5 73 POINT FG-ATT 66-178 66-187 3-point FG pct . 3 7 1 . 3 5 3 3-pt FG made per game 6.0 6.0FREE THROWS-ATT 174-242 173-251 Free throw pct . 7 1 9 . 6 8 9 F-Throws made per game 15.8 15.7REBOUNDS 365 344 Rebounds per game 33.2 31.3 Rebounding margin +1.9 -ASSISTS 164 135 Assists per game 14.9 12.3TURNOVERS 167 181 Turnovers per game 15.2 16.5 Turnover margin +1.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 0.7STEALS 77 74 Steals per game 7.0 6.7BLOCKS 18 27 Blocks per game 1.6 2.5ATTENDANCE 4080 6170 Home games-Avg/Game 5-816 5-1212 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-112

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsMontana State Billings 424 392 816Opponents 354 407 761

Date Opponent Score Att.11/18/09 COLORADO CHRISTIAN W 72-70 72311/21/09 UNIVERSITY OF MARY W 72-68 53211/24/09 at Augustana (S.D.) L 63-82 203212/04/09 vs Dominican (CA) W 82-54 11212/05/09 at Dixie State College L 75-78 221412/11/09 NORTHERN NEW MEXICO W 85-64 180412/21/09 DIXIE STATE W 63-60 47312/30/09 at University of Mary L 62-76 82301/02/10 GREAT FALLS W 88-61 548

* 01/07/10 at Alaska Nanooks W 82-68 243* 01/09/10 at Alaska Anchorage L 72-80 746

* - Conference game

2009-10 MSUB Basketball

Montana State University BillingsMontana State Billings Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 15, 2010)

Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0CONFERENCE 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg10 Jackson,DaVell 2-2 76 38.0 17-32 . 5 3 1 1-2 . 5 0 0 8-15 . 5 3 3 1 8 9 4.5 5 0 13 6 0 3 43 21.512 Chambers,DeAndre 2-0 62 31.0 15-29 . 5 1 7 2-8 . 2 5 0 6-7 . 8 5 7 4 10 14 7.0 6 0 8 3 1 2 38 19.034 Hodge,Brad 2-2 58 29.0 7-12 . 5 8 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 8-9 . 8 8 9 4 5 9 4.5 7 0 3 2 1 1 22 11.023 Parghalava,Lasha 2-2 52 26.0 7-16 . 4 3 8 5-11 . 4 5 5 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 1 2 1.0 5 0 2 5 0 1 20 10.003 McCrary,Mike 2-2 63 31.5 5-11 . 4 5 5 3-8 . 3 7 5 3-3 1.000 0 6 6 3.0 6 1 2 2 0 0 16 8.033 Hentzen,Tyler 2-1 51 25.5 5-11 . 4 5 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 5 3 8 4.0 4 0 1 1 0 2 11 5.504 Wright,Derrick 1-1 3 3.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.021 Blaine,Kirk 2-0 26 13.0 0-4 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 4 3 7 3.5 7 0 2 3 0 0 2 1.044 Tanascu,Jason 1-0 4 4.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.050 Hickman,Andrew 1-0 5 5.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 1 4 5 1Total.......... 2 400 57-118 . 4 8 3 11-29 . 3 7 9 29-40 . 7 2 5 21 43 64 32.0 41 1 32 23 2 9 154 77.0Opponents...... 2 400 53-112 . 4 7 3 13-37 . 3 5 1 29-38 . 7 6 3 21 44 65 32.5 35 - 22 32 3 11 148 74.0

TEAM STATISTICS MSUB OPPSCORING 154 148 Points per game 77.0 74.0 Scoring margin +3.0 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 57-118 53-112 Field goal pct . 4 8 3 . 4 7 33 POINT FG-ATT 11-29 13-37 3-point FG pct . 3 7 9 . 3 5 1 3-pt FG made per game 5.5 6.5FREE THROWS-ATT 29-40 29-38 Free throw pct . 7 2 5 . 7 6 3 F-Throws made per game 14.5 14.5REBOUNDS 64 65 Rebounds per game 32.0 32.5 Rebounding margin -0.5 -ASSISTS 32 22 Assists per game 16.0 11.0TURNOVERS 23 32 Turnovers per game 11.5 16.0 Turnover margin +4.5 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.4 0.7STEALS 9 11 Steals per game 4.5 5.5BLOCKS 2 3 Blocks per game 1.0 1.5ATTENDANCE 0 989 Home games-Avg/Game 0-0 2-494 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsMontana State Billings 71 83 154Opponents 74 74 148

Date Opponent Score Att.* 01/07/10 at Alaska Nanooks W 82-68 243* 01/09/10 at Alaska Anchorage L 72-80 746

* - Conference game