Montana State University Billings Men’s Basketball 2015-16 Quick Facts University Information
Location: Billings, MT Address: 1500 University Drive 59101 Established: 1927 Enrollment: 4,781 Chancellor: Dr. Mark Nook University Website: www.msubillings.edu
Yellowjacket Athletics Information
Affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: Great Northwest Athletic Conference Colors: Navy, Gold Nickname: Yellowjackets Faculty Athletic Representative: Dr. Scott Harris Athletic Director/SWA: Krista Montague Sports Information Director: Evan O’Kelly Phone: 406-657-2130 Email: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Athletics Website: www.msubsports.com MSUB Sports on Twitter: @MSUBSports MSUB Sports on Facebook: MSUB Sports MSUB Sports on Instagram: MSUB Sports MSUB Sports on YouTube: MSUB Sports
MSUB Men’s Basketball Staff
Head Coach: Jamie Stevens, 5th year Overall Record: 51-64 Phone: 406-657-2371 Email: james.stevens3@msubillings.edu Assistant Coach: Brad Schmit Phone: 712-212-1144 Email: bschmit@msubillings.edu Athletic Trainer: Tom Ebel Phone: 406-657-2375 Email: tebel@msubillings.edu
MSUB Men’s Basketball History
First Year of men’s basketball: 1927 All-time record: 1,034-924(.528) NCAA appearances: 6; Last - 2011-12 (lost to Alaska Anchorage 80-68 in first round)
MSUB Men’s Basketball Team Information 2014-15 Record: 5-23 (3-15 GNAC, 10th) Home Court: Alterowitz Gymnasium Returning Starters/Lost: 4/3 Returners/Lost: 7/6 Newcomers: 6 Redshirts: 0 Twitter: @MSUBMBB Facebook: MSUB Men’s Basketball
2015-16 MSUB Men’s Basketball Roster Breakdown Returning Starters (4) Class Momir Gataric Sr. Emmanuel Johnson Sr. Jace Anderson Jr. Kendall Denham So.
Pos G/F F G G
Pts.-Rb.-Ast. 11.6-3.9-2.2 8.6-5.2-1.0 7.8-1.0-1.3 6.4-3.5-3.5
Other Returners (3) Marc Matthews Jordan Perry Christian Evans Transfers (2) Emmanuel Olufemi Kamal Tall
Class Jr. So. Fr.
Pos G G F
Pts.-Rb.-Ast. 9.9-2.9-1.3 6.7-4.8-1.2 Redshirt
Class Jr. So.
Pos F F
Hometown (Previous School) Lagos, Nigeria (Miles CC) Leuven, Belgium (KU Leuven)
Pos F F G F
Hometown (High School) Fresno, CA (Clovis North) Wildomar, CA (Elsinore) Roesrath, Germany (Leverkusen) Reno, NV (Galena)
Incoming Freshmen (4) Cade Alcorn Preston Beverly Sven Jeuschede Zack Lessinger
2015-16 MSUB Men’s Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (Local) Oct. 24 Alumni Game (X) Billings, MT 3 p.m. Oct. 28 at Rocky Mountain College (X) Billings, MT 7 p.m. Nov. 13 TBA (at CSUEB)+ Hayward, CA TBA Nov. 14 TBA (at CSUEB)+ Hayward, CA TBA Nov. 18 Rocky Mountain College (X)^ Billings, MT 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at Black Hills State University Spearfish, SD 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at University of Mary Bismarck, ND 7 p.m. Nov. 27 Alaska vs. Dixie State & Billings, MT 3 p.m. Nov. 27 Dominican University & Billings, MT 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 Alaska vs. Dominican & Billings, MT 3 p.m. Nov. 28 Dixie State University & Billings, MT 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at Concordia University (Ore.)* Portland, OR 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Western Oregon University* Monmouth, OR 7 p.m. Dec. 11 vs. Azusa Pacific (at SPU)# Seattle, WA 4:30 p.m. Dec. 12 vs. Northwest (at SPU)# Seattle, WA 4:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at Carroll College (Exh.) Helena, MT 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31 Simon Fraser University* Billings, MT 2 p.m. Jan. 2 Western Washington University* Billings, MT 7 p.m. Jan. 7 at Northwest Nazarene University* Nampa, ID 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at Central Washington University* Ellensburg, WA 7 p.m. Jan. 12 at University of Alaska Anchorage* Anchorage, AK 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at University of Alaska Fairbanks* Fairbanks, AK 7 p.m. Jan. 21 Seattle Pacific University* Billings, MT 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 Saint Martin’s University* Billings, MT 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at Western Washington University* Bellingham, WA 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Simon Fraser University* Burnaby, BC 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 Central Washington University* Billings, MT 7 p.m. Feb. 6 Northwest Nazarene University* Billings, MT 7 p.m. Feb. 9 University of Alaska Anchorage* Billings, MT 7 p.m. Feb. 13 University of Alaska Fairbanks* Billings, MT 5:15 p.m. Feb. 18 at Saint Martin’s University* Lacey, WA 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Seattle Pacific University* Seattle, WA 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 Western Oregon University* Billings, MT 7 p.m. Feb. 27 Concordia University (Ore.)*$ Billings, MT 7 p.m. Mar. 2-5 GNAC Championships Lacey, WA TBA + - Cal State East Bay Tournament ^ - Eastern Montana College Throwback Night & - MSUB Thanksgiving Tournament * - Great Northwest Athletic Conference Game # - Seattle Pacific Tournament $ - Senior Day Home games in bold and played at Alterowitz Gymnasium. 2015-16 GNAC Championships hosted by Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Wash.