FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Monday, January 4, 2016 Anderson picked as GNAC Player of the Week; will miss remainder of 2015-16 season
Scoring 18 points in each of MSUB’s GNAC victories last week, junior Jace Anderson is selected as the GNAC Player of the Week, but will miss the rest of the season with an injury. PORTLAND, Ore. – After a pair of standout performances that helped the Montana State University Billings men’s basketball team to two Great Northwest Athletic Conference wins last week, junior guard Jace Anderson has been selected as the conference’s Player of the Week announced Monday. With 40 seconds left in Saturday’s game against the Vikings, Anderson suffered a knee injury that will keep him out for the remainder of the 2015-16 season. “Last week’s performance was the same thing Jace has given us for two years now,” said MSUB head coach Jamie Stevens. “This is a well-deserved honor, and we don’t win either game without Jace playing the way he played. Obviously moving forward, other guys are going to have to step up, and we are preaching to our guys to be resilient and a next-man-up philosophy. We feel like Jace is a hard guy to replace, and no one guy can replace him because he has been so valuable. We are looking forward to having him back next year, and we want him to go out right as a senior.”