2003-2004 Headlines
Milne, Langford Ranked High in Final NCAA Statistics
BILLINGS, MT – Montana
State-Billings juniors Robyn Milne and Jenny
Langford were each ranked in the top 25 for two
statistical categories in the final women’s
basketball rankings released by the NCAA on
Wednesday....more.
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Yellowjackets’ Milne Earns All-Region Honors
BILLINGS, MT – Montana
State University-Billings center Robyn Milne was
named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II West Region
second team on Tuesday....more.
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Yellowjacket Basketball Teams Left Out of NCAA
Tournament (Mar. 7, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – For
the first time since 2001 and just the second time
since 1995, neither basketball team at Montana
State-Billings will be going to the NCAA Tournament....more.
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Five
Yellowjackets Ranked in National Statistical Leaders (Mar. 3, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – Five
basketball players from Montana State-Billings,
three men and two women, are among the national
statistical leaders released by the NCAA this week....more.
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Lady Yellowjackets Slip to No. 10 in Regional Poll (Mar. 3, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – The
Montana State-Billings women’s basketball team was
bumped from No. 9 to No. 10 in the final regular
season NCAA West Region poll released on Wednesday....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #15
- Feb. 25, 2004
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MSUB
Women In, Men Out of West Region Poll (Feb. 25, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
Since dropping out of the NCAA West Region poll on
January 28, the MSU Billings women’s team has been
on the outside looking in....more.
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Young
Veterans Lift Lady Jackets to Comeback Win over
Lights (Feb. 23, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – On
what would have been Senior Night at MSU Billings on
Monday, the Yellowjackets’ three veterans scored 19
points apiece in a 79-71 win over MSU-Northern....more.
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Lady
Jackets Close Season against MSU-Northern on Katie
Christiansen Night (Feb. 22,
2004)
BILLINGS, MT – The
Montana State-Billings women’s basketball team will
put its five-game winning streak on the line Monday
night in the Yellowjackets’ regular season finale
against Montana State-Northern....more.
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Lady
Jackets Pull Away from Mustangs for Fifth Straight Win (Feb. 20, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – It’s
good to be home. That has to be the consensus
feeling among the MSU Billings Lady Yellowjackets,
who downed Western New Mexico 80-73 for their fifth
straight win of the season Friday night....more.
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Lady
Jackets Overcome Slow Start to Down Western New
Mexico (Feb. 19, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
Despite committing sixteen first half turnovers and
scoring just eight points in the first ten and a
half minutes, Montana State-Billings ran away from
Western New Mexico for a 79-60 win Thursday night....more.
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Skrifvars
Leads Three Yellowjackets Earning Academic Honors (Feb. 19, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
Jerett Skrifvars, a senior men’s basketball player
at Montana State University-Billings, was named to
the District VII Academic All-America First Team as
announced by the College Sports Information
Directors of America on Thursday....more.
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Lady
Yellowjackets Hold On for Ten Point Win (Feb. 17, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
Three players scored in double figures Tuesday night
as Montana State-Billings won its third game in a
row, downing Western New Mexico 71-61....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #14 - For the Week
of Feb. 16, 2004 (pdf)
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Lady
Yellowjackets Move Over .500 Mark with Second
Straight Win (Feb. 14, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – The
Lady Yellowjackets’ big three scorers all had big
games Saturday night as Montana State-Billings won
its second game in a row, 73-57 over Converse
College, to improve to 12-11....more.
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Click HERE for photos of the Lady Yellowjackets vs.
Converse College, Feb. 14, 2004
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Lady
Jackets Treat Home Crowd with Offensive Show (Feb. 13, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
Playing in front of the home crowd for just the
first time in almost a month—and only the third time
since December 1—Montana State-Billings rang up its
second highest point total of the season in a 91-67
victory over Converse College (SC)....more.
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Milne and Munoz
Still among National Stats Leaders (Feb. 11, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – The
Yellowjackets Robyn Milne and Cameron Munoz remained among
the national statistical leaders this week in the rankings
released by the NCAA....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #13
- For the week of Feb. 9, 2004 (pdf)
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Lady
Yellowjackets’ Rally Falls Short at Nova
Southeastern (Feb. 4, 2004)
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
– MSU Billings rallied from an eleven point deficit
to take a late second half lead, but Nova
Southeastern countered in the final minutes to down
the Lady Yellowjackets, 59-53, Wednesday night....more.
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Milne Remains Second in Nation for
Rebounding (Feb. 3, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – The Lady
Yellowjackets’ Robyn Milne was No. 2 for rebounds
per game for the second straight week in the weekly NCAA statistical rankings released on
Tuesday....more.
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Lady
Yellowjackets Drop Third Straight, Lose at Florida
Southern (Feb. 2, 2004)
LAKELAND, FL – The
MSU Billings women’s basketball team dropped to the
.500 mark Monday night with a 66-55 loss at Florida
Southern College....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #12
- For the Week of Feb. 2, 2004 (pdf)
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Jackets Climb into Top Eight in
Regional Poll, Lady Jackets Drop
Out
(Jan. 28, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
After debuting at No. 10 in the first NCAA West
Region poll of the season last week, the Montana
State-Billings men’s basketball team moved up to No.
8 in this week’s poll....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #11 - For the Week
of Jan. 26, 2004 (pdf)
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Lady
Yellowjackets Fall in Overtime to Northwest Nazarene (Jan. 23, 2004)
LACEY, WA – A
second half rally fell just short for the Montana
State-Billings women’s basketball team Friday night
as the Yellowjackets dropped their second straight
game, 67-65 in overtime to Northwest Nazarene....more.
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Turnovers Cost Lady Jackets at St. Martin’s (Jan. 22, 2004)
LACEY, WA –
Twenty-nine turnovers neutralized an otherwise good
shooting night Thursday as MSU Billings lost, 84-63,
at St. Martin’s....more.
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Yellowjackets, Lady Jackets Both in First Regional
Polls (Jan. 21, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT – Both
basketball teams at Montana State-Billings found
themselves in the first NCAA West Region polls
released Wednesday, with the men’s team debuting at
No. 10 and the women’s team at No. 9....more.
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Munoz, Milne Among National
Statistics Leaders (Jan. 20, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
Cameron Munoz, sophomore guard for the Montana
State-Billings men’s basketball team, leads the
nation for 3-point shooting in this week’s NCAA
statistical rankings....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #10 - For the week
of Jan. 19, 2004 (.pdf)
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Lady Yellowjackets Roll Over Green
Mountain Again (Jan. 17, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
Despite a slow start and some cold shooting spells,
MSU Billings crushed Green Mountain College for the
second straight night, 79-31....more.
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Lady
Yellowjackets Enjoy Easy Homecoming against Green
Mountain (Jan. 16, 2004)
BILLINGS, MT –
After a 46-day, ten-game odyssey, the MSU Billings
women’s basketball team returned home Friday night
for a 98-49 win over Green Mountain College....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #9 - For the Week
of Jan. 12, 2004 (.pdf)
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Cold
Shooting Stops Lady Jackets’ Win Streak (Jan. 10, 2004)
SILVER CITY, NM – Just one
day after its second best shooting game of the
season, MSU Billings struggled to find the range in
a 59-53 loss at Western New Mexico on Saturday....more.
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Lady
Yellowjackets Keep Rolling with Win at Western New
Mexico (Jan. 9, 2004)
SILVER CITY, NM – With
four players scoring double figures, MSU Billings
defeated Western New Mexico Friday night, 69-52, for
the Lady Jackets’ third-straight win and fifth in
their last six games....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #8 - For the Week
of Jan. 5, 2004 (.pdf)
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Lady
Jackets Win Second-Straight Over Humboldt State (Jan. 2, 2004)
ARCATA, CA – Tanya
Petersen had her way with Humboldt State for the
second game in a row, scoring 17 points Friday
afternoon to lead the Lady Yellowjackets to a 68-58
victory over the Lumberjacks....more.
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Petersen Leads Lady Jackets over Humboldt State (Dec. 30, 2003)
LA JOLLA, CA – Tanya
Petersen’s double-double lifted MSU Billings to an
80-64 West Region win over Humboldt State Tuesday
night at the UC-San Diego Invitational....more.
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Lady
Yellowjackets Fall to Wildcats at San Diego Tourney (Dec. 29, 2003)
LA JOLLA, CA – Poor
shooting was the Lady Jackets’ downfall once again
as they were upended by Central Washington, 78-54,
at the 24th annual UC-San Diego
Invitational on Monday.....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #7 - For the Week
of Dec. 29, 2003 (.pdf)
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #6 - For the Week
of Dec. 22, 2003 (.pdf)
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Milne Tops Glacier Classic All-Tournament Team (Dec. 22, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT –
After leading the Lady Yellowjacket basketball team
to back-to-back wins in Alaska, Robyn Milne was
named the Glacier Classic’s Most Outstanding Player....more.
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Lady
Jackets Dump Fairbanks for Second Straight Win in
Alaska (Dec. 20, 2003)
ANCHORAGE, AK – A
stingy defense and newfound shooting touch helped
MSU Billings to a 69-58 victory over
Alaska-Fairbanks at the Glacier Classic Saturday
night....more.
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Lady Yellowjackets Win in Anchorage Behind Petersen, Milne (Dec. 19, 2003)
ANCHORAGE, AK – Tanya Petersen
and Robyn Milne out dueled Alaska-Anchorage’s Amber Nasby
and Kamie Jo Massey in a 62-54 win Friday night at the
Glacier Classic....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #5
- For the Week of Dec. 15, 2003 (.pdf)
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Lady
Yellowjackets Drop Third Straight (Dec. 15, 2003)
BELLINGHAM, WA –
Sophomore guard Jenny Langford came within one
3-pointer of tying the school record, but the Lady
Yellowjackets lost their third straight road game,
66-57, at Western Washington Monday night....more.
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Lady
Jackets’ Game Effort Falls Short at Wyoming (Dec. 13, 2003)
CASPER, WY – Wyoming used a 29-17
advantage in points off turnovers Saturday night to
down MSU Billings, 62-51, at the Wyoming Shootout at
the Casper Events Center....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #4
- For the Week of Dec. 8, 2003 (.pdf)
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Lady
Jackets Fall at Montana (Dec. 4,
2003)
MISSOULA, MT – The Montana Grizzlies used a 21-2 run
to open the game in an 80-43 runaway over the Lady
Yellowjackets on Thursday night....more.
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Lady
Yellowjackets Battle for Overtime Win over
Cross-town Rivals (Dec. 1, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT –
Alisa Lordemann scored five of the Yellowjackets’
seven points in overtime Monday night as
MSU Billings downed Rocky Mountain College 60-55 in
overtime....more.
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #3
- For the Week of Dec. 1, 2003 (.pdf)
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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #2
- For the Week of Nov. 24, 2003 (.pdf)
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Offense
Struggles in Lady Yellowjacket Loss to SPU (Nov. 22, 2003)
SEATTLE, WA –
Seattle Pacific held MSU Billings to just 18 second
half points Saturday night in a 66-42 win over the
Yellowjackets in the Falcon Tip-off Classic....more.
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Late Forney Free Throws Lift Lady Jackets to Victory
(Nov. 21, 2003)
SEATTLE, WA– Sophia
Forney (Fr., Livingston, MT) made a pair of free
throws with just 2.5 seconds on the clock as
MSU Billings edged Central Washington 70-68 Friday
afternoon....more.
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Lady
Yellowjackets Stall in Loss to Sonoma State (Nov. 18, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT – The
MSU Billings women’s basketball team had its 31-game
home winning streak snapped Tuesday night in a 59-46
loss to Sonoma State....more.
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Career Highs Lift Lady Jackets to
Season Opening Win (Nov. 17,
2003)
BILLINGS, MT – Four different players scored career
highs Monday night as the MSU Billings women’s
basketball team outran Sonoma State 82-72....more.
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Click HERE to view photos of the Lady Jackets vs.
Sonoma State
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Women's
Basketball Weekly Release #1-Nov. 13, 2003 (.pdf)
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Blue Edges Gold in Lady Jacket
Scrimmage (Nov. 8, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT – Kayla Frize (Jr., Miles City, MT)
took the first step in her return from knee surgery
with a game-high 25 points in the MSU Billings
women’s basketball Blue-Gold Scrimmage on Saturday....more.
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Yellowjackets, Lady Yellowjackets to Hold
Blue-Gold Scrimmages Saturday (Nov. 6,
2003)
BILLINGS, MT – The official start of the NCAA basketball
season is just over a week away and the MSU Billings men’s
and women’s basketball teams will tune up Saturday with a
double-header of Blue-Gold scrimmages....more.
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MSU Billings Hires Women’s Basketball Assistant (Oct. 21, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT – Head
women’s basketball coach Melissa Slone announced
today that Julie Moehring has been hired as the Lady
Yellowjackets’ new assistant coach....more.
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Women’s Basketball Preview: New Faces, Same Goals
for Lady Jackets (Oct. 13, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT – A new era of women’s basketball
begins Wednesday at MSU Billings, but the goal is
still the same: reaching the NCAA Tournament....more.
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Billings Bees
Registrations Now Being Accepted (Sept. 12,2003)
BILLINGS, MT –
Registration for the 13th annual Billings
Bees Basketball Clinics Sponsored by the Billings
Gazette is beginning at MSU Billings....more.
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Melissa Slone Selected to Guide Lady Yellowjacket
Program
(August 14, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT – Dr. Gary Gray,
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Montana
State University-Billings, announced today that
Melissa Slone has been offered and has accepted the
position of head women’s basketball coach at MSU Billings...more.
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MSU Billings Grad Signs to Play in Germany (July 29, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT – Former Yellowjacket star Natalie Visger
will continue her basketball career by playing
professionally in Germany this season....more.
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MSU Billings
Coaching Search Underway (July 18,
2003)
BILLINGS, MT – The
national search to fill the women’s basketball coaching
position at MSU Billings is in full swing...more.
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MSUB's Krista Montague Back on the Court for Big Sky
State Games (July 17, 2003)
BILLINGS, MT - Krista Montague, Director of Development
and Marketing for Yellowjacket Athletics, will be
playing in
the upcoming Big Sky State Games just two months
after
giving birth to her second daughter, Allie.
Click on the link above to read the Billings
Gazette's feature story on Krista....more.
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