Wohlers Earns Second Heartland Award (1/17/06)

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings senior Moritz Wohlers received his second Heartland Conference player of the week honor this week after helping lead the Yellowjackets to three-straight road wins last week.  Along with being Wohlers’s second selection of the season, it was the fifth overall player of the week honor for a Yellowjacket.

Wohlers, a 6-8 center from Wolfenbuttel, Germany, was Mr. Steady all week to help the Yellowjackets extend their current winning streak to six games and to improve to 4-0 in the Heartland Conference.  He averaged 20.7 points and 7.3 rebounds a game as MSU Billings won three-straight road games in Texas.  On Wednesday Wohlers had 23 points and nine rebounds in an HLC win at Incarnate Word.  On Thursday he scored 22 with five boards in a non-conference win at UIW.  Saturday Wohlers had 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists to help the Jackets knock off defending league champion St. Mary's. 

In the three games he was 21-of-31 from the field (67.7%).  For the season Wohlers ranks third the Heartland for scoring (18.1), second for rebounding (8.3), and third for field goal percentage (58.8).

The Yellowjackets, 11-2 overall and 4-0 in the Heartland Conference, return to the road for two games this weekend.  They will play a conference game at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO, on Saturday afternoon.  MSU Billings then travels to Emporia, KS, for a non-conference rematch against Emporia State on Sunday evening.  Both games will be aired live on AM 970 in Billings.