Jackets Host Rocky in Exhibition on RBC Kid$wish Night (11/13/06)

BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings men’s basketball team will wrap up its preseason with an exhibition game against Rocky Mountain College on Tuesday.  Tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Alterowitz Gym. 

The Bears knocked off the Yellowjackets in an exhibition game last week, winning 99-94 at Rocky’s Fortin Center.  The Jackets trailed by double digits in the first half before rallying to lead much of the second half.  Freshman guard Jeff Miner (Gresham, OR) scored a game-high 28 points, hitting seven 3-pointers.  The Yellowjackets defeated an MSUB alumni team 112-71 on Saturday.

Tuesday’s game will be the final exhibition of the preseason for the Yellowjackets.  They begin regular season play at the Northwest Nazarene Tournament on December 1 and 2 in Nampa, ID.  The Jackets’ home opener will be December 16 against West Liberty State.

RBC Dain Rauscher will sponsor Kid$wish, a charity event to be held during halftime of the Yellowjackets/Bears game on Tuesday.  According to Bill Tierney, branch director for RBC Dain Rauscher in Billings, Kid$wish  will allow area students, grades 3-8, to raise money for the Yellowstone Art Center Foundation and Shriners’ Hospitals for Children.  Children participating in Kid$wish will shoot as many free throws as possible in five-minute intervals. With each basket made, RBC Dain Rauscher will make a monetary contribution to the child’s designated charity, either the Yellowstone Art Center Foundation or the Shriners’ Hospitals for Children.  Prior to the game, the children will be treated to a pizza party.

“We’re excited to be a part of such a great event,” said Tierney. “The whole idea is to get kids helping kids and to realize the positive impact that they can have in the lives of others.”

RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RY: TSX, NYSE), is one of the nation’s largest full-service securities firms. The company serves individual investors and businesses through offices coast to coast, and capital markets and correspondent clients in select U.S. and international markets. Founded in 1909, RBC Dain Rauscher is a member of the New York Stock Exchange and other major securities exchanges, as well as the Securities Investor Protection Corp. The Billings office is located at 404 North 31 Street, Suite 300.