Montana State University Billings Athletics

PRONUNCIATION:

Kane in Command of Yellowjacket Basketball (Jan. 24, 2018)

Rylee Kane Growing Up as MSU Billings' Point Guard (By: Jeff Bersch/Billings Gazette - 12/15/16)

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Career Single Game Bests

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
Points	31	3/10/18	vs. UC San Diego
Rebounds	8	12/2/17	vs. Simon Fraser
Assists	13	2/23/17	vs. Central Washington
Steals	6	2/15/18	vs. Concordia
Blocks	3	3/2/18	2 times
FG Made	12	2/22/18	at Simon Fraser
3-Pt FG Made	3	11/12/16	2 times
FT Made	9	3/1/18	vs. Central Washington
Minutes	40	2/16/17	2 times

*Date of last occurrence if multiple
*Bold Italics indicate MSUB school record

Awards

All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference	Season
Honorable Mention	2017-18 (Senior)
Honorable Mention	2016-17 (Junior)
Academic All-GNAC	2017-18 (Senior)
Academic All-GNAC	2016-17 (Junior)
All-Tournament	Season
NCAA D2 West Region Championships - MVP	2017-18 (Senior)
Yellowjacket Classic	2017-18 (Senior)
Athletic Department (Buzzies)	Season
Career Achievement Award	2017-18 (Senior)
Moment/Play of the Year	2017-18 (Senior)

Career Summary (all rankings as of March 20, 2018): Completed one of the best careers in MSUB and GNAC history…completed a career-long streak of 125 consecutive starts which is second-longest in GNAC history…only the second player in GNAC history to start 100 percent of her team’s games during a four-year career…finished career No. 2 in MSUB history and No. 8 in GNAC history with 125 games played…finished No. 3 in GNAC history with 125 career starts…finished career with 1,214 points in four seasons…finished career No. 2 in MSUB history and No. 4 in GNAC history with 563 total assists…finished career No. 14 in GNAC history with 4.5 assists per game…played 3,968 minutes in her career, which is third-most in GNAC history…finished career with 433 made field goals and 1,079 attempts…finished career with 481 free-throw attempts to rank third in MSUB history and 11th in GNAC history…finished No. 7 in MSUB history and No. 21 in GNAC history with 185 career steals…played in 68 MSUB victories during four-year career.
 
2017-18: NCAA Division II West Region Championships Most Valuable Player…honorable mention all-GNAC…team captain…started all 37 games at point guard…ranked second in the GNAC with 517 points scored which is 24th-most in conference single-season history…averaged 14.0 points per game and reached double figures in 28 contests…scored a career-best 31 points in NCAA regional semifinal win over No. 23 UC San Diego on March 10…scored 20 or more points four times…led GNAC with 179 assists, which is eighth-most in conference single-season history…assist total ranked seventh in all of the NCAA Division II…had season-high nine assists on Jan. 13 against Central Washington…carried assist-turnover ratio of 1.61 to rank sixth in the GNAC…completed streak of 103 consecutive games with at least one assist dating back to February, 2014…ranked No. 2 in the NCAA with 1,250 minutes played, the second-most in GNAC single-season history…ranked fourth in the GNAC with 33.8 minutes per game…played season-high 39 minutes on two occasions…shot 46.7 percent from the field, ranking second in the GNAC with 201 total field goals on the season…converted a season-high 12 field goals at Simon Fraser on Feb. 22…ranked second on the team with 96 made foul shots…made career-high nine free throws on March 1 against Central Washington…led team and ranked third in the GNAC with 62 steals…had season-high six steals on Feb. 15 against Concordia…ranked second on the team with 22 blocked shots…NCAA D2 West Region Showcase all-tournament team (Nov. 10-11)…Yellowjacket Invitational all-tournament team (Nov. 16-18)…member of second NCAA Division II Elite Eight team in MSUB history…member of 2018 NCAA Division II West Region Champion team…member of 2018 Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament champion team…member of MSUB team that tied a school record as fourth squad in school history to reach 25 wins in a season…academic all-conference for second straight season.





















2016-17: Honorable mention all-conference…started all 28 games of the season…became an effective scorer averaging 11.4 points on a 35.9 shooting percentage…had a team-best 48 steals…amassed 150 assists on the season…scored a career-high 25 points against Western Oregon on Jan. 14…dished out a career-best and school record 13 assists against Central Washington on Feb. 23…was fourth-best in the GNAC in assists with 5.4 per game…was ninth in the GNAC in steals at 1.7 per game…ranked fifth in the GNAC in assist/turnover ratio at 5.4/3.1 with a ratio of 1.7…finished second in the conference in minutes played at 35.2 per game…academic all-GNAC.

2015-16: Started and played all 32 games as the point guard...improved game in all areas...logged 993 minutes on the floor averaging 31 per game...averaged 7.4 points per game on 37.2 percent shooting from the field..totaled 238 points and 88 rebounds...No. 4 in the GNAC in assists per game with 4.5 and assist/turnover ratio at 1.4...averaged 1.4 steals per game totaling 44 on the year...scored 10 or more points in nine games, and a career-high 15 at Cal State San Bernardino...scored 14 points five times during the year, including in the NCAA west region tournament game against Azusa Pacific...had a career-best eight assists at home against Alaska Anchorage...amassed 144 assists which is the sixth-most in a season all-time at MSUB...has logged 234 career assists and needs 30 more to crack the MSUB all-time top-10.

2014-15: As a true freshman started all 28 games for MSUB at point guard...totaled 719 minutes (25.7 avg.)...scored 141 points (5.0 avg.)...pulled in 74 rebounds for a 2.6 average per game...shot 33.6 percent from the field (42-for-125)...made nine 3-point baskets, 12 blocks, and 31 steals...shot 62.3 percent from the free-throw line (48-for-77)...had 90 assists her freshman campaign for a 3.2 per game average, first on the team and ninth overall in the GNAC...assist/turnover ratio was 1.5, fifth in the GNAC.

Red Lodge High School: As a senior averaged 15.7 points per game with 3.8 assists and five rebounds...totaled 434 career steals, which is the second highest in the state of Montana...for 2013-14 had the fifth highest number of steals in Montana high school history in a single sesaon with 154...three-sport local standout student-athlete...was an all-conference player in basketball, volleyball, and golf as well as an all-state selection in basketball and volleyball...was an academic all-state selection in golf, volleyball, and basketball.