Montana State University Billings Athletics

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Career Single Game Bests

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
Points	9	11/21/17	2 times
Rebounds	4	11/14/17	vs. Yellowstone Christian
Assists	2	11/11/17	2 times
Steals	1	11/14/17	2 times
Blocks	1	11/21/17	vs. Chadron State
FG Made	4	11/14/17	vs. Yellowstone Christian
3-Pt FG Made	2	11/21/17	vs. Chadron State
FT Made	2	11/11/17	vs. Sonoma State
Minutes	22	11/14/17	vs. Yellowstone Christian

*Date of last occurrence if multiple

2017-18: Played in five games before a season-ending injury…redshirted…scored 24 points and averaged 4.8 before injury…scored season-high nine points and had season-best four rebounds against Yellowstone Christian on Nov. 14…racked up six assists…averaged 13.0 minutes per game as a true freshman.

Pueblo West High School: 2016 Colorado prep basketball player of the year…was a two-time first-team all-state selection…averaged 26.7 points and 2.6 assists per game as a senior…in four seasons on the varsity team under head coach Robert Tyler, helped his squad to a cumulative record of 77-25 and led the team to its first-ever state title in 2016…in 2016 as a junior, set the school record for points with 688, which contributed to his school-record final career tally of 1,958 points…earned South Central League first-team honors in each of his final three seasons, and was the league’s player of the year after his junior season…among top accomplishments are 20 consecutive free throws made in a single quarter on March 1, 2017, 56 total free throws made in-a-row, and a school record foul-shot percentage of 94.0 as a senior (157-for-167)...his 43 points against Ramona HS on Dec. 4, 2015 stand as the most in a game in school history as well…competed in numerous all-star games and travel ball teams, including The SHOW and D1 Elite Camp which featured the top-20 players in the state of Colorado…also played in the Rocky Mountain top-20 game, and most recently for the Colorado Hawks AAU team under head coach Robert Ferguson.

Coach Stevens on Simental: “David is one of the more decorated high school players that we have signed, and he comes from a wonderful family. He can do it all on the court, and we expect him to be able to help us right away.”
  
Simental on choosing MSUB: “I chose to play at MSUB because I felt that playing for Coach Stevens and his coaching staff would push me to be the best player and student I could be.”