Asher Williams, Montana Tech University Basketball

A 2025 graduate of Bonners Ferry High, Asher, a 6-foot-6-inch freshman guard, led the No. 19 Orediggers in recent Frontier Conference road wins over Bismarck State (90-68) and Dickinson State (77-57). The former Badger standout and four-time All-Intermountain League recipient scored a team-high 22 points (8-12 FG, 3-3 FT), which included a 3-for-4 effort from behind the three-point line, and added two rebounds across 18 minutes off the bench in the victory over the Mystics. In the victory over the Blue Hawks, the former four-time All-State honoree netted a team-high 14 points (5-7 FG, 4-4 FT) and tallied two rebounds, an assist and a steal across a career-high 22 minutes of action off the bench. Across 15 regular season games this year, excluding exhibition wins over Montana and Northwestern Polytechnic of Alberta, Williams now has 143 points (9.5 per game), 29 rebounds, six assists and eight steals and is shooting 58% from the floor (47-for-81), which includes a 40% effort from beyond the arc (12-for-30), and is an impressive 37-for-48 (77%) from the charity stripe. Montana Tech (12-3), winners of their last six games after a three-game skid, will return to Kelvin Sampson Court at Valley Bank Arena on Jan. 9 and 10 for a pair of conference matchups against the University of Providence and MSU-Northern, respectively, as they look to continue their dominance under the direction of 1997 Bonners Ferry High graduate Adam Hiatt.