Money Williams

Photo by: Jackson Wagner

Photo by: Tommy Martino/UM Athletics

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 200

2024-25 (Sophomore): Big Sky Conference Top Reserve… Second Team All-Big Sky Conference… Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team… two-time Big Sky Player of the Week… Montana’s leading scorer at 13.2 points per game… scored 461 total points… also led the Griz in assists with 110 total, averaging 3.1 per game… just the sixth Grizzly under Coach DeCuire to average at least 13.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game, and he’s done it in both seasons at UM… appeared in 35 games, starting 20 of them… averaged 27.2 minutes per game… shot 39.9 percent from the floor and 34.1 percent from three… made a team-high 113 free throws, shooting 80.1 percent from the line… 113 made free throws are the most by a Grizzly since 2022… averaged 13.4 points in Big Sky Conference play, coming off the bench for the final 11 regular season games… increased shooting splits to 41.2/36.1 in league play… scored a season high 36 points at Portland State (3/1), going 11-of-22 from the floor… he scored 33 of his 36 points following the halftime buzzer, including the final 15 points in regulation… 36 points were the most by a Grizzly player since 2018, and the most by any Big Sky player in 2024-25… also had a 30-point performance at Tennessee (11/13)… just the fourth Grizzly underclassmen to score 30 points in a game since 2000… became the third player to ever score 30+ against a Rick Barnes coached Tennessee team at home… scored in double figures 17 times… reached the 20-point mark six times… scored in double figures in four straight games from March 1-11… made at least one three in 25 games, and multiple threes in 18 games… led Montana in scoring nine times… led Montana in assists a team-high 18 times on the season… had a season high nine assists vs. Idaho (1/20)… recorded at least five assists in seven games, and had multiple assists in 27 games… had multiple assists in 11 straight games from 12/21 to 2/1… made 12 free throws at Portland State, the most by a Grizzly in a game since 2018… averaged 12.0 points per game and went 15-of-16 at the free throw line during Montana’s championship run at the Big Sky Tournament, earning a spot on the All-Tournament team… averaged 14.5 points off the bench, which led Montana… averaged 22.0 points per game over the final three regular season games to lead the Griz to a Big Sky regular season title… first Grizzly since Sayeed Pridgett to be named Big Sky Player of the Week multiple times in the same season… ranked 12^th in the league in scoring at 13.4 PPG… 9^th in the Big Sky in assists at 3.5 APG… 9^th in the Big Sky in steals at 1.22 per game… had multiple steals in 10 games, including a season-high four at Eastern Washington (1/2)… made 13 straight free throws over the final three games of the season… had a season-high nine rebounds at Northern Colorado (2/6)… had best all-around game of the season in a road win over then first-place Northern Colorado (2/6), recording 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists… also had 8 rebounds in a home win over Portland State (1/30).

2023-24 (Freshman): Appeared in 12 games, making 6 starts… injured on Dec. 19 at UC Davis, played just five minutes the rest of the season… averaged 13.4 points per game, which would have been the second-best scoring season by a freshman in program history… averaged 15.0 points per game before going down with the injury… led Montana in scoring three times… led Montana in assists in 4 of his 12 appearances… scored in double-figures 8 times… averaged 3.9 rebounds per game… averaged 3.3 assists per game… scored a career-high 25 points vs. Montana Tech (12/9)… scored 21 points to go with a career high 9 rebounds in a win over Mountain West foe San Jose State (12/2) in his first game played since the passing of his father… shot 50% or better in seven of his 12 games… shot 46.5 percent for the season from the floor, 29.4 percent from three, and 88.2 percent from the free throw line… in his six starts, Williams averaged 18.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 5.3 assists… his 25 points vs. Montana Tech were the ninth-most by a Grizzly freshman since 2000… his 36.7 percent usage rate when he was injured was the third-highest in the country… he had six perfect games at the free throw line, including a 10-for-10 performance vs. Northwest Indian (11/7)… had multiple assists in 10 games… had 3+ rebounds in nine games… played a season-high 31 minutes vs. MSU-Northern (12/5), his only game of 30-plus minutes all year… had scored 70 points in the previous four games (17.5/game) leading up to his injury.

High School: Is a 2023 graduate of Oakland High School in Oakland, California… led Oakland HS, the same school that Damian Lillard played at, to first-ever state championship… averaged 17.4 points per game as a senior… scored 20.2 points per game as a junior… played for coach Orlando Watkins.

Personal: Parents are Latoya Bailey and Money Williams… has two younger brothers, Jeremiah and Jermaine, and two sisters, Mo’Ney and Joanna… plans on majoring in business.