11/16/2011 Wildcats Trek to South Carolina for Charleston ClassicNU opens tournament play vs. LSU at 2 p.m. CT Thursday 01/26/2012 James Montgomery III Feature
2011-12: Appeared in first collegiate game vs. UTPA (11/13) ... Played 13 minutes of action with a rebound and an assist in a win over Mississippi Valley State (12/2) ... Tallied first collegiate point on a free throw at Wisconsin (1/18). High School:Named to All-CIF second team and All-Ocean League first team as a senior ... McDonald's All-American nominee ... Averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game senior year ... Team captain ... Team's defensive player of the year ... Helped lead the Vikings to a 26-8 record as a junior and a CIF-Southern Section Division 1A runner-up finish ... Posted 25 points and 12 rebounds in a CIF-Southern Section semifinal win over Colony junior year ... Scored 22 points against eventual state champion Westchester in the state playoffs ... Also played volleyball for two years ... Honor roll student. Personal:Born James Isaac Montgomery III ... Son of James Montgomery and Rochelle Montgomery ... Attended same high school as actors Rob Lowe, Sean Penn and Holly Robinson Peete ... Distant cousin of former NBA great Wes Unseld ... Served as a practice player for the Northwestern women's basketball team freshman year ... Major is mechanical engineering.
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