Bunker transfer to MSU-Billings

By Wyoming Sports.org

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings head men’s basketball coach, George Pfeifer, announced Tuesday the signing of University of Wyoming transfer Travis Bunker to a national letter of intent.

“Travis is a really nice player who can do a lot of things at both ends of the court and will give us a mature leader,” Pfeifer said in a release.

Bunker, a native of Beaver, Utah, is a 6-6, 210-pound senior wing. He comes to MSUB after one year at Wyoming and also played at College of Southern Idaho and Dixie State College. Last season at Wyoming, Bunker played in 27 games and started three for the Cowboys. He had a career-high nine points, six rebounds and five assists against Chadron State on New Year’s Eve.

Prior to Wyoming, Bunker played for the College of Southern Idaho for his sophomore year. He was a team captain on a team that posted a 30-7 record and advanced to the National Semifinals of the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament. He played in 18 games for CSI, suffered a stress fracture in his foot that limited his playing time.

“I had the pleasure to witness Travis play at the NJCAA Tournament while he was at CSI,” Pfeifer added. “The tournament was his first appearance after his injury and about five minutes into the opening round game, every coach in the arena was flipping through their media guide as he was making shot after shot. I know from that tournament alone that he got a half dozen Division I offers.”

Bunker averaged 6.9 points and 5.9 rebounds at CSI and was offered scholarships to Portland State, Weber State, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Brigham Young and Utah, among others.
As a freshman at Dixie State College, Bunker averaged 9.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists as DSC posted a 21-12 record and captured its region championship.

Prior to Dixie State, Bunker redshirted at Snow College and then went on his Mission to South Korea and played the last year that Dixie State was a junior college before transferring to College of Southern Idaho.

Bunker attended Beaver High School in Beaver, Utah, where he led the team to a 22-3 record and the 2A State Championship his senior year. He was named the Utah 2A Player of the Year as a senior and averaged 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists as a senior that year.