Wolf Point, Montana (AP)

Willie Weeks, who played on one of the most celebrated high school basketball teams in state history and holds the fourth-best career scoring average at Montana State University, died Monday of natural causes. He was 55.

Weeks was the best player on Wolf Point’s 1967-68 and 1968-69 teams which posted a 43-8 record and won the Big 32 state championship in 1968. He earned high school All-America honors.

“He was quite a ballplayer,” said is former coach Ron Harcharik. “Before his sophomore year, that summer, he was in the gym every day.”

Harcharik called Weeks a pure shooter. “Any shot was a good shot. He was a great competitor. He’s one of the best players Wolf Point ever had.”

Weeks went on to play at Montana State, where his 18.1 points per game career scoring average is the fourth best in Bobcat history. He helped lead the 1972-73 MSU team to a 17-9 record, including a sweep of Montana.

“When he was on his game and he was hitting from the outside, he was just fun to watch,” Durham said. “He played to the crowd a little bit. He was good. He definitely played with a flair and a passion.”

At MSU, Weeks earned all-Big Sky and academic All-America honors.

Weeks was a member of the Assiniboine Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck, was a former tribal council member and founded and was the first director of the Tribal Employment Rights Office.