Butte Central graduate Dougie Peoples was not the team leader in points when he tossed in four points in the defending NAIA national champion College of Idaho’s 84-59 win Saturday at Bushnell (Oregon).

That distinction belonged to Alex Germer, who scored 20 points to lead three Yotes in double figures scoring.

Peoples, though, reached a major milestone in the victory. The junior became the latest College of Idaho player to reach 1,000 career points.

The Yotes are 18-8 overall and 13-5 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. Peoples is averaging 15.0 points per game, shooting 40 percent from 3-point range. He scored 21 points in COI’s 93-65 win over Oklahoma Wesleyan in the NAIA national championship game in Kansas City.

Milestones are old hat for Peoples, who is best known for hitting the long, buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Butte Central a win over Lewistown in the 2022 Class A State championship game in Missoula.

He closed his Butte Central career with 1,683 points. Only Butte High star Lexie Nelson scored more points playing high school basketball in the Mining City. She closed her career with 1,696 points.

Following his senior season in 2023, Peoples was named the Gatorade Montana Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

The Yotes play at home Friday and Saturday against Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon. Then they head to the Cascade College Conference Tournament Feb. 25 through March3 in Olympica, Washington.