Milan Momcilovic turns 22 today, and the numbers say the birthday boy deserves the spotlight.
The Iowa State transfer is coming off a season in which he buried 48.7 percent of his perimeter tries, hit 3.7 threes per game, and finished with 136 total makes. Five other players in college basketball launched more attempts, but nobody converted more shots from deep.
That makes Andy Katz’s NCAA.com ranking stand out even more. Katz placed Momcilovic third among the nation’s 3-point shooters, behind Providence’s Ryan Sabol and Nebraska’s Pryce Sandfort.
Sabol shot 39.9 percent from three on 306 attempts with 122 makes in 2025-26, while Sandfort connected at 41.6 percent on 310 attempts with 129 makes. Both were productive.
Neither matched Momcilovic’s combination of volume and efficiency.
Momcilovic’s resume goes well beyond a hot shooting clip, too. He dropped 20 points on Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament, drilling four 3-pointers in that game, and he logged 11 Big 12 games with at least four made threes.
There’s a reason his NIL valuation sits at $6 million as the No. 3 overall player in the portal. Sabol was ranked No. 303 in the portal and No. 67 among shooting guards out of Buffalo, while Sandfort carried a $497K NIL valuation and landed at No. 153 overall and No. 31 among small forwards in the 2025 portal cycle.
None of that is meant to take anything away from Sabol or Sandfort, both of whom averaged 18-plus points per game in 2025-26 and are expected to be strong again in 2026-27. The point is simpler than that: Momcilovic’s shooting production belongs in its own lane.
And if he’s thinking about what he wants next, the Kentucky record book is waiting. Momcilovic said over the summer, “Hopefully I can - I’m not sure what the record is for 3-point makes, but hopefully I can break it,”
Jodie Meeks holds the school mark with 117 made threes in 2008-09, followed by Jamal Murray with 113 in 2015-16, Malik Monk with 104 in 2016-17 and Travis Ford with 101 in 1992-93. In terms of attempts, Derrick Miller’s 289 in 1989-90 leads the way, with Meeks at 288, Murray at 277 and Monk at 262. Reed Sheppard owns the best career percentage at 52.1 percent, though that came on just 144 attempts.
Maybe that’s the birthday wish today: a run at the record book.
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