Northern hoops teams return to the court

Basketball season may have taken a short break for Christmas, but for the Montana State University-Northern men and women, it’s about to return with a bang.

Both the Lights and Skylights will the road this week to re-start their season, and both road trips will be a warm-up to Northern’s long-awaited January home stand.

The third-ranked Skylights (9-1, 1-1) are in Phoenix, Arizona, for a pair of games at the Arizona Christian Tournament. Northern starts the trip with a game tonight against Northern New Mexico, while the Skylights will play host Arizona Christian Tuesday night.

Tonight’s game w...