Skylights advance in opening round at NAIA National Tournament

In the opening round of the NAIA Women's Basketball Championship, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights got off to a slow start -- that is, until Molly Kreycik gave her team a jolt of electricity.

With Northern down 18-10 to Loyola of New Orleans in the final seconds of the opening stanza, Kreycik heaved a prayer from before the half-court line and it was answered. The 3-pointer got MSU-N within five points, but its impact overall, was much larger.

"It's something that we talk about all the time," Kreycik said. "When there is time on the clock, we want to get a shot up and thankfully...