Skylights drop a pair of road games

Life at the top of the Frontier Conference isn't easy, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team found out the hard way - dropping a pair of games this past weekend.

It was the first time since the beginning of the season that Northern lost back-to-back games.

The Skylights ran into one of the hottest teams and the hottest players in the conference Friday night as Montana Tech behind Melissa Ritter defeated Northern, 86-77, in Butte.

Ritter scored a game-high 32 points on 12-16 shooting and was virtually unstoppable down the stretch.

"She just wasn't missing," said Skylight...