Lights salvage split, defeat Rocky

It's a strange thing in basketball how certain teams seem to match up against each other. On paper, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team should match up well with Carroll College while not as well with Rocky Mountain College.

But that's on paper. On the court, it is the exact opposite and it was evident this weekend at the MSU-Northern gymnasium as the Saints trounced the Lights, 99-70, on Friday night. But Northern shook off the loss to knock off Rocky, 92-81, to salvage a weekend split.

"We don't seem to match up very well with Carroll," said Lights head coach Shawn...