Lights look for trifecta over Rocky

Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse isn't above referring to old basketball coaches' sayings.

No matter how corny or clich some of them may be, there is still an ounce of truth in some. However, Huse isn't completely sold on the old saying, "the hardest thing to do is beat a team three times in a season."

Huse and his Lights will be looking to do exactly that as they open the Frontier Conference tournament Thursday against the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears at the Butte Civic Center.

Northern defeated Rocky twice during the regular season, however those t...