Lights face Division I Utah Valley

The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team needs to put its feet back on the pedals, because the next game isn't one it can coast through.

After a pair of relatively easy wins this past weekend at the Rocky Mountain College Alumni Food for the Holidays tournament, the Lights will face some significantly tougher competition when they face the Utah Valley State College Wolverines in a non-conference game in Orem, Utah.

UVSC is in its first year as an NCAA Division I school. After competing in the Scenic West Athletic Conference as a junior college team, the Wolverines are making...