Skylights travel to Whitman

There's a reason the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team was practicing like it was the beginning of the season. Head coach Mike Erickson had no other choice but go back to basics with his team following consecutive losses last weekend at the Frontier Conference Tip-off Tournament.

With the Skylights heading to Walla Walla, Wash.,for Saturday's matchup against Whitman College, Erickson hopes the focus on fundamentals this week will translate to a much needed win.

"The little things are killing us," Erickson said. "We've had lapses on fundamental things like boxing out and...