It wasn't quite the road trip from hell, but it was far from a walk in the park for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team.

Last year's trip south to Butte and Dillon for matchups with Montana Tech and UM-Western produced little if any good. The Lights suffered a pair of painful losses, playing far from their best basketball.

This year, the order is flipped around and Lights' head coach Shawn Huse hopes the results will turn around too. Northern will open the road trip tonight in Dillon with a matchup against the 8-11 UM-Western Bulldogs.

Western's record is a bit decei...