Skylights survive

Montana State University-Northern women's coach Mike Erickson heard the talk all week.

With his team already holding a pair of blowout wins over the University of Great Falls, he had people telling him that his team would make it three in Friday night's first-round Frontier Conference tournament game at the MSU-Northern gym.

Luckily, Erickson and his team didn't take much stock in the talk as they gutted out a 78-70 win over the pesky, upset-minded Argo squad. With the win, the Skylights advanced into tonight's semifinal against UM-Western at 8 p.m. at the Butte Civic Center.

"People were talk...