Lights face must-win situation

It's pretty simple equation: Win and you're in. Lose and it's start preparing for next season.

For the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team, winning is the only way to keep its season going.

With the odds of receiving an at-large bid to the NAIA national tournament in Kansas City, Mo., next weekend slim at best, Northern must win this weekend's Frontier Conference tournament in Butte to qualify.

But before the Lights can even think about a title, they must first do something they haven't done this season - defeat Westminster College.

The Lights and Griffins hook up tonight a...