Griffins dim Lights' season

Havre Daily News Sports Editor

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BUTTE - It wasn't the ball. It wasn't the rims. It wasn't the background. It just wasn't Lights night.

The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team picked the wrong time to have an off night offensively - thanks partially to a stifling Westminster College zone defense - and fell to the Griffins 82-62 in semifinal action at the Frontier Conference basketball tournament Friday night at the Butte Civic Center.

After four weeks of sinking jumpers and swishing three-pointers, Northern's shots were doi...