Four straight: Lights run down Pronghorns

It would have been easy for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team to let down following Wednesday night's big win over Black Hills State.

Instead, at least for the first 30 minutes of Thursday night's finale at the AmericInn Classic inside the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse, the Lights played even better.

Northern opened Thursday night's game against the University of Lethbridge with seven straight points from junior Shaun Tatarka, and the Lights never looked back, crushing the Pronghorns 77-58.

"Shaun (Tatarka) got us going with the shots early on," Northern head coach Shawn...