Lights tame Bulldogs; Dawgs thump Skylights

The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team isn't a one-dimensional offense. And the Lights are as stingy as ever defensively.

Those things were quite clear Thursday night as Northern went into Dillon and beat the UM-Western Bulldogs 64-53 in a key Frontier Conference clash. The win was the No. 10 Lights first in Dillon in three years, and it kept them unbeaten in league play heading into Saturday's showdown at UM-Western.

And the Lights beat the Bulldogs methodically. Northern made just one 3-pointer on the night, but the Lights went an astounding 21-for-26 from the free-throw...