Stopped again: Crusaders foil Lights

The 3-point shot has been a big part of the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team's success in recent years — and especially this season. But it has seemed to be the Lights undoing in their last three trips to Kansas City and the NAIA national tournament.

It certainly was again Wednesday night.

The No. 24 Lights missed two crucial three's in the final two minutes when trailing by just three points, and they went on to fall to the No. 9 Evangel Crusaders 65-54 in the first round of the national tournament late Wednesday night at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium. The loss e...