MSU-N men move to No. 12 in NAIA Poll

Things didn't go the way the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team was hoping they would last Saturday night in Salt Lake City. But a difficult loss at Westminster College did little to damage the Lights' ranking among the NAIA's best.

Northern fell just two spots in the new NAIA Coaches Poll, released Tuesday afternoon, as the Lights moved down from No. 10 to No. 12. A road split last weekend left the Lights with a 16-3 overall record and tied for first in the Frontier Conference at 4-1.

Montana State University-Northern's Allan Brown, right, and the Lights only dropped two...