Lights, Skylights nationally ranked

Both Montana State University-Northern basketball teams were ranked in the NAIA Top 25 for much of the Frontier Conference basketball teams. And it stayed that way right to the end.

The NAIA released its final Men’s and Women’s Coaches Polls for 2014, and the Skylights finished ranked No. 20, while the Lights were ranked No. 25.

The Northern women capped a remarkable 22-10 season with a run to the Sweet 16 at the NAIA national tournament last month in Kentucky. Northern’s season came to an end against eventual national champion Oklahoma City. The Skylights were one of three Frontier...