Close: Lights just miss on win at RMC

The Montana State University-Northern defense might have been reeling after two rough games back-to-back.

But, on the road, against a very good offense, the Lights' defense stood tall, and as a result Northern found itself in one of its closest games in years, and in a dogfight with the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears.

Unfortunately, three truly huge plays by the Bears kept the Lights from getting over the hump Saturday at Herb Klindt Field in Billings, in what was a 21-13 RMC win. The loss was Northern's third straight, and the Lights dipped to 1-5 in the Frontier Conference ahead...