Lights Skylights make long trips to UM-Western, LC State, again

If it seems like just yesterday that the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams were playing Frontier Conference games against UM-Western and Lewis-Clark State, that's because it practically was.

Now, the Lights and Skylights do it again, traveling to Dillon and Lewiston, Idaho, for the second time in just over a month. Northern is in Dillon Thursday night to take on the Bulldogs, followed by a trip to LC State Saturday.

For the Lights (6-6, 16-8), this week's trip is about staying in the top half of the Frontier standings. Northern, led by senior center Ryan...