Lights blast Bison in opener

Ahead of Saturday night's season-opening game, Montana State University-Northern head coach Shawn Huse wasn't about to let his Lights look past Salish Kootenai College, not after seeing how many points the Bison had been putting up against some of Northern's Frontier brethern.

Therefore, Northern was well-prepared, and in many ways, the Lights looked like a team in mid-season form in their 111-58 pounding of the Bison inside the Armory Gymnasium.

"I was pleased that our guys were able to come out and play good basketball right away," Huse said. "We were really focused on getting off to a...