Skylights tame Cougars

Before their season-opener with Mount Royal University, veteran Montana State University-Northern Skylight's head coach Chris Mouat said a team is never quite ready to start a new season.

However, after falling behind 6-0, the Skylights proved, they were ready.

Northern opened its 2019-2020 season Sunday afternoon with a 63-50 win over Mount Royal inside the Armory Gymnasium.

"Obviously, there were some first-game jitters," Mouat said. "This was not just our first game of the season, but a lot of these kids' first game as a Skylight, and our first game as this new team. So I think that s...