Lights cruise in season-opener

The Montana State University-Northern Lights waited a long time for their regular season to get here. Nine weeks in fact. So forgive them if they were just a little excited to finally be playing a real basketball game.

And that excitement turned into a dominant performance by the Lights, who won their season opener 100-54 against Providence University of Manitoba, Sunday afternoon in the Armory Gymnasium.

“Happy for our guys,” Northern head coach Shawn Huse said. “They were excited to play, and they deserved to play well, and they did, because it was a long preseason. They deserved...