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Northern hangs on for a thrilling win over Western

Lights win Frontier opener with stingy defense and clutch free throws

In the rivalry between the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Montana Western Bulldogs, it's rare that a game doesn't go down to the wire. So it should have been to no one's surprise that the 2019-2020 Frontier Conference opener between the Lights and Dawgs was no different.

Thursday night in the Armory Gymnasium, the No. 17 Lights held off a charging Western team in a 67-65 nail biter that saw Northern lead big midway through both the first and second halves, only to see Western refuse the fight.

"They (Bulldogs) just didn't go away," Northern head coach Shawn Huse said. "They...

 

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