Joelnell Momberg's three lifts Western over the Skylights

Against some of the top teams in the Frontier Conference, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team had been knocking on the door. Time and time again, the Skylights were so close.

They got there again Thursday night, only to have a former Hi-Line star shut that door in heart-breaking fashion.

Box Elder’s Joelnell Momberg buried a 3-pointer with :10 left in the game, lifting her No. 15 Montana Western Bulldogs to a 49-47 win over the Skylights in the Armory Gymnasium. The loss dropped Northern to 0-9 in the Frontier, and was a crusher for the Skylights, and head coach Chris...