Breaking Sports: Skylights survive UGF

MSU-Northern's Nikki Tresch (left) lays in a shot during the second half of Friday night's Frontier women's game between the Skylights and UGF in Havre.

The momentum the MSU-Northern women's basketball team built during a 13-1 nonconference campaign helped them overcome a stern challenge in their Frontier Conference opener Friday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Skylights played great basketball down the stretch and held off rival UGF 55-47.

The Skylights finished the first half on a 12-0 run and led 27-14 at halftime. But the Argos stormed back, outscoring MSU-N 11-3 at the start of the second stanza, while Northern made just three field goals in the first 14 minutes of the half. But defensive stops and shots by Jordan Bruursema and Nikki9 Tresch helped MSU-N go on a late 10-1 run which allowed the Skylights to hold on for a 1-0 start to Frontier Conference play.

Laramie Schwenke finished with 16 points and seven rebounds, Bruursema added 10 points and eight boards and Tresch chipped in with 12. The Argos (0-1, 4-8) got 12 points from Sarah Sciascia.

The Skylights are now 14-1 overall and will next host Montana Tech next Friday and UM-Western on Saturday.

For complete coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News.