Breaking Sports: Lights fall to Western, will wait for tourney fate

The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team's two-year reign atop the Frontier Conference is over. On Saturday night in Dillon, the No. 20 Lights (23-9) lost to the No. 15 UM-Western Bulldogs 68-59 in the Frontier Conference semifinals. The Lights will now have to wait several days to find out if they will receive an at-large bid to the NAIA national tournament in two weeks in Kansas City. The Bulldogs adavnced to Tuesday night's championship game.

In Saturday's contest, the Bulldogs went a staggering 28-of-32 from the foul line, and also stormed back from an eight-point deficit in the second half. Corbin Pearson paced Northern with 13 points, while Roshawn West added 12.

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