Northern women, men fall to Orediggers

It's hard to beat a team three times. The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team found that out Saturday afternoon.

The Skylights lost to Montana Tech 64-43 Saturday in the Armory Gymnasium, after beating Tech twice this season.

  The first quarter was anyone's game, as Havre's Avery Carlson hit a jump shot to give Tech the lead, 12-10. Montana Tech held the Skylights to seven points in the second quarter to go into halftime 29-17. The Orediggers pushed the lead in the fourth quarter to take the game.

The Skylights were led by Shyan Krass who went 4-7 from the field with eight points. Taya Trottier added seven. The Orediggers were led by Aubrie Rademacher with 19 points and seven rebounds. Brooklynn Hankwitz who went 50 percent from the field with 16 points. Liv Wangerin had nine points and six rebounds.

Northern fell to 10-14 overall and 4-7 in the Frontier.

Meanwhile, the Northern Lights were trying to prevent Montana tech from winning three times this season, but the Lights couldn't stop the powerful Orediggers.

The Lights lost to Tech 72-54 Saturday in Havre. The first half was anyone's game, as the Orediggers went on a 14-2 run to end the half going up 35-28. The Lights shot 46 percent from the field and 22 percent behind the arc in the first half. Montana Tech went 56 percent form the field and 22 percent from the three. Tech was able to push the lead in the second half to take the game.

The Lights were led by Zackry Martinez who had 12 points going 6-13 from the field. Rogan Barnwell added nine points going 3-5 from the three. J.J. Thomas led the team in rebounds with five. The Orediggers were led by Hayden Kiekhans who went 7-7 from the field with 14 points and seven rebounds. Michael Ure added 12 points and six rebounds. Caleb Bellach had 11 points.

The Lights are 10-14 overall and 2-9 in the Frontier Conference.

Both Northern squads will look to bounce back when they travel to Montana Western Thursday.