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Lights Basketball
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2005-06
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March 6, 2006
2005-06 Men's BB Frontier All-Conference Team
Lights Jordan Matthews named to 1st Team
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March 6, 2006
Saints shoot out the lights on MSU-N's season
BUTTE - Like an avalanche or a tornado, it came quick and it came
without much warning. That is how the Montana State
University-Northern Lights must have felt Friday night in their
92-49 loss to Carroll College in the semfinals of the Frontier
Conference tournament in Butte.
[Complete Story] |
March 3, 2006
Carroll College downs Lights in semifinals
MT Standard Article |
March 2, 2006
Lights beat the clock and Western in opening round
In the second-to-last week of the regular season, the Montana State
University-Northern Lights won back-to-back games on last-second
shots.
Then, last Saturday the Lights stumbled into the Frontier Conference
tournament by losing to last-place UGF in Havre.
But, on Thursday night at the MAC in Butte, the Lights' flare for
winning games at the last possible second was back in full force as
junior Marcus Wilson laid in a shot as time expired, lifting MSU-N
to a 76-74 first-round victory over fifth-seeded UM-Western.
[Complete Story] |
March 2, 2006
Marcus Wilson hits shot at buzzer to lift Lights
MT Standard Article |
March 2, 2006
Lights begin postseason ride tonight against Bulldogs
Every college basketball team's goal at the beginning of the season
is to be playing in a postseason tournament. The Montana State
University-Northern Lights are no different.
But, because of an up-and-down season, the Lights are now faced with
the daunting task of having to win the 2006 Frontier Conference
tournament in order to keep their postseason dreams alive.
[Complete Story] |
March 1, 2006
Frontier Conference Tournament Previews
MT Standard -
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Feb. 28, 2006
Final Frontier Conference BB Tournament Bracket
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Feb. 27, 2006
Argos turn out the Lights in regular-season finale
It wasn't the way the Montana State University-Northern Lights
wanted to send their seniors out. And it wasn't the way the Lights
wanted to play their last game before the Frontier Conference
tournament.
[Complete Story] |
Feb. 26, 2006
Argos stun Lights
Great Falls Tribune |
Feb. 24, 2006
Lights celebrate senior night against Argos
The Montana State University-Northern Lights may have saved their
season last weekend when they upset both Lewis-Clark State and
Westminster College in Havre.
Things were looking grim for the Lights heading into the weekend,
but they found a way to get out of it by winning both games on
last-second shots.
[Complete Story] |
Feb. 23, 2006
Frontier Conference Notebook
Great Falls Tribune |
Feb. 20, 2006
Lights beat the clock twice
The Montana State University-Northern Lights' Frontier Conference
basketball season has been one of amazing highs and deep lows.
Lately, the Lights have seen more lows than highs. That is until
this weekend.
[Complete Story] |
Feb. 20. 2006
View the Lights' game winning shots against LC State and Westminster
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Feb. 17, 2006
MSU-N hoping cold snap ends this weekend
The Montana State University-Northern Lights are in a shooting
slump. There is no arguing that. What MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse
can hope for with just two weeks left in the Frontier Conference
season is that the current cold snap can somehow heat up his team.
[Complete Story] |
Feb. 16, 2006
Frontier Conference Notebook
Great Falls Tribune |
Feb. 13, 2006
Road-weary Lights fall to Carroll and Rocky Mountain College
The 2006 Frontier Conference season has been a series of highs and
lows for the Montana State University-Northern Lights basketball
team. One month ago, the Lights were at the top of the
mountain after a shocking upset of then No. 2 Carroll College in
Havre.
[Complete Story] |
Feb. 12, 2006
Uskoski, Bears top Lights
Billings Gazette Article |
Feb. 10, 2006
Guler's 23 keeps Lights out
Helena Independent Record |
Feb. 8, 2006
Lights and Skylights hit the road for the last time
The final road trip of the season can be a double-edged sword
for any basketball team. Success can mean getting a leg up on
the rest of the conference, and failure can create immense pressure
to win the rest of the way out. That is the dilemma facing both the
Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams
this week, as both squads embark on the final road trip of the
regular season.
[Complete Story] |
Feb. 5, 2006
Bulldogs turn out the Lights
MT Standard Article |
Feb. 4, 2006
Lights dim Diggers'
Great Falls Tribune Article |
Feb. 3, 2006
Lights at home to face Tech and Western
With seven games remaining in the Frontier Conference men's
basketball season, most people would think that teams now have to
play with a sense of urgency.
Montana State University-Northern head coach Shawn Huse has a
different outlook.
[Complete Story] |
Feb. 2, 2006
Second half of Frontier season will be exciting
The race is on. With seven games in the books in the 2006 Frontier
Conference basketball season, everything that happens from here will
have lasting implications for the conference tournament in Butte,
which is just a mere month away.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 29, 2006
6 Lights score in double figures in win over UGF
MT Standard Article |
Jan. 27, 2006
Lights, Skylights travel to UGF
It is hard to believe, but, when the Montana State
University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams travel to
Great Falls on Saturday night to take on the University of Great
Falls Argos, it will mark the halfway point of the 2005 Frontier
Conference season.
And Saturday's games won't just be the renewal of an old rivalry. It
will be more about two games in which all parties involved are
searching for a much-needed win
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 26, 2006
Salt Lake and Lewiston becoming Frontier graveyard
Life on the road in the Frontier Conference can be an extremely
difficult time for even the best of basketball programs. But playing
at Westminster College in Salt Lake City and Lewis-Clark State in
Lewiston, Idaho, is a whole other nightmare altogether.
Just ask Montana State University-Northern men's head coach Shawn
Huse or Skylights head man Chris Mouat.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 26, 2006
Familiar faces return as Lights come calling
Great Falls Tribune -- Frontier Conference Notebook |
Jan. 23, 2006
Lights' offense goes ice cold in loss at Lewis-Clark State
The Montana State University-Northern Lights basketball team was
riding high when it left Havre for Salt Lake City on Wednesday
afternoon.
But a loss to Westminster College on Thursday night took some air
out of the Lights, and on Saturday night in Lewiston, Idaho, the
Lewis-Clark State Warriors popped the Lights' balloon completely.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 20, 2006
Westminster races past Lights
Call it a letdown from an emotional win over
Carroll
College, call it a long bus ride,
call it sluggish play on the road. You can characterize Thursday
night's game between Montana State University-Northern and
Westminster
College any way you want.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 20, 2006
Lights and Skylights face Westminster in Salt
Lake
It was certainly an emotional first weekend of Frontier Conference
basketball in Havre for both the Montana State University-Northern
men's and women's teams.
Now, the Lights and Skylights will have to put the buzzer-beaters
and upsets of the past weekend behind them as they embark on their
longest road trip of the season.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 18, 2006
Lights & Skylights Basketball ranked #24 in NAIA
Men's Poll |
Jan. 16, 2006
Lights blow out No. 2 Carroll, get shocked by RMC
Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse
says Rocky Mountain College forward Chris Nickolei and his
miraculous game-winning 3-pointer Friday night might have been the
best thing that happened to the Lights this weekend.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 13, 2006
Lights try to stay atop Frontier standings at home
Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse
is all about taking things one game at a time, even one half at a
time. And while it's still early in the Frontier Conference season,
even Huse can't deny how important this weekend's games are to his
program and to the rest of the conference.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 12, 2006
Upsets highlight first weekend of Frontier action
The Frontier Conference men's and women's basketball season is still
in its infancy. However, if the opening weekend of play was an
indication of what the next two months hold, fans better buckle up
for a wild ride.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 9, 2006
Lights jump-start Frontier season with road wins
A wise man once said that a split on the road in the Frontier
Conference is like a sweep at home. If that is true, then the
Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is way ahead
of the game.
The Lights opened conference play this weekend with impressive wins
at UM-Western on Friday night and at Montana Tech on Saturday.
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 6, 2006
Lights & Skylights roll into Frontier season openers
[Complete Story] |
Jan. 3, 2006
Lights survive 12-day rust and scrappy Pronghorns
Saturday afternoon's game between the Montana State
University-Northern Lights and the University of Lethbridge was to
be the final test for the Lights before they begin Frontier
Conference play this weekend.
And in their final nonconference exam, the Lights didn't exactly
pass with flying colors.
[Complete Story] |
Dec. 30, 2005
Lights finish nonconference season with Lethbridge
Saturday's game between the Montana State University-Northern Lights
and the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns will be the final
tune-up for the Lights before they head into the rough-and-tumble
Frontier Conference men's season.
For MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse, the fact that the Lights haven't
played a game in 12 days isn't as much of a concern as one might
think.
[Complete Story] |
Dec. 12, 2005
Lights drop a pair of difficult road games in CA
Two consecutive road losses usually spell disaster in college
basketball, but that wasn't the case for the Montana State
University-Northern men's basketball team this weekend in Los
Angeles.
Even though the Lights dropped games to two top-ranked NAIA schools
in Azusa Pacific University and Concordia College, Northern head
coach Shawn Huse said his team returned home with more confidence
than it had when it left.
[Complete Story]
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Dec. 6, 2005
Jordan Matthews earns Frontier Player of the Week
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Dec. 5, 2005
Lights cruise to pair of wins in Coaches vs. Cancer tourney
Montana State University-Northern head men's basketball coach Shawn
Huse was hoping his team would improve over the course of the two
games the Lights played this weekend during the Coaches vs.
Cancer/Super 8 Classic at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse in Havre.
[Complete Story]
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Dec. 2, 2005
Lights host Coaches vs. Cancer tourney tonight
The fight against cancer is a worthy and noble cause. Thanks to
Montana State University-Northern head men's basketball coach Shawn
Huse, it is also a cause that has brought an exciting basketball
tournament to Havre each of the last three years.
[Complete Story]
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Nov. 28, 2005
Boise State thumps Lights in exhibition game
In the game of basketball, sometimes experience comes with a heavy
price. Such was the case for the MSU-Northern men's basketball team
Sunday afternoon in an 82-46 exhibition loss at the hands of
Division I-A Boise State in Boise, Idaho.
[Complete Story]
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Nov. 21, 2005
Lights survive furious Dickinson comeback
Friday night was a tale of two different halves for the Montana
State University-Northern Lights. But what mattered most at the end
of the Lights' nonconference battle with Dickinson State University
was the final score.
[Complete Story] |
Nov. 18, 2005
Lights seek redemption tonight against DSU
It's time for a little payback. Or at least a little team growth.
The latter is what Montana State University-Northern men's
basketball head coach Shawn Huse will be hoping for tonight when his
team hosts the Dickinson State Blue Hawks at 7 at the MSU-Northern
Fieldhouse.
[Complete Story] |
Nov. 15, 2005
Northern trips up at Minot, Dickinson
One loss does not a losing streak make. But after its trip to North
Dakota this weekend, the Montana State University-Northern men's
basketball team is now officially on a losing streak.
[Complete Story] |
Nov. 13, 2005
Beavers turn out the Lights
Minot Daily News |
Nov. 11, 2005
Northern heads to Minot State, Dickinson State this weekend
One week removed from a home split with Dak-10 schools Minot
State and Valley City State, the Montana State University-Northern
men's basketball team will travel deep into the heart of Dak-10
country.
[Complete Story] |
Nov 7, 2005
Lights shocked by Valley City State, demolish Minot State
It may have taken seven games, but the Montana State
University-Northern men's basketball team finally found out how the
other half lives. Less than 24 hours after the Lights thrashed Minot
State University, Northern suffered a shocking loss to Valley City
State University in action over the weekend at the MSU-Northern
Fieldhouse in Havre.
[Complete Story] |
Nov. 6, 2005
Lights cold from the field in home loss
Great Falls Tribune |
Nov. 5, 2004
Lights trounce Minot State
Great Falls Tribune |
Nov. 4, 2005
Lights set to host Minot State, Valley City State
The Montana State University-Northern Lights basketball team has
played a very competitive schedule so far this season. And to the
Lights' credit, they are still perfect on the year.
[Complete Story] |
Nov. 1, 2005
Lights remain perfect with win over Lethbridge
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is off
to a hot start in 2005. The Lights continued their early season tour
of Canada last week with a win over the University of Lethbridge on
Thursday night. The Lights easily defeated a very solid
Pronghorn team, 83-59, in Lethbridge to run their record to a
perfect 5-0 on the season.
[Complete Story] |
Oct. 26, 2005
Cory Brothers named Frontier Player of the Week
Frontier Conference Press Release |
Oct. 24, 2005
Lights opens home schedule with win over Regina
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team may only
be four games into the 2005-06 season, but Saturday afternoon in
their home opener, the Lights proved they are ready to play some
very sound basketball.
[Complete Story] |
Oct. 21, 2005
Northern men's basketball team faces Regina in home opener
Montana State University-Northern head men's basketball coach Shawn
Huse admits he doesn't know a lot about Saturday afternoon's
opponent, the University of Regina. What Huse does know is that the
Cougars will provide a stern test for the Lights' 2005-06 home
opener.
[Complete Story] |
Oct. 21,
2005
Lights picked 5th in Preseason Coaches Poll
Frontier Conference Press Release |
Oct. 19,
2005
Jordan Matthews named Frontier Player of the Week
Helena IR Article |
Oct. 14, 2005
Northern legends return for alumni game
After a perfect 3-0 start to the season, it is time to see how
the Montana State University-Northern Lights men's basketball
team stacks up against some true Lights legends. On Saturday
night, MSU-Northern will host its annual men's alumni game, and
the Lights alumni roster is packed with past Northern stars.
[Complete
Story] |
Oct. 10,
2005
MSU-Northern Lights go 3-0 at Edmonton Hoopfest
Montana State University-Northern's men's basketball team is off
to an early but good start this season. The Lights went a
perfect 3-0 at the 2005 Hoopfest in Edmonton, Alberta, this
weekend.
[Complete Story] |
Sept. 22, 2005
Lights add early hoop recruit
The 2005-06 basketball season hasn't even started and
Montana State University-Northern men's head basketball coach
Shawn Huse has signed a player for next season. Huse announced
that Cody Ball of Evanston, Wyo., has signed an NAIA national
letter of intent to play for the Lights in the 2006-07 season.
[Complete Story] |
Sept. 22, 2005
Wyoming guard inks with the Lights
AP News Story |
Aug. 15, 2005
Lights sign three more recruits for 2005-06 season |
June 17, 2005
Northern hosting team camp
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team and
head coach Shawn Huse will be hosting the their third annual
Lights Team Basketball camp on Saturday and Sunday for local
high school basketball teams. The camp will feature 12 high
school teams with varsity players from around the area. There
will be round robin play on Saturday afternoon with a
situational tournament on Saturday evening. |
June 16, 2005
Northern adds trio of men's basketball recruits
Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn
Huse has added a trio of recruits for the upcoming season,
including a pair of Montana players. Class A state tournament
most valuable player Anthony Minson, Class B All-State guard
Dustin Feasel, and Ronnie Simpson, a 6-4 guard/forward, from
Cuyamaca Community College in California have all signed
letter-of-intents to join the Lights. |
May 5, 2005
Huse inks Browning’s Sellars
A familiar name to Class A basketball fans has signed an NAIA
national letter of intent to play basketball for the Montana
State University-Northern men’s basketball team and head coach
Shawn Huse. Browning standout Andrew Sellars has committed to
play for Huse and the Lights next season. |
Apr. 15, 2005
Lights add first hoop recruit
The Montana State
University-Northern men's basketball team has added its first
recruit for the upcoming season. And he's a familiar player to
local hoop fans. Rick Brown of Belgrade, one of the top scorers
in the Central A this past season, has signed an NAIA national
letter of intent to play basketball for the Lights next season. |
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