BUTTE — The second game of the Frontier Conference's three-lap regular season circuit begins Thursday night, with the Montana Tech men and women hosting MSU-Northern, with all four teams looking to bounce back from last weekend's losses. want to be.
Here are the synopses for both games:
MSU-Northern Women 58, Montana Tech 55
For the Skylights, Riley Care and Savannah Thoms each had 14 points, and Taya Trottier recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Northern held on until the end, suffering their fifth straight loss to the Odigers and their second straight loss to the Skylights. stopped.
In a game in which the teams exchanged leads 17 times and tied the game 12 times, Tech's Liv Wangerin hit a go-ahead layup to give Tech a 55-54 lead with 1:09 remaining. Northern then went to the free throw line three times and the Skylights made 4 of 6 to take a 58-55 lead with just over a second left.
The game-tying 3-pointer by Tech ally Cleverly missed, and Northern ran away with the win, improving to 9-10 overall and 3-3 on the Frontier.
The Audigers (10-9, 1-5) were led by a 20-point, nine-rebound performance from Aubrey Rademacher and a double-double from Wangerin, who had 12 points and 10 boards. Kia Wasson added eight points for Tech.
8th place: Montana Tech Men's 89, MSU Northern 54
Michael Ure was in a different zone Thursday night.
The junior finished his career performance with 35 points, including 8-of-9 3-pointers, as the Odiggers suffered their first loss in the conference against Providence on Saturday, but had a dominant win over the Northern Lights.
Ure sank all six of his 3-pointers in the first half and added two more after intermission, pushing Tech to 14-4 overall and 5-1 in conference play.
A total of 12 players scored for the Odiggers, including Caleb Bellack with 12 points, Kamdyn Larance with eight points and Chrishon Dixon with six points.
Ure's first triple came with 18 minutes and 49 seconds left in the first half. This gave Tech a 3-2 lead and the Audigers would increase their lead to 42-25 by halftime.
For the Lights (9-10, 1-5), three players scored in double figures, with JJ Thomas scoring 14 points and Xavier Bailey and Zachry Martinez adding 11 points.
Montana Tech will travel to Rocky Mountain University on Saturday, while MSU Northern will host Montana Western University.
