MISSOULA, Mont. -- — Brock Wisne scored 19 points as Northern Colorado beat Montana 81-57 on Saturday night. Wisne added eight rebounds and five assists for the Bears (12-5, 4-0 Big Sky Conference).

Idaho 68, Northern Colorado 57: Olivia Nelson collected a team-high 27 points and eight rebounds, and the Vandals (14-4, 6-1 Big Sky) built a double-digit halftime lead in a win over the Bears (8-10, 1-6) in Greeley, Colorado.

The Montana women's basketball team continued to struggle putting the ball in the basket Saturday in dropping its third-straight Big Sky Conference game.

Idaho is a really good team,” UNC coach Kristen Mattio said, adding Nelson is a dynamic player. “She did a good job of willing that team tonight to get that win.”

Montana faces the Northern Colorado Bears after Malik Moore scored 20 points in Montana's 81-76 win over the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.

Wisne, a junior forward from Thornton, shot 9 of 12 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds to help UNC to their sixth straight win and a 4-0 record in the Big Sky Conference.

The Rams Transfer Academy is a partnership between Front Range Community College and Colorado State University.

Colder air drops in with a boundary stalling near the central mountains Friday night into Saturday, resulting in accumulating snow along and north of I-70. Areas closer to the foothills can also see moderate bursts of snow,

Advisories from the NWS were in place for New York, Montana, California, Wyoming, Colorado and Alaska early on Friday.

Marcus Wehr is a three-year starter at right tackle and guard, including 12 starts during the 2024 season inside Montana State's run-heavy (69-31 run-pass split) shotgun-based, zone run scheme. Wehr has a squatty build without much sand, below-average athletic ability and solid upper body-strength.

Snow returns to Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado this weekend as a cold front races south. Winter alerts are now in effect from Montana down to Colorado. In Denver and across the I-25 Corridor snow starts late Friday and continues into Saturday morning. Snow lingers in the Central and Northern Mountains of Colorado on Saturday.

Eastern Washington went cold in the second half and also had no answer for Montana State’s Brandon Walker as the Bobcats defeated the Eagles men’s basketball team 74-64 on Monday at Worthington Arena in Bozeman.