Frontier Conference announces weekly basketball honorees

HELENA — MSU-Northern, Montana Western, and Montana Tech athletes were honored Wednesday with weekly Frontier Conference men's and women's basketball honors. In the NAIA Coaches' Top-25 Poll released on Wednesday, Tech's men, at 8-0, ascended two spots to No. 5.

Rocky Mountain College's men received votes. Providence's women's team held at No. 6, while Carroll College fell from No.



9 to No. 21. Rocky Mountain College and Tech received votes.

HisBadHorse, from Lame Deer, scored a career-high 29 points to accompany 13 rebounds and cap a 2-0 week for the Skylights. She was 13-of-19 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line Northern's 79-73 victory over Embry-Riddle. HisBadHorse also went 7-of-13 from the field for 15 points in Northern’s 76-58 home victory over Dickinson State (N.

D.) on Monday, Nov. 18.

Gruhler led the Bulldogs in their comeback 75-68 victory over Dickinson State on Friday. He totaled 22 points after shooting 8-for-11 from the field, converting 5-of-6 free throws. He added a pair of assists and grabbed nine rebounds.

Davis stole the ball five times in the Bulldogs’ 77-71 home victory over Northwest (Wash.) on Friday. She also grabbed five defensive rebounds in the game and totaled eight.

Diekhans led the Orediggers’ defense as they posted a 2-0 record in California last week. He pulled down 12 rebounds and added three steals in Tech's 42-30 defensive battle with California-Merced on Wednesday. He also had a block in the game.

Diekhans collected seven rebounds in Orediggers’ 91-68 victory at Pacific Union on Friday..