GREAT FALLS — The 2025 Frontier Conference basketball tournament continued Sunday night at the Four Seasons Arena with two men's quarterfinals, as fourth-seeded Montana Western faced No. 5 Rocky, and the third-ranked Saints of Carroll College played No. 6 MSU-Northern.
The Battlin' Bears survived a second-half comeback from the Bulldogs to hang on for an 88-86 win. Western missed a game-winning 3-point attempt at the buzzer. In the next game, it was the Saints that surged in the second half to secure a 72-60 win.
All five starters scored in double figures for Rocky, and Omari Nesbit led the way with 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting. Royce Robinson followed closely behind with 16 of his own, helping the Battlin' Bears shoot 52.6% from the field in the win.
Isaiah Crane was the spark the Saints needed, dropping in 25 points which included shooting a near-perfect 7 of 8 in the first half. Crane finished 11 for 16 and helped Carroll shoot 58.3% as a team.
Rocky will next play No. 1 seed Montana Tech in the semifinals Monday at 7 p.m., and Carroll earns a date with second-seeded Providence in the ensuing semi.
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