GREAT FALLS — Frontier Conference play officially tipped off in the Electric City Thursday night, as Providence hosted Rocky Mountain for a women's and men's basketball doubleheader.
The nationally fifth-ranked Argo women (9-4) were seeking their first win in conference play after dropping the first game to Carroll, but it was Rocky (10-5) that would surge in the second half to pull off the road upset 60-52.
Providence — which came in as the preseason favorite in the league — starts out conference play 0-2.
For the men, both the Argos and Battlin' Bears won their first Frontier contests, so the winner would get off to a great start in league play.
Early on it seemed like Providence would have the upper hand, as the home team took a 44-28 lead in to halftime.
Although, it turned out to be a tale of two halves. Rocky (13-2) would take the lead in the second after starting the stanza on a 20-2 run, and would be able to fight off Providence (7-8) from there, completing a comeback victory 75-71.
The two schools will play each other two more times in the regular season.
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