Monday’s Big Sky schedule includes the Idaho State Bengals (8-10, 3-4 Big Sky) against the Northern Colorado Bears (15-6, 7-1 Big Sky) at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN+.Buy tickets for Idaho State vs.

Led by Kolton Mitchell's 25 points, including the buzzer-beating 3-pointer, the Idaho Vandals defeated the Northern Colorado Bears 77-76 on Thursday night.

A grizzly bear enjoyed a nice spa day at a Colorado zoo where he was pampered with a manicure to trim down his long, iconic nails. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs shared a video to Instagram showing the whole process, including rewarding the powerful predator with treats for his good behavior.

A hound dog tracking a mountain lion was trapped on a Colorado cliff face for about a day until rescuers could reach her, photos show. Tiny the hound became stranded in the middle of the cliff face near the mountain’s summit on Jan. 1, Mesa County Search and Rescue said on Facebook.

Northern Colorado will try to keep its three-game road win streak alive when the Bears face Idaho. The teams play Thursday for the first time this season.

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.”

UNC’s loss snapped the conference-leading Bears’ 8-game winning streak dating to mid-December, and ended a 6-game winning streak to start the Big Sky Conference season.

Hawthorne shot 10 of 16 from the field against Eastern Washington, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range and he made 8 of 10 from the free throw line in the Bears’ 67-62 win. Hawthorne also

The Idaho women’s basketball team, one of the best teams in the Big Sky Conference, hurt Northern Colorado all over the court Thursday night in a 68-57 victory at Bank of Colorado Arena.

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Colorado visits Idaho trying to prolong its three-game road winning streak. The Vandals have gone 5-3 in home games. Idaho is 4-3 when it turns the ball over less than its ...

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I just looked up at the clock, to see how much time I had left,” Mitchell said on the Vandals’ postgame radio show. “I knew I wasn’t passing the ball ... I just let it fly. Honestly, I didn’t think it was going in.