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.

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.

Kolton Mitchell hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer for the Idaho men’s basketball team to upset Northern Colorado 77-76 in a Big Sky Conference game Thursday night in Moscow, Idaho. UNC’s loss snapped the conference-leading Bears’ 8-game winning streak dating to mid-December,

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.”

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.

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.

Wisne 6-10 2-2 14, Bloch 1-8 0-0 2, Denker 5-9 0-0 12, Reynolds 5-8 11-11 22, Rillie 8-10 2-2 19, McCreary 1-4 1-2 3, Shields 1-2 0-4 2, Jackson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 28-53 16-21 76.

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.

Percentages: FG .528, FT .762. 3-Point Goals: 4-17, .235 (Denker 2-5, Reynolds 1-1, Rillie 1-2, Jackson 0-1, Wisne 0-1, McCreary 0-2, Bloch 0-5).

Kolton Mitchell hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer for the Idaho men’s basketball team to upset Northern Colorado 77-76 in a Big Sky Conference game Thursday night in Moscow, Idaho. UNC’s loss ...

Like a kid up past their bedtime, a bear is refusing to go into hibernation in a small Colorado town.

The College of Southern Idaho basketball teams were in action on Saturday as both the men’s and women’s teams hit the road to take on Colorado Northwestern Community College.