'Same time next year': Providence women bask in NAIA afterglow, vow return for title

The University of Providence women's basketball team put Great Falls on the national sports map this month, as the Argos won 10 straight games and advanced all the way to the NAIA championship game in Sioux City, Iowa. It was the Electric City's turn Thursday to recognize the new heroes, as a few hundred fans attended a reception at the UP Student Center to welcome home the most successful team in school history. Coach Bill Himmelberg's team enjoyed a solid regular season, winning 21 of 29 games and going 11-4 in Frontier Conference play.