COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Wyatt Krogman scored a season-high 17 points, but the Black Hills State University men's basketball team fell to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 82-64, on Saturday evening.

Krogman scored 17 points, a season-high, in 33 minutes to lead the Yellow Jackets (12-10, 8-9 RMAC). Fraser Malcolm added 16, and Stefan Desnica chipped in 12 points.

BHSU was in control for most of the first half, leading by as many as seven points. However, each time the Yellow Jackets would try to extend their lead, the Mountain Lions (11-12, 8-8 RMAC) would reel them back in. The Green and Gold ultimately led by four at the half, 35-31.

For the first nine minutes of the second half, the Yellow Jackets attempted to maintain a cushion, but with the visitors up one point, 46-45, with 11:19 remaining, Dalton Walker hit a three-pointer to give UCCS a lead. Although BHSU was able to tie the game three times, Walker hit another trey with 6:50 to break a tie and establish a lead the Mountain Lions would not relinquish the rest of the game. As injuries and a long road trip caught up with the Yellow Jackets, UCCS extended their cushion out to the final margin of 18, 82-64.  

BHSU shot 39.0 percent from the field (23-for-59), while UCCS was 54.2 percent from the floor (26-for-48). The Yellow Jackets were 6-for-20 (30.0 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Mountain Lions were 10-for-16 (62.5 percent) on three-pointers. BHSU was 12-for-16 (75.0 percent) from the free throw line, while UCCS was 20-for-25 (80.0 percent).  The Green and Gold were outrebounded by the Mountain Lions, 37-25.  

Elijah Ross led all scorers with 18 points, while Walker had 17 for the Mountain Lions.

The Green and Gold next wrap up their five-game road trip on Tuesday, February 6. The Yellow Jackets travel to Rapid City to take on South Dakota School of Mines, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
  Black Hills State is located in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota, sponsoring 13 NCAA sports with membership in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the NCAA emerging sport of women's triathlon and NIRA rodeo. For all information regarding Yellow Jacket Athletics, please visit BHSUAthletics.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @BHSUAthletics.