GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Black Hills State men's basketball won in exciting fashion Friday night, taking down Colorado Mesa 75-73 in overtime.

The Yellow Jackets (5-3, 3-0 RMAC) improve on their conference record, taking advantage of turnovers, and finishing with four in double-figure scoring.

Joel Scott recorded his sixth double-double of the season with a team leading 27 points and 14 rebounds. On defense he tallied four steals and a block.

Adam Moussa had a strong all-around game with six rebounds, six assists and seven steals to compliment his 15 points.

Sava Dukic finished with 11 points and three assists, going 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, while Sindou Cisse scored 10 to go along with six rebounds.

Following back-and-forth play to open the game, BHSU found a rhythm midway through the first half as a pair of Moussa 3-pointers helped the Yellow Jackets to outscore CMU 12-0 and move ahead by double-digits, 28-17.

The Mavericks weren't done, though, using an 11-0 run to tie the game at 28-all with three minutes left in the first. The two teams would trade buckets the rest of the half until Caelin Hearne had the last word, sinking a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give BHSU the 35-33 lead going into the locker room.

Out of the half, a Cisse layup put the Yellow Jackets up by as many as five points (41-36). However, the Mavericks continued to hang around and eventually re-took the lead (45-41) with 12:00 to play, using nine unanswered points.

Down 50-46, a Moussa three and Scott layup put BHSU back ahead, 51-50 with six minutes to play. CMU rattled off another scoring spurt to re-take the lead, but the Yellow Jackets kept within one possession all the way into the final minute.

Trailing 65-62 with six seconds left in regulation, Dukic came up clutch from deep, nailing a three to send the game into overtime at 65-all.

In overtime, a pair of Cisse layups gave the Yellow Jackets a lead they would end up holding the rest of the way thanks to a Dukic jumper and layups from Scott and Cisse down the stretch, sealing the game.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets return to the court Saturday night in Salt Lake City as the team takes on Westminster at 7 p.m.