Black Hills State men's basketball took down Fort Lewis Saturday night with a big 83-81 victory to cap an exciting start to RMAC play

The Yellow Jackets (4-3, 2-0 RMAC) improve to 2-0 in conference play and currently sit atop the standings along with Regis.

As a team, the men were 27-of-60 (45 percent) from the field and 12-of-32 (37.5 percent) from three, while also holding Riley Farris, who entered the weekend as the RMAC's top scorer, to only eight points.

Joel Scott led the scoring with 26 points along six rebounds and an assist.

Tommy Donovan scored a career-best 19 points on the night with three rebounds and an assist.

Adam Moussa led the team with nine rebounds and also scored nine on a trio of 3-pointers.

Sindou Cisse and Sava Dukic each finished will 11 points.

Saturday's game was close the whole way, with eight ties and 11 lead changes throughout. Early on, threes from Scott, Donovan and Moussa put BHSU ahead 11-8, seven minutes into the game.

Midway through the first, another Donovan trey put the Yellow Jackets up 19-15 as back-and-forth play continued. Later, a Scott three in the closing minutes of the half would put the team up 35-26, and they eventually took a 40-35 lead into the locker room.

Minutes out of the half, the Yellow Jackets would take their largest lead of the game when a Dukic layup extended the lead to 50-38. FLC didn't back down, however, inching back and eventually using a 7-0 run to take a 57-55 lead with under 10 to play.

Both teams traded buckets and leads down the stretch, but in the final minutes, threes from Dukic and Donovan, along with a Scott jumper led to a slight advantage for BHSU entering the final minute of play, up 81-78.

The Skyhawks would even the score at 81-81 as the final minute ticked down, but PJ Hayes scored on the very next possession, sinking the game-winning layup with 26 seconds remaining before a Moussa steal sealed the 83-81 win.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets hit the road next weekend as they take on Colorado Mesa on Friday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Westminster on Saturday, Dec 11 at 7 p.m.