GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Black Hills State men's basketball dropped its semifinal matchup with Colorado Mines, 71-64 Friday night.
The Yellow Jackets (11-7) shot 45.3 percent from the field as a team, and 47.1 percent from beyond the arc.
Joel Scott led the way with 19 points and 10 rebounds, securing his eighth-career double-double.
Adam Moussa scored 16, going a perfect 5-of-5 from deep and grabbing six boards.
Sindou Cisse tallied a block and a steal while scoring seven.
Trey Whitley added 15 points and
Kevin Senghore-Peterson grabbed four rebounds.
Moussa opened the scoring with a 3-pointer to give the Yellow Jackets an early lead they held until the Orediggers went ahead 6-5 at 13:26.
From there the game went back-and-forth, seeing six lead changes and three ties until CSM went up by as many as five points (26-21) with 3:47 to go in the first. Scott sank three layups in the final minute of the half to keep BHSU within one possession, sending the team into the locker room down 33-30.
Out of the break, CSM slowly added to its lead as they moved ahead 46-35 with 14:15 left to go, but the Yellow Jackets would fight back. BHSU outscored CSM 12-7 over the next few minutes of play, capped by a Moussa trey to make it a 53-47 game midway through the second half.
Minutes later, a Scott layup and a Moussa three put the Yellow Jackets back on top, 56-55 with nine minutes to go. But the Orediggers re-took the lead on their next possession and hold it the rest of the way.
-BHSUAthletics.com-
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