Black Hills State men's basketball had its largest win in 58 years Wednesday night with a 97-38 victory over MSU Billings at the Donald E. Young Center.

The Yellow Jackets improve to 5-0 to start the season for the first time since the 1988-89 season.

BHSU's 59-point victory is the second-largest margin of victory in program history, second only to a 67-point victory (132-65) over Southern in the 1964-65 season.

On the floor, Sava Dukic led the way with 26 points, going 6-of-9 from deep and 9-of-13 from the field to go along with six assists and four rebounds.

Matthew Ragsdale added 20 points in the box score, making 5-of-6 from beyond the arc. Ragsdale added four rebounds and a steal.

Joel Scott had a team-high nine boards to go along with 10 points while Adam Moussa dished out six assists.

John Shanklin made the most of his minutes, finishing with eight points, six rebounds a steal and a blocked shot.

The Yellow Jacket offense got off to a blazing start, quickly getting out to a 13-0 start with the help of a pair of threes from Ragsdale and another from Dukic. BHSU could not miss over the first six minutes of play, going 9-of-9 from the field to extend the lead to 25-5 with 14:14 to go in the first.

BHSU continued to keep its foot on the pedal as treys from Jaeton Hackley and Caelin Hearne along with layups from PJ Hayes and Shanklin highlighted a 16-0 scoring run that pushed the Yellow Jacket lead to 38-5 midway through the half.

Five more threes from the green and gold down the stretch gave the team its largest lead of the game, 58-20 heading into the break.

It was more of the same out of the locker room as the Yellow Jackets continued to add on, extending their lead to 40 (62-22) on a Hayes dunk. That was part of a 14-0 spurt that eventually stretched the BHSU advantage to 72-22, a 50-point lead, with 12:09 to play.

The Yellow Jackets would end the night with 32 points off the bench as Hackley, Hearne and Hoku Fisher all tallied minutes to get in on the scoring down the stretch. BHSU went on to lead by as many as 61 points in the final minute of play before time expired with the 97-38 advantage.

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The Yellow Jackets head to Rapid City on Monday to face rival South Dakota Mines on Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m.