Black Hills State men's basketball used a strong second half to overcome a 10-point deficit and take down Regis, 75-65 Friday night.

The Yellow Jackets (7-0, 1-0 RMAC) shot 64.3 percent from the field in the second half to position themselves for victory after a 26.1 percent performance in the first half.

PJ Hayes led the scoring attack, using a 4-of-7 clip from deep to finish with 18 points. He also grabbed six rebounds and blocked a shot.

Joel Scott and Jaeton Hackley each tallied 13 points apiece. Scott added seven rebounds, an assist and a steal while Hackley recorded three assists and a rebound.

Sindou Cisse grabbed five boards to go along with six points, while Adam Moussa totaled seven rebounds, four assists and nine points.

Ryker Cisarik scored seven points and grabbed four boards.

A Moussa jumper proved to be the first punch thrown in the contest to put BHSU up early, 2-0. Regis, however, responded with an eight-point spurt to go up 8-2 over the first few minutes of the game.

Following a Scott trip to the charity stripe, BHSU's shooting cooled off before Caelin Hearne and Hackley broke the silence with back-to-back three-pointers to bring BHSU back into the game. Dukic made if three-straight treys for the Yellow Jackets shortly after to bring the score to 17-14 midway through the first.

Both offenses went quiet from there until Regis was able to extend their lead to ten points before halftime, 33-23.

BHSU charged out of the locker room with a 14-4 run to storm back and even the game at 37-all less than five minutes into the second half using a clutch Hackley floater to make it 35-33 before a Scott layup tied things up a few plays later.

Back-and-forth play started from there as the game evened again at 42-42 until a three-point shot from Moussa gave BHSU the 45-42 lead into the second half under-12 media timeout.

Both teams traded shots over the next several possessions, but as the clock ticked under 10 minutes, Hayes drained eight straight points using a pair of threes to push the Yellow Jackets out in front, 53-50.

Hayes and Dukic each connected from deep once more, extending BHSU to its largest lead to this point in the game, 59-54 with 6:13 remaining.

Regis would tie the game twice more, 61-61 with 3:06 to go, and then 63-all at 2:45. The Yellow Jackets would start to pull away from there, though, using a three from Hackley and a layup from Cisse to regain the lead, 68-63 with under two minutes left.

BHSU went on to capitalize on free throws, including a 4-of-4 effort from Cisarik in the final minute of play to finally down the Rangers 75-65 in their RMAC season debut.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets return to the court Saturday night to wrap up the weekend as they take on UCCS at 6 p.m.