ALAMOSA, Colo. – Black Hills State men's basketball rolled past Adams State, 84-64 Friday night.

The Yellow Jackets (12-0, 6-0 RMAC) had an excellent night shooting the ball with a 51.7 percent clip from the field, and a slightly better 51.9 percent from deep – good for the ninth-best single-game 3-point percentage in program history.

BHSU had six different players with 3-pointers, and also had 5 double-digit scorers in the game.

Matthew Ragsdale led the scoring attack with 19, going 5-of-7 from beyond the arc, and 7-of-11 from the field. He added five rebounds and two assists.

Joel Scott recorded his third-consecutive double-double, and fifth of the season, with 12 points and 11 rebounds to go along with a block and an assist.

Adam Moussa flirted with a triple-double with 12 points, nine rebounds and a team-high seven assists. Defensively, he tallied a steal and a block.

Jaeton Hackley finished with 15 points and Caelin Hearne accrued 10 on the night. Ryker Cisarik grabbed eight boards while knocking down seven points.

Down 11-8 after trading buckets in the opening minutes, a 10-0 spurt, which included Moussa's third 3-pointer of the game, helped the Yellow Jackets out to an 18-11 advantage with 14:09 to go in the first.

Back-and-forth play returned from there until a Ragsdale triple and a Hackley floater extended the BHSU lead to 26-18 midway through the half. A Sava Dukic three followed, giving the Yellow Jackets their first double-digit lead of the game, 29-18 with 7:37 remaining.

Minutes later, more threes from Ragsdale and Moussa fueled a 14-4 run that was capped by a Hackley layup, giving BHSU its first 20-point lead, 48-28, before heading to the locker room with a 50-31 lead.

A Scott hook shot and Ragsdale trey out of the break put BHSU up by as many as 23 points, but nine unanswered from ASU helped them inch back and make it 57-43 with under 14 to play.

The three-point barrage from the Yellow Jackets continued as triples from Ragsdale and Hearne helped push the lead to 66-47 as the clock ticked under 10 minutes to play.

Ragsdale's fifth 3-pointer of the game at 6:28 put BHSU back out to a 20-point advantage, 71-51. The Grizzlies answered with 10 straight points with four minutes to go, though, drawing back to within ten (71-61) for the first time since 3:37 in the first.

However, a three-point play from Hackley and a Cisarik dunk helped BHSU regain its cushion and ultimately ice the game for the 84-64 victory.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets now head to Durango, Colo. to take on No. 15/18 Fort Lewis in a New Year's Eve matchup tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.