DENVER, Colo. – Black Hills State men's basketball made history Friday night with an 84-62 win over Metro State, marking the first time in program history that a team has started a season 9-0.

The Yellow Jackets (9-0, 3-0 RMAC) outscored Metro State (4-5, 1-2 RMAC) 45-25 in the second half to seal the win, while shooting 53.3 percent from the field and draining 11 threes in the contest.

Adam Moussa recorded a double-double on the night, leading the team with 27 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and two steals while going 10-of-15 from the field and 6-of-8 from deep.

Joel Scott scored 25, grabbing five boards and making two blocks. PJ Hayes totaled seven points, four rebounds, a block and a steal.

Matthew Ragsdale finished the night with nine points, Ryker Cisarik had seven rebounds and Jaeton Hackley had two assists and two steals.

Teams traded buckets to open the game, but Metro State held the edge until a Moussa layup at 13:39 gave BHSU its first lead, 16-15. Back-and-forth play commenced from there, and over the next five minutes the game saw a stretch of eight lead changes, capped by a Scott layup at 8:13 to put the Yellow Jackets up 27-26.

Minutes later, free throws from Ragsdale and Scott, followed by a pull-up jumper from Scott gave BHSU its largest lead of the half with a 33-28 advantage and 6:17 remaining.

Metro State crept back to even the score at 35-35, but Moussa kept BHSU ahead, 37-35, on the team's very next possession and would add another jumper before the end of the half to send the Yellow Jackets into the locker room, leading 39-37.

BHSU extended its lead out of the break as a Ragsdale three at 17:27 put the team ahead 47-41, and a Scott jumper gave the Yellow Jackets their first 10-point lead, 51-41. That led to a 9-0 scoring run that eventually put BHSU ahead 53-41 with 14:35 to play.

The Roadrunners would chip away and get back to within five, 58-53 midway through the second, but back-to-back threes from Moussa and Dukic quickly put the Yellow Jacket lead back at 11 points.

Layups from Hayes and Scott pushed the BHSU lead to 68-55 with 6:47 to play. Then a 14-0 spurt down the stretch, highlighted by a pair of Moussa threes and dunks from Scott and Cisse, pushed the lead to 25 points, 82-57, entering the final minute of play. That put the game out of reach for the Roadrunners before time expired with BHSU in front 84-62.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets now head to Golden, Colo. to face off with No. 8/10 Colorado Mines on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. The Orediggers are also 9-0 overall and 3-0 in RMAC play to start the season.