LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Black Hills State men's basketball had three reach scoring milestones in Saturday's 83-74 loss to New Mexico Highlands.

The Yellow Jackets (16-7, 14-4 RMAC) also had two record double-doubles in the game as the team made 27.8 percent of their 36 attempted threes.

Adam Moussa led the offense with 21 points, going 5-of-8 from deep, to go along with 11 rebounds and three assists. This is his Moussa's third double-double of the season.

Joel Scott grabbed a team-high 16 rebounds with 20 points, an assist, a steal and a block for his 16th double-double of the season.

During Saturday's game, Scott scored his 500th point of the season to become the fifth Yellow Jacket to score 500 in a season, and gives him the eighth 500 point season in BHSU history.

Additional milestones in the game came from Sindou Cisse and Sava Dukic, each scoring their 500th career point.

Cisse surpassed the 500-point mark in his NCAA career with his eight points in the game. He had previously scored 571 points at the NJCAA level before transferring to BHSU prior to his junior season, and now sits at 1,075 total points.

Dukic also reached the 500-point milestone in the game, scoring five as he now sits at 503 career points.

BHSU grabbed its first lead early, 8-7 on a Scott jumper, but NMHU was able to keep up seemingly point-for-point. A few minutes later, the Cowboys traded threes with PJ Hayes and the Yellow Jackets would trail 24-23 midway through the first.

Neither team led by more than four points in the back-and-forth opening half that saw seven lead changes and eight ties. As the clock ticked down in the first, a 3-point play from Scott helped BHSU retake the lead 34-33 before big points from Moussa down the stretch sent the Yellow Jackets into the locker room with a 45-44 lead.

Both teams traded points out of the break, and BHSU went up 55-54 on Scott layup, but NMHU would follow that with an 11-2 scoring run to move ahead 65-57 midway through second half.

Each offense cooled over the next several minutes, and although BHSU made a push in the final minutes with threes from Moussa and Cisse along with some free throws, the team would eventually fall, 83-74.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets will play their final road games of the regular season next week as they take on Chadron State on Tuesday, Feb. 15 and then South Dakota Mines on Saturday, Feb. 19. Both games tip off at 7:30 p.m.