DENVER, Colo. – Black Hills State men's basketball knocked off No. 13/15 ranked Regis, 85-75 in the Regis Field House Monday night.

With the win, the Yellow Jackets (16-5, 14-2 RMAC) have earned their first win over a ranked opponent since Nov. 10, 2019 when the team beat No. 24 Tarleton State, 78-75.

BHSU's offense came to life in the second half, shooting 56.7 percent from the field, 44.4 percent from beyond the arc, and 100 percent from the charity stripe, going 10-of-10. The team also had five scorers reach double-digits.

Sindou Cisse led the team with 18 points to go along with nine rebounds and an assist.

Joel Scott also grabbed nine boards and had two assists, two steals and a block while scoring 13.

Adam Moussa scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds to go with three assists and a steal.

Ryker Cisarik and Sava Dukic were also in double digits, scoring 12 and 10, respectively. Dukic totaled two steals while Cisarik went a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line.

Early threes from Cisse and Moussa gave BHSU an 8-4 lead early in the game. Back-and-forth play would follow in a first half in which neither team would lead by more than five points.

Midway through the half, a layup by Scott gave the Yellow Jackets a 17-14 lead, then at 6:50, a Moussa layup gave BHSU their largest lead of the half, 29-24. In the final minutes of the first, Regis evened the score at 31-31 before taking a 40-37 lead into the locker room.

Out of the break, a Dukic trey and a Cisse layup evened things right back up at 42-42 to make it a new game. Shortly after going back down 51-45, the Yellow Jackets went on a 20-0 scoring run behind five different scorers over the eight-minute stretch.

The run, capped by huge dunks from Cisse and Scott put BHSU out to a 65-51 lead with 8:13 remaining. But Regis wasn't done, as they inched their way back and pulled to within six (74-68) with 2:11 to play.

Using a 3-point-play from Dukic and another big dunk from Cisse, the Yellow Jackets were able to hold that margin into the closing seconds and went 6-of-6 from the free throw line to seal the 85-75 victory.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets hit the road again this weekend as they travel to face UC Colorado Springs on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m., and New Mexico Highlands on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.