COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Black Hills State men's basketball clinched a spot in the 2023 RMAC Tournament with a 100-69 victory at UCCS Friday night.

The Yellow Jackets (21-1, 15-1 RMAC) finished the night with nine different scorers and six in double-figures.

Adam Moussa recorded the first triple-double in Yellow Jacket history in the DII era, finishing with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on the night.

Joel Scott and Matthew Ragsdale each tallied 18 points on the night. Scott added two steals, two blocks and two rebounds.

Caelin Hearne scored 14 while grabbing four boards while Ryker Cisarik totaled 11 points and seven rebounds.

PJ Hayes rounded out the double-figure scorers with 10 points and four rebounds.

A Scott dunk at 16:39 capped 12 unanswered Yellow Jacket points to open the game, following threes from Hayes and Hearne.

Threes from Hearne and Ragsdale, and another Scott slam at 14:28 extended the BHSU lead to 20-4. Minutes later, a Cisarik triple and a Hayes dunk helped the Yellow Jackets out to their largest lead of the half, 35-7.

The Mountain Lions went on a 16-5 spurt to cut the BHSU lead to 40-23 with under five to play in the first. A trey from Hoku Fisher and buckets from Ragsdale and Moussa down the stretch sent the Yellow Jackets into the locker room with a 49-33 lead.

Out of the break, BHSU extended back out to a 20-point lead with a Ragsdale three and Scott dunk, taking a 58-37 lead with 16:44 to play. The Yellow Jackets continued to pull away using the 3-ball, as triples from Scott, Hearne, and Moussa made it a 71-45 game.

Then treys from Hayes and Ragsdale and a Fisher layup gave BHSU a 30-point lead, 79-48 as the second half ticked past the midway point.

The Yellow Jacket offense continued rolling from there with a Moussa step back and a Cisarik 3-points to make it a 94-63 game with under four remaining.

In the final minutes, a Fisher alley-oop pass to Cisarik and a Jaeton Hackley layup pushed BHSU into triple-figures before the game went final, 100-69.

Notes

• Adam Moussa's 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists was the first triple-double in BHSU DII history.
• Joel Scott's 18 points pushed him to 2,137 career points, 43 away from the BHSU all-time scoring record.
• This win is Head Coach Ryan Thompson's 96^th of his career, four shy of 100.
• The team's 39 made field goals ties for the third-most in school history, while their 16 3-pointers ties for fifth.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets have two more games over this extended road trip, taking on Regis tomorrow at 5 p.m. before playing No. 10/12 Fort Lewis in Durango, Colo. on Monday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.