DENVER, Colo. – Black Hills State men's basketball downed Regis, 94-82 Saturday night behind a 61.1 percent shooting performance from the field.

The Yellow Jackets (22-1, 16-1 RMAC) led for all but 28 seconds of Saturday's contest, while extending the team's winning streak to nine games.

Joel Scott led all scorers with 28 points, going 11-of-12 from the field while putting up five rebounds, a steal and an assist.

PJ Hayes led the team with 11 rebounds to go with his 14 points for his first career double-double.

Adam Moussa scored 15 points and had seven rebounds, five assists and a steal.

Matthew Ragsdale drained three 3-pointers for 14 points and dished out five assists.

Caelin Hearne scored 10 to go along with two rebounds, an assist, a steal and a block.

BHSU got ahead early using the three, as Hearne and Fisher helped the Yellow Jackets out to a 17-10 lead six minutes into the game. Back-and-forth play took over from there as buckets from Hackley and Hayes made it a 24-18 game midway through the first.

The Rangers pulled within two with 8:08 left, but five straight Ragsdale free throws and a Cisarik triple kept the Yellow Jackets out in front, 32-27. Shots from Moussa and Scott the rest of the half gave BHSU a 43-36 lead heading into the locker room.

Out of the break, a 7-2 Yellow Jacket spurt made it 50-38 with a Hayes three and a Hearne steal and score. Regis continued to hang around, though, until five points from Scott and a Ragsdale three kept the Yellow Jacket lead in double figures, 61-50, with 13:20 left.

Both teams continued to trade makes as time ticked under 10 minutes remaining, but Hayes hit a pair of gargantuan threes down the stretch to help the Yellow Jackets maintain a comfortable lead.

From there, a Ragsdale trey and four straight Moussa points gave BHSU an 85-69 lead with 3:35 to go in the game. The Yellow Jackets took their largest lead of the game shortly after with back-to-back layups from Hackley and Scott to stretch to a 91-73 lead in the final seconds.

Free throws by Hayes and Scott all but sealed the game as BHSU won 94-82.

Notes

• Joel Scott's 28 points pushed him to 2,165 career points, 15 away from the BHSU all-time scoring record of 2,180 set by Kim Templeton (1972-76).
• The team's .611 shooting percentage from the field ranks eighth-highest in a single game in BHSU history.
• This win is Ryan Thompson's 97^th of his career, putting him three shy of 100.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets wrap up the long weekend at No. 10/12 Fort Lewis in Durango, Colo. on Monday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.