Black Hills State men's basketball put up 97 on Adams State Saturday night to come away with a 97-78 victory.

The Yellow Jackets (23-3, 17-3 RMAC) matched a season-high with 49 team rebounds while totaling 17 second-chance points.

Joel Scott and PJ Hayes combined for 50 points on the night. Scott scored 30, making 9-of-12 from the field, while also grabbing nine boards. Hayes drained six 3-pointers, finishing with 20 points, five rebounds, three assists and a steal.

Caelin Hearne and Matthew Ragsdale also scored in double-figures, totaling 12 and 11, respectively. Hearne shot 5-of-6 from the field and connected on both of his attempts from deep, giving him a 57.4 3-point percentage this season.

Ragsdale knocked down three triples and cashed in five rebounds and two steals.

Ryker Cisarik pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds and had a block to go with six points.

BHSU came out to a vigorous start, as an early nine points from Ragsdale and eight points from Scott got the Yellow Jackets out to a 17-5 lead six minutes into the game.

A few possessions later, back-to-back threes from Hayes and Hearne extended the lead to 23-8. After that, three-straight Hayes triples gave BHSU a 20-point lead, 32-12, midway through the half.

ASU made some headway from there, cutting the Yellow Jacket lead to as low as 13, before a Scott 3-pointer made it 43-27 with 4:47 left in the opening frame.

Teams traded points out of the break as BHSU free throws and a Ragsdale layup made it a 59-41 game before another Hayes three gave the team it's largest lead of the game, 62-41, with 15:45 to play.

Back-and-forth play continued from there and the Yellow Jackets continued to hold a 20-point advantage, using eight different scorers the rest of the way to put together a 97-78 win over the Grizzlies.

Notes

• This win is Ryan Thompson's 98th of his career, putting him two shy of 100.

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The Yellow Jackets play their final two games of the regular season next week, traveling to take on Colorado Christian on Wednesday, Feb. 22, and Chadron State on Thursday, Feb. 23.