Black Hills State men's basketball sunk Metro State with a big second half to win 89-57 Saturday night.

The Yellow Jackets (20-1, 14-1 RMAC) outscored MSUD 61-25 in the second half and finished the night with 15 threes while having 10 different players score.

Joel Scott recorded a double-double on the night with 25 points and 10 rebounds to go with two blocks and a steal.

Matthew Ragsdale went 6-of-7 from deep to finish with 18 points while Hoku Fisher and PJ Hayes each tallied nine points and four rebounds.

Adam Moussa was all over the floor, finishing with eight points, six rebounds, five assists, four blocks and a steal.

Caelin Hearne and John Shanklin each scored six.

Ragsdale opened the game with a corner triple to put BHSU on the board first. Two more treys from Scott and Ragsdale gave the men a 9-4 lead until MSUD buried a couple of layups to bring themselves within one of the Yellow Jackets.

The Roadrunners caught up with BHSU using a 7-0 spurt, however, to tie the game at 15-all as the first half ticked under ten minutes to go. From there, both teams went back and forth with another tie at 3:53 before MSUD took their first lead of the game, 25-24 off a Caleb McGill layup.

MSUD raked in a 9-4 scoring run to expand their lead to 32-28 as time expired, sending BHSU to the locker room with a four-point deficit.

Out of the break, Scott roared into the second half with a three-point play and a layup to give BHSU the lead back, 33-32. BHSU continued to pour it on following Scott's points with an Adam Moussa jumper and another bucket in the pain from Scott to bring the scoring run to 9-1 by the 17:35 mark.

MSUD began to stir up their offense following the Yellow Jacket run, eventually using a three-pointer to pull within two, 44-42. A Scott dunk, however, kicked off seven unanswered for the Yellow Jackets, eventually giving them their largest lead of the night with a nine-point lead over MSUD.

BHSU continued to expand their lead after the U-12 media timeout as a Ragsdale jumper and multiple buckets from Scott gave the Yellow Jackets another seven points in comparison to a single layup from the Roadrunners.

The rest of the game was all BHSU, who ran up MSUD 31-13 in the final ten minutes of the game to seal a final score of 89-57 against the Roadrunners.

Notes

• With Joel Scott's 53 points this weekend, he currently sits at 2,119 career points, 61 points away from BHSU's all-time scoring record of 2,180 held by Kim Templeton.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets go back on the road next weekend for matchups with UCCS on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. and Regis on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.