SPEARFISH, S.D. – Once again it was Matthew Ragsdale who sparked and guided the Black Hills State men’s basketball team (16-12, 14-8 RMAC) to a thrilling 94-83 victory over the Chadron State College Eagles (12-16, 9-13 RMAC) with a 36-point performance, erasing a 16-point deficit to end the regular season victoriously in front of the home crowd inside the Donald E. Young Center on Saturday night.
Up next, Black Hills State will be the No. 4-seed in the RMAC Tournament and will play host to MSU Denver on Tuesday, March 5 inside A2 Arena with tip-off slated for 7:00 p.m. from the Donald E. Young Center.
Meanwhile, The Black Hills State University women’s basketball team (17-9, 14-8 RMAC) finished the home slate inside A2 Arena with a dominant 61-41 win over Chadron State College (6-20, 4-18 RMAC). Graduate student Alessia Capley grabbed a season-best 11 rebounds in the victory, while Kalla Bertram led all scorers with her 19 points.
Black Hills State will hit the road for the Quarterfinals of the RMAC Tournament on Tuesday, March 5. The Yellow Jackets will head back to Alamosa, Colorado as the No. 6-seed to face the No. 3-seeded Grizzlies of Adams State at 6:00 p.m.
In other area college basketball action, the South Dakota Mines Mens Basketball team lost to CCU 69-56. The Mines’ Women also fell to Colorado Christian by the score of 83-66.
