SPEARFISH, S.D. – Colorado State University Pueblo men basketball appeared headed for an impressive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference road win here Thursday over Black Hills State, but the Yellow Jackets used an 11-0 run over a span of three-plus minutes to turn a 59-55 deficit into a 66-59 lead en route to posting a 75-70 victory over the ThunderWolves at A2 Arena on the BHSU campus.

The loss was the Pack's third straight and ninth in its last 11 games to drop its record to 10-11 overall and 5-8 in the RMAC, while Black Hills State improved to 12-9 overall and 8-5 in the league. Despite the loss, the Pack remained tied with Westminster for ninth in the RMAC standings with seven games remaining in the regular season. The top eight teams at the end of the regular season advance to the RMAC Tournament.

BHSU's run was keyed by four missed shots and three turnovers by the Pack, including the 'Jackets capping the run with a driving lay-up by Jaeton Hackley, who paced BHSU with a career and game-high 22 points. The seven-point lead was the largest of the game for the Yellow Jackets, who have now won three straight games in the series.

Following BHSU's run, the Pack mounted a comeback as a trey from redshirt sophomore guard Jaden Kennis (Windsor, Colo./MSU Denver) and a basket from senior guard Armon Muldrew (Perris, Calif./San Bernardino Valley) brought the Pack within 66-64 with three minutes left in the contest.

After two free throws by Caleb Hearne gave BHSU a 68-64 lead, Muldrew hit two free throws to pull the Pack within 68-66, but a driving lay-up by Hackley gave BHSU a 70-66 lead with 1:59 remaining in the game.

Following Hackley's lay-up, Muldrew hit two more free throws to pull the Pack within 70-68 with 1:40 left in the game. The Pack would have three chances to either tie or take the lead, including Muldrew misfiring on a trey off an offensive rebound by freshman guard Jordan Blair (Keller, Texas/Keller Central) with 25 seconds left in the game.

After Muldrew's missed trey, Cam Lowe made three of four free throws to give BHSU a 73-68 lead with 19 seconds left. Senior forward De'Shaun Cooper (San Diego, Calif./Balboa School) brought the Pack within 73-70 following two free throws with 11.2 seconds left, but Lowe made two free throws to cap the scoring with two seconds left.

Muldrew paced the Pack with 15 points for his fifth consecutive double-digit scoring game. In addition to Muldrew, junior guard Denim Johnson (Omaha, Neb./Trinity Valley) tied a career-high with 13 points and added seven rebounds, while Blair chipped in with 12 points and five rebounds and Cooper finished with 11 points and five rebounds. With his 11 points, Cooper became the 28th member of the Pack's 1,000-Point Club as he entered Thursday's needing just six points for 1,000 career points and he got his 1,000th point on a lay-up with 4:54 left in the first half. Cooper has now scored 1,005 career points, which is 28th on the school's all-time list.

The Pack jumped out to a 12-5 lead just four-plus minutes into the game and led 17-10 when the BHSU used 12-6 run to pull within 23-22 following a turn-around jumper by Caelin Hearne with 9:54 left in the opening half.

CSU Pueblo, though, would respond with a 12-7 run capped by Cooper's 1,000th-career point lay-up to take 35-29 lead, before BHSU used an 8-3 run to pull within 38-37 with 2:12 left in the first half. Johnson scored on a tip-in lay-up with 46 seconds left in the half to give the Pack its 40-37 halftime lead.

BHSU would open the second half on an 8-3 run to take a 45-43 lead with 16:37 left in the game. The 'Jackets' lead was shortlived as the Pack used a 14-8 run capped by a Cooper dunk to take a 57-51 lead with 9:09 left in the game. The Pack's run was keyed by six points each from Blair and Johnson.

After Lowe and John Shanklin brought the home team within 57-55 with back-to-back baskets, the Pack used a pull jump shot by fifth-year senior Brevin Walter (Las Vegas, Nev./South Dakota Mines) to take its 59-55 lead with 7:47 remaining in the contest.

In addition to Hackley's career-high 22 points, Lowe added 19 points and eight rebounds in the win, while former CSU Pueblo guard Tristan Huddle added 17 points and seven rebounds off the bench.

The Pack finished the game shooting 39 percent from the field and 37 percent (7-for-19) from the 3-point line, while BHSU shot 46 percent from the field and 38 percent (8-for-21) from downtown.

CSU Pueblo held a 42-40 edge on the boards, including an 11-9 advantage on the offensive glass. The Pack also finished with 11 turnovers that led to 12 points by the Yellow Jackets. Nine of those 12 points off turnovers came on five Pack second half turnovers. BHSU had eight turnovers in the game.

BHSU blocked six shots and had 11 assists, while the Pack had 10 assists and three blocks, including two by Cooper.

The Pack was strong at the free throw line as they finished 13-for-16 (81.3 percent) from the line, while BHSU was just 9-for-20 at the line, including a 1-for-7 effort at the line in the first half.

CSU Pueblo will look to snap its three-game losing streak on Saturday, Feb. 8 as they travel to Chadron, Neb., for a 3 p.m. RMAC game at Chadron State (11-10 overall, 7-6 RMAC), who won its second straight game with a 62-58 home win Thursday over Colorado Christian. The Pack suffered a 66-62 home loss to the Eagles on Dec. 12 in Massari Arena.