Taylor May and Antionette McPhail combined for 42 points to help Catawba College defeat Tusculum College 65-56 Saturday afternoon in a South Atlantic Conference Women's basketball game at Goodman Gym.

May scored a game-high 22 points and McPhail added 20, while Chloe Bully chipped in with 14 points and seven assists for the Indians (7-5, 3-1 SAC), who snapped a 12-game losing streak to the Pioneers (8-4, 2-2 SAC) dating to the 2006-07 season.

Ashley Thurman posted a double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds for the Pioneers, who attempted 16 more shots than the Indians but shot 37.3 percent (25-for-67) from the field. Tusculum also attempted just six free throws compared to 21 by Catawba.

There were 13 ties and 14 lead changes in the game, including 10 lead changes in the second half alone. Neither team led by more than five points until the Indians made seven free throws in the final minute to set the final margin.

Tusculum took its final lead of the game at 50-49 on a free throw by Jama Hammontree with 6:25 remaining, before May gave Catawba the lead for good on a layup with 4:44 to play. Bully followed with a three-pointer with 4:20 left to extend the Indians' lead to 54-50, and the Pioneers would not be within one possession the rest of the game.

Both teams led by five points in the first half, with Tusculum holding its largest lead of the game at 13-8 on a layup by April McCann with 4 1/2 minutes gone. Catawba came back to tie the game at 13-13 as May hit a layup and Bully drilled a three-pointer. The teams then exchanged baskets for the next ten minutes, with ties all the way to 25-25 before a three-point play by McPhail gave Catawba a 30-25 lead with 2:34 left in the half.

The Indians went to the locker room with a 34-29 lead behind 13 points from McPhail and eight from May. The Pioneers, who shot 42.4 percent (14-for-33) from the field in the first half, were paced by eight points from Thurman and seven from Hammontree.

Catawba held onto a slim lead for the first six minutes of the second half before Tusculum regained the lead at 37-36 on a basket by Breaira Barksdale with 13:31 to go. The teams then exchanged the lead back and forth for the next nine minutes, with neither team leading by more than two points, until Bully's late three-pointer gave the Indians breathing room.

For the game, Catawba shot 45.1 percent (23-for-51) from the field and went 15-for-21 at the free-throw line. Tusculum ended the game at 37.3 precent (25-for-67) and made just two of its six foul shots, all coming in the second half.

May shot 9-for-12 from the field for the Indians and sank 4-for-5 from the foul line. McPhail was 7-for-13 from the field and connected on all five of her free-throw attempts. Bully was just 5-for-12 shooting, but three of her buckets were from three-point range.

Hammontree led the Pioneers with 11 points on 4-for-8 shooting, including a pair of three-pointers, while Thurman was 5-for-10 from the field en route to her first career double-double. Barksdale had eight points and three steals and matched Bully for the game high with seven assists.

The Tusculum bench enjoyed a 21-4 scoring edge over Catawba, led by nine points from Alishia Mosley and eight points from Nequoiah Anderson. Quaneasia Coleman was the lone bench player for the Indians to score, finishing the game with four points and six rebounds in 26 minutes.

The Pioneers will open a three-game home stand on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. against Anderson at Pioneer Arena.