Micheala Watkins scored a game-high 22 points, including the 1,000th of her career in the final seconds, as Brevard College defeated Tusculum College 60-56 in the South Atlantic Conference Women's basketball regular-season finale Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Gymnasium.

Tuccoa Brackett added 17 points for the Tornados (7-19, 5-13 SAC), who held the Pioneers to 25 percent shooting from the field in the second half to win for the first time in 12 all-time meetings.

Four players scored in double figures for the Pioneers (14-12, 8-10 SAC), led by 15 points from Kendal Baxter and 14 off the bench from Nequoiah Anderson. Ashley Thurman added 13 points and nine rebounds and April McCann had 10 points.

Watkins reached the 1,000-point mark with 13 seconds left by hitting the first of two free throws to give the Tornados a six-point lead. She finished 7-for-15 from the field, including 3-for-7 from three-point range, and shot 5-for-6 from the foul line in the victory.

In a back and forth contest that saw 12 ties and 16 lead changes, momentum swung early in the second half when the Tornados received three straight three-pointers from Asheley Watkins, Micheala Watkins and Tempestt Mack to turn a 38-32 deficit into a 41-38 lead with 13:12 left.

Tusculum came back to take a 52-50 lead on two free throws by Anderson with 4:07 left, by a basket by Shelby Wolfe knotted the game at 52-52 with 3:24 remaining. Micheala Watkins gave the Tornados the lead for good on a jumper with 2:32 left, and Brackett connected for two with 1:34 to play for a 56-52 Brevard lead.

Two free throws by Thurman cut the margin to 56-54 with 1:12 remaining, but Micheala Watkins answered with two foul shots with 1:00 to go to extend the Brevard lead to 58-54. Tusculum was unable to cut into the deficit as a turnover and a missed free throw kept the score at 58-54. Micheala Watkins then sank two free throws for her 1,000th and 1,001st points with 13 seconds to play before a running jumper by Baxter closed out the scoring.

The first half saw the Pioneers take an early 9-5 lead thanks to four field goals from Thurman in the first four minutes, but a quick 5-0 run from the Tornados gave them a 17-16 lead with 10:23 left in the first half.

Brevard went ahead 22-20 on two free throws by Taylor Hiatt with 7:00 to play in the half, but the Pioneers regained the lead at 23-22 as Anderson sank a three-pointer with 5:30 remaining. Back-to-back baskets by McCann and Anderson gave Tusculum a 27-23 advantage with 4:04 left in the half, but the Tornados tied it at 27-27 on two quick baskets from Brackett and Micheala Watkins.

Baxter scored the final basket of the first half on a three-pointer with 24 seconds remaining, sending Tusculum to the locker room with a 32-30 lead. She shared the team lead in scoring in the first half with Anderson and Thurman at eight points apiece, while Brackett paced the Tornados with nine points and four rebounds.

Tusculum shot 52 percent (13-for-25) from the field in the first half, but slumped off in the second half to finish the game at 38.8 percent (19-for-49). The Pioneers shot 13-for-20 at the foul line, but were 11-for-13 in the second half.

Meanwhile, Brevard improved from 29 percent shooting in the first half to 44 percent in the second half, finishing the game at 35.7 percent (20-for-56). The Tornados shot 7-for-20 from three-point range and 13-for-18 at the free-throw line as a team in the game.

The Pioneers will be the sixth seed in next week's Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament and will be on the road for a quarterfinal game next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at third-seed Catawba.