GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Reagan McCray scored 15 of her game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter as Limestone University came from behind to defeat Tusculum University 74-68 in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Arena.

Five players finished in double figures for the Saints (11-9, 6-4 SAC), who snapped a four-game road losing streak by holding the Pioneers (16-5, 7-4 SAC) to 35.4 percent shooting for the game including 3-for-16 in the fourth quarter. McCray was 4-for-5 from the field, with two three-pointers, and went 5-for-6 at the foul line in the final period for Limestone, who moved within a half-game of Tusculum for second place in the SAC Mountain Division standings with the victory.

Blayre Shultz and Jami Tham shared the team lead in scoring for Tusculum with 19 points apiece, with Tham adding a game-high 12 rebounds for her 21st consecutive double-double. Mya Belton added 13 points and seven rebounds and Deidre Cheremond added 13 points in 14 minutes off the bench for the Pioneers, who led by as many as eight points in the fourth quarter before the Saints rallied and finished off the sweep of the season series.

Quin Byrd had 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds for the Saints, with 11 points apiece from Reagan Kargo and Kalisha Hill, who also had seven rebounds. Shariah Gaddy scored 10 points in 14 minutes off the Limestone bench, helping the Saints to 47.3 percent (26-for-55) from the field and 9-for-19 from three-point range. Limestone also had a 41-35 advantage in rebounding to offset 17 turnovers which led to 21 points for Tusculum.

Shultz was 6-for-13 from the field, including two three-pointers, and went 5-for-7 at the foul line for the Pioneers, while tying her season high with seven assists. Tham had just five points and three rebounds in the first half, but went for 10 points in the third quarter as Tusculum erased an eight-point deficit while shooting 10-for-18 from the field in the quarter.

Tusculum scored the game's first six points on three-pointers from Shultz and Belton, and went up 10-5 on a Shultz layup with 6:42 left in the opening quarter. Limestone would go up 13-12 on a putback by Hill with 3:26 remaining as the teams swapped the lead four times in the final 4 1/2 minutes of the quarter, with a steal and layup by Shultz giving Tusculum a 17-16 lead after one period.

Other than a brief tie at 18-18 on a foul shot by Tham in the opening minute of the second quarter, the Saints would lead all the way to halftime. A three-point play by McCray gave Limestone a 28-22 lead with 6:58 to go in the half, but a jumper by Cheremond would cut the margin to 29-28 with 4:13 remaining. Tusculum would miss its final five shots from the field in the half as a three-pointer by Byrd helped Limestone to a 35-31 lead at intermission.

Shultz led the Pioneers with 10 points in the first half and Belton added eight and six boards as Tusculum shot 32.3 percent (10-for-31) from the field and 7-for-10 at the foul line. Hill paced the Saints with nine points and three rebounds and Byrd added eight for Limestone, who shot 13-for-30 (43.3 percent) from the floor and hit 4-for-8 from long range in the half.

Limestone would take its largest lead of the game at 41-33 on a layup by Byrd with 8:07 to go in the third quarter, but Tusculum would respond with a 15-2 run over the next 4 1/2 minutes. A three-point play by Shultz triggered the surge, which featured eight straight points from Tham while the Saints turned the ball over five times during the run. After two free throws by Alyssa Walker gave Tusculum a 48-43 lead with 3:25 to go in the third, the Saints would pull back within one on threes from Byrd and Gaddy, the latter with 2:13 left. Back-to-back buckets from Cheremond would help the Pioneers stretch their lead back out to 55-49 heading to the fourth.

Tusculum's largest lead of the game would come with 9:07 left as Belton hit two free throws for a 57-49 lead. However, the Saints ran off eight straight points including a three-pointer from McCray and a free throw from Gaddy that tied the game at 57-57 with 7:09 to go. Tusculum's last lead came at 58-57 on a foul shot from Cheremond with 6:47 to play, but a three-pointer by Kargo with 5:51 remaining put the Saints up for good. McCray would score 10 straight points for the Saints, including a critical three-pointer following a Pioneer turnover with 2:01 left for a 67-62 lead. Limestone would go 7-for-10 from the foul line in the final 90 seconds as three-pointers from Belton and Shultz in the final minute were not enough.

Belton hit three three-pointers in the game to pass Nikki Van Dyne (177 from 2007-09) an move into fourth place on the Tusculum career three-point list with 179. Belton also blocked two shots and is five shy of tying the career record of 141 set by Stephany Neptune from 2005-09.

Tusculum, which has lost back-to-back games for the first time this season, will head to the road to face Emory & Henry on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 5:30 p.m. The Wasps dropped a 95-74 decision at Coker on Saturday to fall to 7-12 overall and 4-7 in the SAC. Tusculum beat Emory & Henry 63-39 in their first meeting of the season at Pioneer Arena on Dec. 14.