Matt Shown grabbed 19 rebounds and was one of four Tusculum College players in double figures as the Pioneers defeated Catawba College 72-52 Saturday afternoon in a South Atlantic Conference men's basketball game at Pioneer Arena.

Shown finished with 10 points in 34 minutes off the bench, while his 19 rebounds are tied for the most in a game in the SAC this season and tied for the third-best performance in program history. The last Pioneer to grab at least 19 boards in a game was Phil Jackson against Catawba on Feb. 7, 2001.

Darius Carter finished with a season-high 19 points and a career-high five steals to lead the Pioneers (6-16, 4-10 SAC), who also received 14 points and seven rebounds from Neal Spinks and 12 points and a career-best six assists from Addison Flynn.

As a team, Tusculum shot a season-best 52.7 percent (29-for-55) from the field in the victory, including 57.1 percent (16-for-28) in the second half. Tusculum outscored Catawba 40-26 after halftime to snap a three-game losing streak and sweep the season series from the Indians.

Elon Edwards paced the Indians (7-15, 4-10 SAC) with 19 points, while Tyrece Little posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Catawba shot 34.9 percent (22-for-63) from the field in the game, including 4-for-21 from three-point range.

Tusculum fell behind 8-0 after five minutes of action, but a putback by Shown sparked a 16-3 run that saw the Pioneers take a 16-11 lead on a layup by Keith Jumper with 9:41 to go in the first half.

Back-to-back layups by Carter gave the Pioneers a 25-20 advantage with 5:16 left in the first half, and Spinks closed out the half with two field goals to send the Pioneers to the locker room with a 32-26 lead on the Indians.

Carter led Tusculum with 11 points in the first half, while Shown had six points and 10 rebounds. Edwards paced Catawba with a game-high 13 points in the first half, but the Indians were just 11-for-33 from the field as a team.

The Pioneers scored on four of their first five possessions of the second half to move out to a 40-26 lead following a Flynn putback with 17:57 to play. Catawba cut the margin to eight at 42-34 on a jumper by Little with 14:07 to go, but back-to-back three-pointers from Flynn gave the Pioneers a 50-34 lead with 10:16 on the clock.

Tusculum took its biggest lead of the afternoon at 68-45 when Nick Spinks connected on a jumper with 3:10 to go, and James Clay closed out the scoring by hitting a layup underneath with 19 seconds to go.

Jumper finished the game with eight points and three blocked shots in 21 minutes of action, while Nick Spinks had seven points and three boards. Tusculum cashed in 10 offensive rebounds into 16 second-chance points.

The Pioneers ended the game with a 39-37 rebounding edge over the Indians, while both teams had 12 turnovers. The Pioneers went 10-for-17 from the free-throw line and the Indians struggled to a 4-for-10 performance at the stripe.

Tusculum will be on the road for its next two games, beginning Wednesday night at 8 p.m. at Lenoir-Rhyne. Catawba will also be on the road Wednesday, playing at Mars Hill.