JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. --- Kailyn Brooks scored 24 points to lead Carson-Newman to a 91-54 victory over Tusculum College in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action on Wednesday night in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Senior guard Brianna Mitchell led the Pioneers (3-11, 3-8 SAC) with 12 points.

Mitchell was 5-of-13 from the field and pulled down four rebounds in 25 minutes of action off the bench. Senior guard Blakeley Burleson led the TC starters with nine points, while junior guard Shynese Whitener had seven points with three three-pointers. Freshman forward Kristen Atwell added nine points off the bench and junior forward Kristen McMillion pulled down a team-high nine rebounds.

It was a competitive first half that featured six lead changes. Burleson opened the game with back-to-back three pointers in the Pioneers' first two offensive possessions, the second giving TC its first lead of the contest at 6-4 three minutes in. Tusculum held the lead for the game's next five minutes before a layup by Brooks gave the Eagles an 11-10 advantage with 12:13 remaining in the first half.

The teams traded the lead twice before Mitchell scored five-straight points to set the score at 16-13 in favor of TC with eight and a half minutes remaining in the frame. However, back-to-back triples by Brooks and Jasmine Poole turned the lead back over to Carson-Newman, and the Eagles finished the half on a 19-8 run to take a 35-24 advantage into the halftime break.

Carson-Newman fired on all cylinders offensively in the second half, shooting 59 percent from the floor. After the Pioneers cut the lead back to single-digits at 41-33 off two made free throws by sophomore guard Maelyn Cutshaw, the Eagles scored 13 unanswered points and led 54-33 with 14:53 to play. The closest TC would get back to the lead would be 58-42 with just over 11 minutes remaining, but C-N answered with a 13-2 run to put the game out of reach and pull away for the victory.

91 points was a season-high for the Eagles, with 50 of those points coming in the paint. They finished shooting an astounding 51 percent from the floor (37-72). Jessica Simerly and Kaitlyn Couples each had 11 points for Carson-Newman while Couples was one rebound away from a double-double after tallying a game-high nine.

After wrapping up a three-game roadtrip, the Pioneers will be back at home on Saturday afternoon to take on Coker College at 2 p.m.