DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Chastity Rene Taylor scored a career-high 27 points as Bethune-Cookman snapped a two-game skid with a 67-53 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over Savannah State on Monday evening in Moore Gym.

Amanda Hairston added 14 points while Shakeyia Colyer had 12 for the Lady Wildcats (12-13 overall, 7-6 MEAC) in their 2012-2013 home finale.

B-CU shot 51.1 percent (23-45) from the field while Taylor, Hairston and Colyer were a combined 18-for-28.

Savannah State (7-19, 2-11) led 8-7 early-on following a Charmaine Greene jumper, but Hairston's lay-up with 8:45 left in the opening half put the Lady Wildcats ahead for good. They opened up a 20-11 run on a Colyer lay-up with 5:26 remaining, and eventually led 33-19 on a Taylor three-pointer 21 seconds before the half.

A Colyer free throw gave the Lady Wildcats their biggest advantage at 53-32 with 10:20 remaining in the game.

The Lady Tigers got as close as 59-50 on two Jerryshia Williams free throws with 1:46 left, but Hollis finished a three-point play, and then Colyer and Taylor combined to hit five consecutive free throws down the stretch to put the game away.

Taylor sank a trio of three-pointers for the Lady Wildcats, while Colyer was 4-of-4 from the field. Terrenisha Hollis' stat line included six points, six assists and career-highs of 12 points and four blocks, while Hairston was two rebounds shy of a double-double.

Jasmine Norman led Savannah State with 21 points, while Erin Hogue added 12 points and nine rebounds.

B-CU travels to Norfolk State on Saturday.

AMANDA HAIRSTON

"It was our last home game of the season and I haven't played to the best of my ability this season. I just wanted to go out there and play my best for the team"

CHASTITY RENE TAYLOR

"I was just out there taking the open shots when I got them."

"We just knew that we had a win and we couldn't play the way that we have been lately. We focused on gettting a good start."

TERRENISHA HOLLIS

"I felt I played well on the defensive end but I could have played better offensively."

HEAD COACH VANESSA BLAIR 

"We knew that we had to stop the bleeding from the two previous losses at home. We had shooting woes in both of our previous games and we knew we couldn't win like that shooting 27 percent. We came out and shot the ball well tonight which was the biggest differece."

"The team played unselfishly tonight. With Mandy, Terrinisha and Rene all three came to play today.It was great to have that offensive production from each of them tonight."

[On Seeing The Lead dwindle in the second half]

"It's human nature. You see it all the time in sports when a team get up and the other always comes back. We went to our bench but didn't get the production so we reloaded with our starters."

"Rene has scored for us all year. Tonight she was very accurate. Tonight we moved the ball around and got it to her. We needed Amanda all year. Tonight she was huge. She gave us solid minutes the entire game."

[On Being Close To A Winning Season]

"Its important for the program and the ladies. We worked tireless all year. People don't realize that this team don't have a lot of freshmen but we have eight new players on a roster of 13. It took us some time to gell together. We are starting to see the results."

NOTES:  B-CU concluded its home slate with an 8-5 overall mark and 5-3 in league play ... The Lady Wildcats shot a season-high 34 free throws ... This was Taylor's fourth 20-point game of the season and her 18^th in double figures ... Taylor's previous high was 23 on opening night against Trinity Baptist ... B-CU's offensive output was its highest since a 69-64 win against North Carolina A&T - 10 games ago ... The Lady Wildcats swept the season series against Savannah State.