Philadelphia, PA- The Philadelphia University women's basketball team (15-8, 10-4 CACC) had their three-game winning streak broken up in a close 53-49 home loss to cross-town rival the University of the Sciences (12-10, 9-5 CACC) on Thursday night.

The Lady Ram's were out-shot (44%-33%) and outrebounded (33-26), but turned the ball over less 10-17 than USP in the contest.

In a game that saw 12 lead changes, the Lady Rams fell behind 10-7 early, but went on a run to pull ahead by six at the half (28-22) on a trey by senior guard Amanda Brennan (Stratford, NJ/ Sterling).  Brennan finished the night with a team-high 13 points.

USP took a 32-31 lead at 15:07 remaining in the second half, but two lay-ups by sophomore guard Stephanie Agger (N. Cape May, NJ/ Lower Cape May) in a two minute span gave PhilaU a 38-37 lead.  Agger had 10 points and three assists on the night.

Junior center Jess Romano (Horsham, PA/ Hatboro-Horsham) sunk two free-throws at 4:50 to give the maroon and gray their final lead of the night 44-43, as USP closed out the match on a 10-5 run to take the 53-49 CACC win.  Romano was held under double-digits for only the second time this season, netting eight points and eight boards.   

The Lady Rams return to action for their final home regular season game on Saturday (2/14) at 2 p.m. vs. Dominican.  The team will be participating in the 'Pink Zone' program during the game and fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness.