Box Score LAKEWOOD, N.J. – Senior guard Bria Young (Philadelphia, Pa./Prep Charter) poured in 17 points, including the 1,000th point of her career, in the Philadelphia University women's basketball team's 77-62 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) victory at Georgian Court Thursday night in the Wellness Center.
Philadelphia—the fifth-ranked team in the first set of NCAA Division II East Region Rankings—picks up its 20th win of the season as the team improves to 20-6 overall, 16-1 against the CACC. The Rams have put together three straight 20-win seasons since a five-year string of at least 20 wins from 2002-03 through 2006-07.
Young—who entered the game needing 10 points to reach the milestone—accomplished the feat by sinking a free throw with 8:14 left in the final quarter. She scored eight points during the fourth.
Mary Newell (Lansdale, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) had a tremendous night in the victory, scoring a career-high 25 points on 12-of-22 shooting, grabbing 12 rebounds, and dishing out a career-best five assists.
Tori Arnao (Newtown, Pa./Archbishop Wood) also recorded a double-double with 17 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Jessica Kaminski (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Wood) added 10 points.
The Rams got off to a fast start, scoring the first seven points of the contest, and never looked back. Philadelphia's lead ballooned to 20-7 with 1:11 left in the first quarter as Arnao put back her own miss.
After the Lions (6-20, 4-14 CACC) trimmed the Rams' advantage to five, Philadelphia bounded back with a 10-4 surge to regain an 11-point lead (30-19) on a Newell jumper at the 5:39 mark of the second quarter.
Georgian Court used an 11-2 run, which included two Jada Hutchinson 3-pointers, to close the gap to 34-32 with 1:24 before the half. Newell made a layup and Erin Rafter (Sewell, N.J./Washington Twp.) drained two free throws to give Philadelphia a 38-32 halftime lead.
The Rams' cushion remained in single digits for a majority of the third quarter, until a run of six straight points, capped by a Newell bucket, pushed it back up to 10 (54-44).
In the final quarter, Jackie McCarron (Harleysville, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) made a layup with 1:58 remaining to give the Rams a game-high 16-point lead (75-59).
Georgian Court got 21 points and 10 rebounds from Alliyah Berger. Hutchinson finished up with 18 points.
The Rams shot 42.5 percent (31-of-73), while the Lions hit 34.8 percent (24-of-69) of their attempts. Philadelphia owned a 50-36 rebounding advantage.
Philadelphia returns home to face Holy Family for first place in the CACC Southern Division on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m.
