Dec 15, 2007

Lady Rams' Second-Half Comeback Keys Road Win at Molloy

Sophomore center Jessica Romano scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Rams (5-3) to a 73-64 non-conference win over the Lady Lions (1-9) in Rockville Centre, N.Y.

The Lady Rams trailed 40-36 at halftime, as Molloy controlled play throughout much of the first half, shooting 50% from both the field (16-32) and three-point line (4-8) in the opening frame. But the Philadelphia defense put the clamps on the Lady Lions in the second half, yielding just 23 more points as Molloy shot 29% overall (9-31) and 22.2% from beyond-the-arc (2-9) over the final 20 minutes of the contest.

Romano pulled down eight of her 10 boards in the second half, while also adding 12 of her game-high 21 points in the closing stanza. Coming off the bench, freshman point guard Stephanie Agger scored nine of her 12 points while playing 18 minutes in the second half for Philadelphia. The Lady Rams' comeback victory was closer than the nine-point final margin indicates, as the game featured six ties and five lead changes.

Junior guard Amanda Brennan (pictured) and senior forward Ashley Webster both found ways to contribute to the team effort while struggling from the field this afternoon. Brennan had 13 points on 4-12 (33.3%) overall shooting and 2-9 (22.2%) from three-point land, but came through in other areas with nine rebounds, four assists and three steals in the victory. Meanwhile, Webster notched 12 points on 4-13 (30.8%) shooting, but delivered another solid all-around performance with eight rebounds, two assists, one blocked shot and three steals for Head Coach Tom Shirley's team.

Speaking of Ashley Webster, she's now in eighth place all-time in Lady Rams' history with 194 steals, having just passed assistant coach Melissa (Kelly) Storm, who had 193 from 1998-2002. Webster is also now tied for sixth place in blocked shots in school history with Kelly Lorenz who had 77 from 1990-'94. On the rebounds list, Webster's 708 at the moment place her eighth in that category, just ahead of former great Tammy Greene who grabbed 706 boards from 1990-‘94.

The women's basketball team will be back in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action this coming Friday, December 21 at 5:00 p.m. Philadelphia University will host CACC South Division rival Wilmington University. Last season, the Lady Rams went 2-1 against the Wildcats, with the home teams holding serve in the regular-season matchups before Philadelphia won an opening-round CACC Tournament game between the two teams at the Gallagher Center.


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