Philadelphia, PA- Senior center Jessica Romano (Horsham, PA/ Hatboro-Horsham) dropped in a game-high 25 points and 10 pull-downs in leading the Philadelphia University Lady Rams (13-10, 11-4 CACC) to a 72- 65 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) win over the University of the Sciences (9-12, 5-9 CACC) on Tuesday evening at the Bobby Morgan Arena.  Romano scored her 1,000th point in the win.

Free-throw shooting played a key role in the win, as PhilaU outshot USP (96%-75%).

A Romano jumper at 10:51 in the first half gave the Lady Rams an early 19-11 lead and two made free-throws from freshman Kristen Blye (Chester Springs, PA/ Downingtown East) gave PhilaU their biggest lead of the stanza at 38-17. 

At the break, PhilaU led 40-22.

USP opened up the half on a 4-0 run, helped by a jumper from leading scorer Alyssa Hamm- who tallied 13 points, four rebounds and four assists on the night.

PhilaU senior forward Kate Brennan (Stratford, NJ/ Sterling) put an end to that with a fast break layup, converting the three-point play to put PhilaU up 47-29.  Brennan notched 21 points and two rebounds on the night.

It was all maroon and gray for the rest of the contest, clinching it 72-65 when the dust settled.  PhilaU sophomore forward Christine Wooding (Northfield, NJ/ Mainland) contributed nine points for PhilaU.

The Lady Rams return to action on the road on Saturday (2/20) at Post University for a 1:00 p.m. contest.