BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Sophomore guard Najah Jacobs' (Philadelphia, Pa./Central) driving lay-up with just over 24 seconds left in overtime gave the Philadelphia University women's basketball team to an 83-82 victory over Concordia (N.Y.) in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest Saturday afternoon.

Trailing 82-81, the Rams (12-11, 8-8 CACC) called timeout with 38 seconds to play. When play resumed, the ball ended up in the Jacobs' hands. She drove down the left side of the lane and banked the ball of the backboard and into the net for the last of her 12 points.

On Concordia's (8-17, 7-10 CACC) final possession, the Clippers had three cracks at a go-ahead basket, but the Rams defense forced three missesand senior forward Kristen Blye (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown E.) grabbed the game-clinching defensive rebound with five seconds left.

Blye recorded a team-high 25 points and 12 rebounds for the Rams, who went to overtime for the second straight game. Freshman forward Tori Arnao (Newtown, Pa./Archbishop Wood) also posted a double-double with 15 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Arnao is sixth in Division II in rebounding.

Sophomore guard Monica Schacker (Doylestown, Pa./Germantown Academy) netted 17 points.

Concordia's Krystina Agard netted a game-high 26 points and 10 rebounds, while Mariah Berry scored 22 points.

After trailing throughout the first half, the Rams took their first lead of the contest with 18:08 left in the second half on an Arnao lay-up that made the score 41-40.

The Clippers' response to the lay-up was an 8-0 run, led by four points from Berry,  that gave Concordia its largest lead of the game at 48-40.

A pair of Jacobs free throws with 14:28 of the clock sparked 16-5 run that put Philadelphia ahead 59-55. Arnao scored six of Philadelphia's 16 points.

Schacker knocked down a pair of three-pointers to turn a three-point deficit into a 70-67 lead with 35 seconds to play.

Agard sent the game to overtime tied at 72 by converting a three-point play with 20 seconds left in regulation.

Philadelphia shot 42.5 percent (31-of-73) from the field and 72.7 percent (16-of-22) at the free throw line. Concordia connected on 46.3 percent (31-of-67) of its shots and 76.7 percent (11-of-14) of its free throws. The Rams won the rebounding battle 44-35.

The Rams travel to Goldey-Beacom for a CACC southern division battle Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m.