PHILADELPHIA, PA. – The Georgian Court University women's basketball team ran out of steam as host-Philadelphia University rallied to a 83-75 victory over the Lions in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener for both teams Wednesday night in the Gallagher Center.

Philadelphia (2-0, 1-0 CACC) was down 48-43 at the intermission and 57-49 with 16:57 left in the contest, but the Rams were able to surmount the deficit and  pull out the victory. Philly outscored the Lions (0-3, 0-1 CACC) 11-1 over a 5:53 stretch to take a 60-59 lead—the team's first advantage since they led 4-3.

After Georgian Court trimmed Philadelphia's lead to one on an Ashiri Broadwater jumper, the Rams responded with six unanswered points to take a 76-69 lead with 3:05 to play.

Broadwater finished the game with a game-high 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Lions, the junior's second-straight double-double.  Four of Broadwater's points came during a brief 6-0 spurt that gave Georgian Court a game-high 11-point lead (36-25). Brittany Baker contributed a season-high 16 points, while Tahira Matthews had 10 points, her third-consecutive game with 10 or more points to commence the season.

Bria Young (So.-Philadelphia, Pa.), Najah Jacobs (Jr.-Philadelphia, Pa.), and Tori Arnao (So.-Newtown, Pa.) all scored 15 points in the Philly victory. Arnao grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds to complete her first double-double of the season.

Samatha Morris (Wenonah, N.J./Deptford) added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Philadelphia was 28-of-64 shooting (43.8 percent) from the field, and went 21-of-34 (61.8 percent) at the free throw line. Georgian Court shot 33-of-70 (47.1 percent) from the floor, and 8-of-19 (42.1 percent) from the charity stripe.

The Lions owned a 44-42 rebounding edge.

Georgian Court will hold its home opener Saturday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. in a non-conference contest vs. Mercy College.