Box Score Philadelphia, Pa.- The Georgian Court University women's basketball squad pulled off an upset for the ages Tuesday evening as the Lions traveled to Holy Family University and defeated the host-Tigers, 72-65, for the first time in program history!

Since joining the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) in 1999, HFU had won 35 straight over the Lions until tonight's miraculous triumph. GCU ends the 2016-17 campaign with a pair of signature divisional wins, also dropping defending-champion Philadelphia University last Thursday, 86-81.

Georgian Court (5-21, 3-16 CACC) edged the Tigers (8-19, 7-12 CACC) by a 16-14 margin after one period of action. With the score knotted at 20-20 with 4:48 remaining in the half, The Lions took off on an 11-2 run to take a sturdy 31-22 advantage with 1:08 left before intermission. Coming out of the locker room up 31-24, GCU was able to hold Holy Family at bay as the two teams battled to stalemates in both the third (13-13) and fourth (28-28) frames.

Holy Family did make things tense for the road warriors, erasing a 10-point GCU lead with a 17-9 charge to make the score 67-65 Lions with just 1:14 left. However, a 7-0 blanking over the remaining seconds kept the home team off the scoreboard and sealed the celebration for the victors.

"This was a great win for our team," shared a thrilled Jazz Perazic. "I think everyone is finally starting to understand how important they are. We are a better team when everyone steps up and embraces their role. There is no role too small and no part less important.  We are getting better and that's what we want to do every day.  We will continue to do things that are necessary, then we will start to do things that are possible until what some may consider impossible becomes a reality ... greatness is in all of us!"

GCU's super senior, Alliyah Berger, closed out her collegiate career with yet another gem as she supplied a game-best 21 points and 12 boards. Jada Atchison poured in 15 points while dishing six helpers. Jaelyn Tweedy drained 14 points, including four three-pointers.