Phoenixville, PA – The University of Valley Forge Women's Basketball team celebrated Carlee Conrad, Shania Walker, Kaitlyn Hess, and Alea Flowers on Saturday afternoon for Senior Day. Despite a fighting effort against conference foe SUNY-Delhi, the Broncos forced overtime with back-to-back three-pointers from Samiaya Salley. Delhi took full advantage of only four Patriot players on the court to walk away with an 81-76 victory.

Cayleen Conrad led Valley Forge in scoring with a new career-high 35 points, draining a career-high 8 three-pointers. Conrad had previously set her high earlier this season against the Ravens of Rosemont University with 30 points. Amaya Brown had her fourth consecutive double-digit contest with 16 points, while leading the Patriots with 9 assists and adding 6 steals to the stat sheet. Brown was followed by Carlee Conrad who notched 15 points, 7 boards, 6 assists and 6 steals for her Senior Day.

"We left everything we had on the court and then some," Gretchen LeVan added. "We truly understand how to dig deeper with the way this season has been going for us. These girls never give up. I am so proud of our seniors and what they represent on the floor for our program. Cayleen certainly put on a show in the statistics column, but it was such as team effort out there."

SUNY-Delhi opened the contest with a quick three-ball and layup to hold a 5-0 lead. Cayleen Conrad responded for Valley Forge with 8 straight points to take the 8-7 advantage. The Patriots outscored the Broncos 19-14 in the first-quarter.

The Broncos fought their way back from a 5-point deficit to take a 3-point lead with 4:09 remaining in the second stanza. Both teams would trade the lead a few times before Delhi hit a jump shot to enter half-time with a 2-point benefit.

The contest was close as the Patriots outscored the Broncos 18-14 to gather back a 2-point lead heading into the fourth-quarter.

Valley Forge worked an 8-point lead half-way through the fourth until the Broncos slowly made a comeback. With less than a minute on the clock, the Patriots held a 4-point lead after a pair of free-throws from Amaya Brown. Delhi took a timeout to advance the rock to half-court, nailing a three-ball to go within 1-point. With 9 seconds remaining, Brown was sent to the stripe where she drained both. Down 3 points, Delhi took another timeout to advance the ball to hit another three-pointer, sending the game into overtime.

The Broncos started out hot in OT, eventually taking a 4-point lead with 1:15 left. Carlee Conrad drove into the defense for an aggressive layup to come within two but the Broncos defense stood tall, not allowing the Patriots to score again, and taking the 5-point win.

As a team, Valley Forge shot 28-91 from the field (30.8%), 10-42 from behind the arc (23.8%), and 10-18 from the charity stripe (55.6%). The Patriots scored 41 points off of 34 Bronco turnovers.

The Patriots will compete on the road at Wilson College on Monday, February 17^th at 5 p.m.