CENTER VALLEY (PA) – Senior guard and preseason All-American LeighAnn Burke set school records with 10 three-pointers and 46 points as the 24th-ranked Bulldogs downed Delaware Valley College, 86-70, in a Freedom Conference game.

DeSales improved to 20-4 overall and 14-1 in the Freedom. The loss officially eliminated the Aggies from playoff contention as they fell to 11-13 overall and 5-10 in conference action.

Delaware Valley, which was without the services of three players due to injury - including two who started at some point during the season - jumped out to a quick 7-3 lead in the opening three minutes of the contest. Kim Vennera, the Freedom's leading scorer (20.2 avg) who burned DeSales for a school-record 43 points earlier in the season, notched six of the seven points to start the contest.

Burke hit a pair of treys to ignite an 11-0 run that gave the Bulldogs the lead for good at 14-7, with 15:12 remaining. She finished with 14 points in the half as DeSales led by as many as 15 in the stanza and took a 41-28 advantage into the locker room.

The Aggies kept fighting and used a 12-5 run, including four by Vennera, to open the second half and pull to within six, 46-40. Later in the half, the Bulldogs' lead went back to double digits, but back came Delaware Valley as Rochelle Teesdale scored six points in an 8-0 run to make it a two-point game, 54-52, with 11:43 remaining.

However, Burke scored 11 points as part of 16-6 DeSales run that gave the home team a 70-58 advantage with 6:18 remaining. The Aggies never got closer than 11 points the rest of the way.

Burke finished 15-for-30 from the field, including a 10-for-15 effort from beyond the arc. She also hit six of eight free throw attempts to break her own school record of 37 points. Burke also notched nine rebounds and five assists in the contest. Megan Bedard added 13 points in the win.

Vennera poured in 19 points, leaving the junior just 16 shy of becoming the 11th play in Delaware Valley women's basketball history to reach the 1,000-point plateau in a career. She will have a chance to reach the milestone in Saturday's season finale when the Aggies host Misericordia University. Vennera also had 12 rebounds and three assists in the game.

Brittney Zimmerman finished 15 points, eight assists and five rebounds while Mandi Wilson scored 14 points. Teesdale finished with nine points and five rebounds in the loss.