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Samiaya Salley Awarded to All-ACAA Second Team

Samiaya Salley Awarded to All-ACAA Second Team

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (March 2, 2020) – An incredible career for senior guard Samiaya Salley (Highland Falls, NY / James I. O'Neill) was met with more honors, as Salley was named to the All-ACAA Second Team. Salley completed her senior season leading the team in scoring with 13.9 ppg. including five 20-point games.

Under first-year head coach Lauren McRoberts, the Broncos overcame a slow 1-11 start by going 6-6 in the second half of the season. One of Salley's finest performances resulted in one of Delhi's biggest wins of the year at ACAA-foe Valley Forge on Feb. 15. Trailing, 70-66, with under ten seconds remaining, Salley hit a turnaround three to cut things to one with 6.4 seconds left. After putting the Patriots on the line and two UVF free throws making it a three-point game, Salley connected on another turnaround three to send the game to overtime tied at 72-72. She added four points in overtime on her way to a season-best 25 points as the Broncos secured an 81-76 overtime win. Salley was named both USCAA and ACAA Player of the Week for her performance.

Salley finished her extraordinary career as a Bronco with 1,898 points and 199 career 3-pointers. She was the second player in school history to reach 1,000 points as a sophomore, and is SUNY Delhi's all-time career leading scorer. The native of Highland Falls, NY was a USCAA All-American her first two years, being named an Honorable Mention as a freshman and to the First Team as a sophomore. She averaged 23.8 ppg. and 713 total points that second season in 2017-18, earning the ACAA's Player of the Year and a nod to the First Team, as well as SUNY Delhi's Female Student-Athlete of the Year.