With 43.7 seconds remaining in yesterday's women's basketball game, Charity Renfro and Amanda Brown locked eyes through the tears. The two shared the moment -- their last on the Bryce Jordan Center's court -- before a pair of free throws, standing across the lane from each other.

The band started singing and clapping to the Penn State fight song just before Renfro and Brown were subbed out of the game. They sobbed as they waved to the crowd, which gave them a standing ovation.

They were the center of attention most of the day yesterday, their Senior Day.

Truth is, they probably would've been the center of attention even if it wasn't Senior Day.

Brown led the Penn State women's basketball team (14-15, 7-9 Big Ten) with 20 points and 10 rebounds, her 13th double-double of the season, in the win over Indiana (17-12, 6-10). And Renfro, who is not usually relied upon for her scoring ability, had 10 points and eight rebounds. She was her usually pesky self in the paint, too.

"I thought your seniors played fantastic for you guys," Indiana head coach Felisha Legette-Jack said. "What a way to remember those two."

For Brown, yesterday was the final stop in a long, up-and-down Penn State career. She was a member of 2003-04 Lady Lions team that reached the Elite Eight, which was led by Kelly Mazzante. Brown was admittedly quiet, a shy player.

But she's grown and developed into a different player. She's a leader now. And she's had to do it, for the past two seasons, on losing teams.

"I think that I've learned a lot, as far as leadership-wise," Brown said. "And I've gotten so many opportunities from this program. That's what make it so much more emotional to think what I've been through the past four years."

Brown has scored 1,207 points in her career and the conference's coaches named her second-team All-Big Ten last year.

"You dream of players like Amanda, that's kinda self-motivated and give it to your team on a daily basis," Legette-Jack said. "She's going to be sorely missed in this conference."

Conversely, Renfro has had an abrupt Penn State career. She transferred to Penn State from Yavapai (Ariz.) Community College last year and has jokingly referred to herself as a sophomore. But Penn State head coach Rene Portland said she wished she'd known about Renfro two years earlier.

Unlike Brown, Renfro hasn't been asked to carry an offensive load. Renfro is counted on defensively, to help with put-backs, screens and rebounding.

"She has such maturity and such maturity for this team to recognize her role," Legette-Jack said. "She may not understand the magnitude of her existence here. It's called humility. And she has an extra dose of it and you can't teach that. Kids don't usually have that anymore -- she has it."

Players and coaches say that what Renfro brings off the court -- her carefree goofiness -- is just as valuable as what she does on it.

And it's everything away from the gym, Brown said, that she'll miss most.

"It's definitely not so much about the wins and losses," Brown said. "I think more than anything I'll remember teammates and my coaches and the good times we had together, because that's just so special."