Penn College knocked off Gallaudet, 66-59, in a United East women’s basketball game Saturday. The Wildcats stayed unbeaten in the United East at 2-0, and improved to 3-6 overall, while the Bison fell to 1-1, 3-7.

Trailing 9-2, with 5:47 left in the opening quarter, Penn College used an 11-4 run to tie the game at 13 on Lexi Troup’s three with 1:31 on the clock. The Bison responded with a 4-0 spurt to lead 17-13 at the end of the quarter. PCT used an 11-5 run to open the second and took at 24-22 advantage following five straight points by Gigi Parlante with 2:58 left before the break.

After GU pulled within two, 26-24, with 25 seconds remaining, Kayleigh Miller’s putback as time expired gave PCT a 28-24 lead at halftime.

Penn College took its largest lead of the game, 36-24, on a Troup layup with 7:21 left in the third. Gallaudet rallied to get within six, 44-38, with 50 seconds left but buckets from Parlante and Rachel Teats in the final 14 seconds gave PCT a 48-40 lead at the end of the period.

The Bison got as close as four, 50-46, with 7:43 left in the game, but the Wildcats responded with a 10-3 run to lead 60-49 when Williamsport graduate Emily Pardee found Troup for a layup with 2:16 left. PCT went 6 of 6 from line in the final 45 seconds to ice the game.

Parlante, a St. John Neumann graduate, picked up her sixth double-double of the season with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. Pardee recorded her third career double-double with 12 points and a game-best 11 rebounds. Teats added 14 points, five assists, and seven boards, while Troup finished with 13 points.

Penn College returns to action Friday, 5 p.m., at Penn State Berks.

Penn College 66, Gallaudet 59

GALLAUDET (3-7, 1-1 UE)

Cam Lexow 5-10 1-2 15; Alexis Roberts 6-15 3-3 15; Rajena Guettler 4-8 2-2 10; Claire Tucker -7 0-0 0; Seanna Baird 0-5 0-0 0; Hannah Puent 4-9 2-2 10; Crystal Salit 2-5 1-1 5; Sophia Wascher 0-0 2-3 2; Olivia Brown 1-3 0-0 2; Mackenzie Schirg 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-62 11-13 59.

PENN COLLEGE (3-6, 2-0 UE)

Gigi Parlante 10-18 3-3 23; Rachel Teats 5-12 4-4 14; Lexi Troup 4-12 4-4 13; Emily Pardee 6-9 0-0 12; Kenni Galbreath 0-2 2-2 2; Kayleigh Miller 1-3 0-0 2; RaeAnna Andreas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-56 13-13 66.

Gallaudet 17 7 16 19 — 59

Penn College 13 15 20 18 — 66

3-point goals: Gallaudet 4-10 (Lexow 4-6, Tucker 0-1, Baird 0-1, Salit 0-2), PCT 1-7 (Troup 1-6, Miller 0-1). Fouled out: Gallaudet-none; PCT-none. Rebounds: Gallaudet 31 (Roberts 8, Guettler 8), PCT 35 (Pardee 11, Teats 10). Assists: Gallaudet 15 (Lexow 4, Guettler 4), PCT 21 (Teats 5, Galbreath 5). Technical fouls: Gallaudet-none; PCT-none. Total fouls: Gallaudet 15, PCT 11. A: 213.