MEDIA — Penn College cruised to an 86-66 win over Penn State Brandywine in a United East women’s basketball game Saturday. The Wildcats improved to 10-4 United East, 13-10 overall, while the Nittany Lions fell to 2-20, 1-13.

Penn College led the first quarter by as many as nine, 16-7, on a layup by Williamsport graduate Emily Pardee at the 3:41 mark before ending the quarter ahead, 18-11. After the Lions pulled with three, 25-22, with 4:56 left in the second, PCT exploded with a 16-5 run to lead 41-27 at halftime.

The Wildcats led by double-digits the remainder of the game.

The Wildcats featured five players in double-figures in its highest offensive output of the season. St. John Neumann graduate Gigi Parlante finished with a game-high 23 points and a game-best 15 rebounds for her 14th double-double of the season. Lexi Troup added 15, Emily Pardee and Kayleigh Miller both finished with 12, and RaeAnna Andrea scored a career-high 10 points.

Penn College returns to action Tuesday, 5 p.m., hosting Rosemont College.

Penn College 86, PSU Brandywine 66

PENN COLLEGE (13-10, 10-4 UE)

Gigi Parlante 9-19 5-7 23; Lexi Troup 6-10 0-0 15; Emily Pardee 5-8 2-2 12; Kayleigh Miller 5-10 0-0 12; Rachel Teats 3-10 0-0 7; RaeAnna Andreas 3-7 3-4 10; Mia Patterson 1-9 1-4 3; Emily Woolson 1-2 0-0 2; Kayla Herzer 0-0 2-2 2; Brooke Kopinetz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-76 13-19 86.

PSU BRANDYWINE (2-20, 1-13 UE)

Anaiyah Allen 6-13 4-5 18; Kiara Koger 6-9 3-4 15; Sierra Diawara 5-19 1-1 13; Trinell Watson 5-9 2-2 12; Jazmyn Kemp 1-2 0-0 2; Taylor Mims 2-4 0-0 4; Raelyn Loper 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 25-57 12-14 66.

Penn College 18 23 24 21 — 86

PSU Brandywine 11 16 12 27 — 66

3-point goals: PCT 7-21 (Troup 3-6, Miller 2-5, Teats 1-3, Andreas 1-3, Woolson 0-1, Kopinetz 0-1, Patterson 0-2), PSU B 4-19 (Allen 2-6, Diawara 2-11, Mims 0-1, Watson 0-1). Fouled out: PCT-none; PSU B-Allen, Kemp. Rebounds: PCT 53 (Parlante 15), PSU B 27 (Koger 9). Assists: CPT 18 (Teats 7), PSU B 9 (Allen 3, Koger 3). Technical fouls: PCT-none; PSU B-none. Total fouls: PCT 17, PSU B 21. A: 75.