Penn College dropped a 58-45 decision against Muhlenberg in a non-conference men’s basketball game Wednesday. The Wildcats fell to 0-3, while the Mules improved to 1-1.

Owen Newcomer’s layup to start the game were the only points scored for nearly five minutes to start the contest. Jay Henry tied the game at 8, with 10:27 left before the break, and Colby Bost gave PCT its largest lead, 12-8, three minutes later before the Mules ended the half with a 10-5 run to lead 22-17 at halftime.

Penn College pulled within two, 26-24, on a Landon Reeder jumper with 18:13 left in the game before Muhlenberg used an 11-2 run to take a double-digit advantage and never looked back.

Newcomer led the Wildcats with 13 points and Henry finished with 10, while Brian Rivera finished with a team-best seven rebounds.

Penn College returns action Saturday, 1 p.m., at Keuka College.

Muhlenberg 58, Penn College 45

MUHLENBERG (1-1)

P. Stanton-Shepherd 6-12 -0 15; Jack Woodard 4-10 2-2 11; Drew Buck 4-7 0-0 10; Matt Lee 1-5 0-0 3; Drew Greene 1-6 0-0 2; Liam Gorman 3-9 2-2 11; Elias Sherman-Murphy 1-3 0-1 2; Brendan Luddy 1-6 0-0 2; Colin Boyle 1-1 0-2 2; Gavin D’Iorio 0-4 0-0 0; Nathan Comerford 0-1 0-2 0; Gianpiero Arnone 0-0 0-0 0; Connor Patackis 0-1 0-0 0; Antonie Vandewiele 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-65 4-9 58.

PENN COLLEGE (0-3)

Owen Newcomer 5-8 0-0 13; Jay Henry 3-11 3-5 10; Landon Reeder 1-5 1-2 3; Kendall Bratten 1-1 0-0 2; Kris Hayes 0-3 0-1 0; Ethan Roman 2-6 3-3 7; Brian Rivera 1-8 2-3 4; Peyton Murphy 1-4 0-0 2; Jenssyn Shuey 1-3 0-0 2; Colby Bost 1-1 0-0 2; Neyshawn Mabry 0-0 0-0 0; Rylan Price 0-0 0-0 0; Luke Staunch 0-0 0-0 0; Nazier Sanders 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-50 9-14 45.

Halftime: Muhlenberg 22-17. 3-point goals: Muhlenberg 10-41 (Gorman 3-7, Stanton-Shepherd 3-7, Buck 2-4, Woodard 1-7, Lee 1-5, Sherman-Murphy 0-1, Patackis 0-1, D’Iorio 0-3, Luddy 0-4, Greene 0-2), PCT 4-18 (Newcomer 3-6, Henry 1-2, Reeder 0-1, Roman 0-1, Shuey 0-2, Murphy 0-2, Rivera 0-4). Fouled out: Muhlenberg-none; PCT-none. Rebounds: Muhlenberg 42 (Stanton-Shepherd 12), PCT 32 (Rivera 7). Assists: Muhlenberg 15 (Greene 4, Stanton-Shpeherd 4), PCT 10 (Henry 3). Technical fouls: Muhlenberg-none; PCT-none. Total fouls: Muhlenberg 16, PCT 13. A: 97.