Penn College women’s basketball team remained unbeaten and improved to 3-0 following a 66-38 victory over Penn State Mont Alto in a non-conference women’s basketball game Tuesday. The Nittany Lions fell to 0-2.

The Wildcats pulled away from a one-possession game midway through the first quarter with an 8-2 run to lead 15-8 on Gigi Parlante’s layup with 2:19 left in the opener and led 17-10 at the end of the period. Penn College used an 18-0 run to open the second quarter and led 37-10 on Breana Valentine’s trey with 5:13 left in the second, en route to a 42-14 halftime lead.

Penn College outscore Mont Alto, 15-13, in the third, while the Lions outpaced PCT, 11-19, in the fourth.

Valentine scored a game-high 18 points for Penn College and grabbed a team-best six rebounds. Parlante, a St. John Neumann graduate, and Lexi Troup both finished with 11 points, while Parlante pulled six boards, and Kenni Galbreath dished out a game-high five assists.

The Wildcats return to action Saturday, 2 p.m., at Pitt-Bradford.

Penn College 66, PSU Mont Alto 38

PSU MONT ALOT (0-2)

Dariana Perez 6-16 4–7 17; Victoria Kalp 5-8 0-0 10; Shanez Morales 2-4 0-0 4; Brooklyn Merryman 1-3 0-0 2; Daijah Wallace 1-7 0-0 2; Amelia Fouch 1-7 0-0 3; Makayla Bary-Robins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-45 4-7 38.

PENN COLLEGE (3-0)

Breana Valentine 8-11 0-0 18; Gigi Parlante 5-7 1-1 11; Lexi Troup 3-10 4-4 11; Mia Patterson 2-4 1-2 5; Kenni Galbreath 2-5 0-0 4; RaeAnna Andreas 2-5 0-0 6; Hailey Theuret 2-6 0-0 5; Emily Woolson 1-3 0-0 2; Kasey Weibley 1-2 0-0 2; Lily Reid 1-2 0-0 2; Kayla Herzer 0-2 0-0 0; Eliza Newcomer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-57 6-7 66.

PSU Mont Alto 10 4 13 11 — 38

Penn College 17 25 15 9 — 66

3-point goals: PSU MA 2-8 (Perez 1-2, Fouch 1-5, Wallace 0-1), PCT 6-17 (Valentine 2-4, Andreas 2-3, Troup 1-5, Theuret 1-3, Galbreath 0-2). Fouled out: PSU MA-none; PCT-none. Rebounds: PSU MA 23 (Moralez 7), PCT 32 (Valentine). Assists: PSU MA 8 (Kalp 2, Morales 2), PCT 19 (Galbreath 5). Technical fouls: PSU MA-none; PCT-none. Total fouls: PSU MA 7, PCT 13. A: 87.