Penn College’s late lead against St. Elizabeth slipped away in a 51-46 non-conference women’s basketball final Wednesday evening. The Wildcats fell to 9-3, the Eagles moved to 5-4.

Entering the fourth quarter with a 42-40 PCT lead, St. John Neumann graduate Gigi Parlante’s jumper with seven minutes to play was the final time the Wildcats held a lead as St. Elizabeth closed with a 9-2 run over the final minutes. The Wildcats went just 1-for-11 in the run when Kayla Herzer’s layup to get the Wildcats within one, 47-46, and briefly halted the Eagles momentum with 1:33 on the clock.

St. Elizabeth started the night on a 5-0 run before Parlante’s first bucket put the Wildcats on the board and start an 8-3 run to tie the score at 8-8. Parlante continued her hot start with 12 points in the opening quarter to give the Wildcats a 16-14 lead in the opening quarter.

Parlante grabbed her tenth rebound to secure her third-straight double-double and dished out an assist to Breana Valentine for two with eight minutes to play in the second quarter before the two sides settled for a 28-28 tie at the break.

Parlante finished with 16 points and 18 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a steal as the lone Wildcat to reach double figure scoring. Herzer nearly posted her own double-double with nine points and eight boards. RaeAnna Andreas finished with seven points while Valentine and Mia Patterson both scored six.

The Wildcats wrap up their nonconference schedule at Centenary on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 1 p.m.

St. Elizabeth 51, Penn College 46

ST. ELIZABETH (5-4)

Mya Davis 7-13 0-0 18, Ahjionae Cobb 6-17 1-3 13, Yasminah White 2-14 0-1 5, Jasmine Pierce 2-6 0-0 5, Myshiah McQueen 1-4 0-0 3, Elyssa Russo 3-7 0-2 7, Jakayla Jenkins 0-2 0-0 0, Nacheca Joseph 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-64 1-6 51.

PENN COLLEGE (9-3)

Gigi Parlante 7-17 2-2 16, Breana Valentine 3-14 0-0 6, Mia Patterson 3-8 0-0 6, Hailey Theuret 1-4 0-2 2, Kenni Galbreath 0-3 0-0 0, Kayla Herzer 4-7 1-2 9, RaeAnna Andreas 3-8 0-0 7. Totals 21-61 3-6 46.

St. Elizabeth 14 14 9 14 — 51

Penn College 16 12 14 4 — 46

3-point goals: SE 8-26 (Davis 4-9, White 1-6, Pierce 1-2, Mcqueen 1-2, Russo 1-5), PCT 1-8 (Andreas 1-3, Herzer 0-1, Galbreath 0-1, Valentine 0-1, Theuret 0-2). Fouled out: SE-none; PCT-none. Rebounds: SE 37 (Pierce 10), PCT 44 (Parlante 18). Assists: SE 15 (Russo 4, White 4, Cobb 4), PCT 14 (Parlante 4, Valentine 4). Total fuls: SE 11, PCT 9. Technical fouls: SE-none; PCT-none. A: 126.