Penn College pulled away with a strong second half to earn a 74-49 United East Conference women’s basketball victory Saturday afternoon inside Bardo Gym against Wilson. The Wildcats improved to 3-1 in the conference, 11-5 overall, while the Phoenix dropped to 2-2 UEC, 7-7 overall.

The Wildcats outscored Wilson, 45-18 over the final two quarters to pull away from the Phoenix team that led, 31-29 at the half.

Penn College got St. John Neumann graduate Gigi Parlante going early in the game as she scored the Wildcats’ first eight points to lead 8-6. Kayla Herzer scored six and Loyalsock graduate Mia Patterson had three to give the Wildcats an 18-10 lead after the first quarter.

Wilson responded by outscoring the Wildcats, 21-11 to take a lead heading into the halftime break.

Patterson opened the third frame with a layup, followed by RaeAnna Andreas and Parlante to knot the game at 35-35. Later in the third, Lexi Troup nailed a triple to give Penn College a 42-35 lead with 3:47 to play and Patterson put the Wildcats up 10 (48-38) just before the horn to end the third quarter.

Troup and Kenni Galbreath paced the fourth quarter offense with eight points each as the Wildcats maintained their lead.

Patterson led the offense with 15 points including 7 for 11 from the charity stripe. She also added a team-high six assists, four steals and two blocks. Parlante was a rebound shy of another double-double, finishing with 12 points and nine boards while coming away with a team-high five steals. Troup joined Parlante and Patterson in double digits with 13 points.

The Wildcats forced 37 turnovers and held Wilson to just 35% shooting (16-46) in the win.

Penn College heads to Penn State Berks for a 7 p.m., tip-off on Tuesday.

Penn College 74, Wilson 49

WILSON (7-6, 2-1 UE)

Leah Laubach 6-14 1-2 14, Chelcie Forrester 4-8 3-4 11, Jewels Torres 2-7 3-6 8, M. Caldwell-Degnon 2-5 2-4 7, Lae Black 0-7 2-4 2, Becca Cordell 1-2 2-2 4, Isabelle Campbell 1-1 0-0 2, Chloe Irving 0-2 1-2 1, Kayla Shephard 0-0 0-0 0, Aniya Gonzalez 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-46 14-24 49.

PENN COLLEGE (10-5, 2-1 UE)

Mia Patterson 4-13 7-11 15, Gigi Parlante 4-6 4-5 12, RaeAnna Andreas 4-11 1-2 9, Kenni Galbreath 2-6 3-3 8, Breana Valentine 3-13 1-2 7, Lexi Troup 4-16 2-2 13, Kayla Herzer 4-10 0-0 8, Emily Woolson 1-1 0-0 2, Hailey Theuret 0-1 0-0 0, Kasey Weibley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-77 18-25 74.

Wilson 10 21 7 11 — 49

Penn College 18 11 19 26 — 74

3-point goals: WIlson 3-17 (Laubach 1-5, Torres 1-2, Caldwell-Degnon 1-3, Cordell 0-1, Irving 0-2, Black 0-4), PCT 4-23 (Troup 3-11, Galbreath 1-4, Theuret 0-1, Valentine 0-4, Andreas 0-3). Fouled out: Wilson-none; PCT-none. Rebounds: Wilson 37 (Forrester 14), PCT 43 (Parlante 9). Assists: Wilson 13 (Black 4), PCT 19 (Patterson 6). Technical fouls: WIlson-none; PCT-none. Total fouls: Wilson 17, PCT 18. A: 143.