LA PLUME — The Penn College women’s basketball team handled Keystone, 75-37, in a United East matchup Wednesday evening. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Wildcats and improved their record to 2-1 in the conference, 10-5 overall. The Giants fell to 2-2 UEC, 3-12 overall.

Penn College wasted no time gaining an early lead and never looked back as St. John Neumann graduate Gigi Parlante got the action started with a layup on the first possession. Breana Valentine scored the next four points and Loyalsock graduate Mia Patterson added a layup to give the Wildcats an 8-2 lead. Keystone would pull within one, 15-14 with 1:22 to go in the opening frame before a pair of Patterson free throws and a Lexi Troup bucket gave the Wildcats a 19-14 lead after one.

The Wildcats smothered the Giants in the middle quarters, limiting Keystone to just eight points in the second quarter and three in the third, while scoring 37 points on the other end to hold a 56-25 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.

Parlante secured her seventh double-double of the season with a game-high 27 points and 10 rebounds. Valentine filled her statline with eight points, nine rebounds, a season-high nine assists and six steals. Patterson (13) and Kayla Herzer (14) combined for 27 points as the bigs contributed to the Wildcats’ 44 points in the paint.

Penn College finished the night shooting 45% (29 for 64) and limited the Giants to just 26% (13 for 51).

Penn College returns home to host Wilson College on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Penn College 75, Keystone 37

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

Gigi Parlante 12-18 3-4 27, Mia Patterson 4-7 5-7 13, Breana Valentine 2-8 4-4 8, Kenni Galbreath 2-3 0-0 5, RaeAnna Andreas 0-5 0-0 0, Kayla Herzer 6-9 2-3 14, Lexi Troup 2-11 2-2 6, Kasey Weibley 1-1 0-0 2, Emily Woolson 0-1 0-0 0, Lily Reid 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-64 16-20 75.

KEYSTONE (3-12, 2-2 UE)

Angelise Sanchez 3-6 0-2 9, Hailee Hackett 2-6 1-3 6, Krista Cortazar 2-9 0-0 5, Phaneirra Barnett 2-10 0-0 4, Tayana Bibbins 1-1 1-2 4, Daphney Cadichon 2-8 0-0 6, Alex Roos-Farmer 1-7 0-0 3, Jayda Price 0-2 0-0 0, Josie Evans-Grant 0-1 0-0 0, Clarissa Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Desiree Stamps 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 13-51 2-7 37.

Penn College 19 20 17 19 — 75

Keystone 14 8 3 12 — 37

3-point goals: PCT 1-8 (Galbreath 1-2, Troup 0-3, Andreas 0-1), Keystone 9-28 (Sanchez 3-5, Cadichon 2-4, Roos-Farmer 1-6, Bibbins 1-1, Cortaar 1-7, Hackett 1-3, Price 0-1, Stamps 0-1). Fouled out: PCT-none; Keystone-none. Rebounds: PCT 47 (Troup 10, Parlante 10), Keystone 28 (Sanchez 5, Barnett 5). Assists: PCT 19 (Valentine 9), Keystone 11 (Hackett 5). Technical fouls: PCT-none; Keystone-none. Total fouls: PCT 6, Keystone 12. A: 60.