Penn College knocked off Penn State Harrisburg, 67-54, in a United East women’s basketball contest on Saturday afternoon inside Bardo Gym. The win was the first for the Wildcats in the series in the NCAA-era (1-10) and improved their record to 5-1 in the conference, 13-5 overall. The Lions fell to 4-3 UEC, 5-13.

St. John Neumann graduate Gigi Parlante and Kayla Herzer both posted double-doubles as Parlante scored nine points in the second half to finish with 14 and 10 boards, Herzer posted a 10 and 10 day. Breana Valentine led all scorers with 21 points and dished out six assists, and Loyalsock graduate Mia Patterson also finished in double-digit scoring with 11 points to go along with eight rebounds and three steals.

A hot start from the jump gave the Wildcats all the momentum through 40 minutes. Patterson knocked down seven of the first nine points for the Wildcats and a RaeAnna Andreas layup at 4:42 gave Penn College an 11-5 lead. Herzer knocked down a pair of mid-range jumpers to give the Wildcats a 21-13 lead after the first quarter.

Kenni Galbreath nailed a three to start the second quarter and Patterson stretched the lead to 10 (26-16) with another bucket with seven minutes remaining in the first half.

Penn College never let its lead slip as the Wildcats held a 37-26 lead and kept the pace up through the second half.

The Wildcats limited Harrisburg to 33% shooting (19 for 57) and forced 19 turnovers

Penn College travels to Lancaster Bible for a 7 p.m. tip-off on Wednesday.

PSU HARRISBURG (5-13, 4-3 UE)

Lauren Moffatt 5-9 7-9 18, Mikayla Coleman 7-19 1-2 17, Akira Cho 3-9 0-0 9, Sam Shaak 1-3 0-0 2, Nicole Hernandez 0-2 0-0 0, Kennadi Johnson 1-2 0-0 3, Azaria Bryant Johnson 1-6 1-2 3, Allison Metzgar 1-4 0-0 2, Brookelynn Carr 0-3 0-0 0, JP Ferguson 0-0 0-0 0, Molli Hogbin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-57 9-13 54.

PENN COLLEGE (13-5, 5-1 UE)

Breana Valentine 8-13 5-6 21, Gigi Parlante 4-10 6-8 14 Mia Patterson 5-10 1-1 11, RaeAnna Andreas 2-9 0-0 4, Kenni Galbreath 1-6 0-0 3, Kayla Herzer 4-10 2-2 10, Lexi Troup 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 25-61 16-19 67.

PSU Harrisburg 13 13 13 15 — 54

Penn College 21 16 18 12 — 67

3-point goals: PSU H 7-18 (Cho 3-7, Coleman 2-5, Moffatt 1-2, Johnson 1-2, Metzgar 0-1, Hernandez 0-1), PCT 1-15 (Galbreath 1-6, Valentine 0-2, Troup 0-2, Andreas 0-5). Fouled out: PSU H-none; PCT-none. Rebounds: PSU H 32 (Moffatt 8), PCT 38 (Herzer 10, Parlante 10). Assists: PSU H 12 (Moffatt 5), PCT 19 (Valentine 6, Andreas 6). Technical fouls: PSU H-none; PCT-none. Total fouls: PSU H 18, PCT 13. A: 197.