ALLENTOWN — Penn College completed a three-quarter comeback to earn a 55-52 victory at Cedar Crest in a United East women’s basketball tilt Wednesday night. The Wildcats picked up their seventh conference victory (7-2 United East), 15-6 overall while the Falcons dropped to 5-4 United East, 12-8 overall.

Kayla Herzer provided the spark down the stretch in the fourth with six-straight points to tie the game at 50-50 and score the go-ahead bucket with 1:37 left to lead 52-51 before St. John Neumann graduate Gigi Parlante and Lex Troup closed out the game with the final three points.

Herzer recorded her second double-double of the season with 10 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Breana Valentine finished with a team-high 13 points while Troup (11) and RaeAnna Andreas (10) also finished in double-digits for the Wildcats. Valentine als led the Wildcats with four assists and three steals.

Cedar Crest opened the game with a 19-11 lead after the first quarter before the Wildcats outscored the Falcons in the next three periods.

Valentine and Andreas both scored five points to lead the Wildcats on a 10-2 run in the second quarter to tie the game at 21-21 with four minutes left in the first half. Andreas gave PCT a brief lead with a fastbreak layup a minute later before Cedar Crest took a 29-23 lead at halftime.

The Falcons maintained momentum in the third to gain a double-digit lead before the Wildcats stormed back with a 12-0 run to regain a 38-37 lead on a Troup layup with 1:40 remaining in the third quarter.

Penn College remains on the road to take on Penn State Brandywine at 3 p.m., on Saturday.

Penn College 55, Cedar Crest 52

PENN COLLEGE (15-5, 7-1 UE)

Breana Valentine 6-18 0-0 13, RaeAnna Andreas 4-10 0-0 10, Mia Patterson 2-8 1-2 5, Kenni Galbreath 1-2 1-1 3, Gigi Parlante 0-10 3-4 3, Lexi Troup 4-7 1-2 11, Kayla Herzer 5-11 0-0 10. Totals 22-65 6-9 55.

CEDAR CREST (12-8, 5-4 UE)

Samora Merchat 6-18 4-9 16, Ella Bincarosky 5-14 2-2 16, Analyse Rios 4-16 1-2 9, Ginger Kerdock 2-5 0-0 4, Weronika Swojak 2-9 0-0 4, Gabrielle Moore 1-2 0-0 3, Mega Perrine 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-65 7-13 52.

Penn College 11 12 15 17 — 55

Cedar Crest 19 10 14 9 — 52

3-point goals: PCT 5-16 (Andreas 2-5, Troup 2-3, Valentine 1-7, Galbreath 0-1), CC 5-14 (Bincarosky 4-9, Moore 1-2, Rios 0-1). Fouled out: PCT-none; CC-none. Rebounds: PCT 4 (Herzer 17), CC 47 (Merchant 17, Swojak 10). Assists: PCT 11 (Valentine 4), CC 9 (Kerdock 4). Technical fouls: PCT-none; CC-none. Total fouls: PCT 10, 11.