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ELMIRA, N.Y. -- Penn College women's basketball opened its season with a 72-56 nonconference victory at Elmira on Wednesday evening. The Wildcats scored 24 points off 22 Elmira turnovers and finished with a 48-18 advantage in points in the paint. The Wildcats are 1-0 overall. Elmira dropped to 0-3 overall.
Penn College broke a 15-15 tie late in the first quarter with eight straight points, getting baskets from Kayla Herzer, Gigi Parlante and Breana Valentine to close the quarter. The Wildcats scored 18 points in the paint and turned five Elmira turnovers into 10 points to lead 23-15 after the first quarter.
After Breana Valentine's opening layup at 9:44 in the second quarter, the Wildcats and Soaring Eagles went through a scoreless drought until back-to-back Elmira layups and a Valentine layup at 4:32 gave the Wildcats a 27-22 lead. Penn College picked up the pace with baskets from RaeAnna Andreas, Vivian Draper and Parlante to rebuild its lead. Andreas added a jumper with 22 seconds left, to send the Wildcats into halftime ahead 36-29.
Penn College matched Elmira 18-18 in the third quarter, using 12 points in the paint and a 9-6 rebounding edge to protect its advantage. Valentine scored five Wildcats points during the middle of the quarter, and Kayla Herzer's tip-in later pushed the score to 54-42. Elmira closed with the final five points, but the Wildcats entered the fourth quarter ahead 54-47.
The Wildcats put away the game in the fourth quarter by going 10-for-12 at the free-throw line, and holding Elmira to nine points. Andreas, Herzer, Valentine, Madi Casselbury and Parlante all scored in the quarter as PCT finished off the 72-56 win.
Parlante, a St. John Neumann graduate, scored a team-high 20 points and collected nine rebounds while adding three steals. Valentine finished with 19 points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals. Andreas added 12 points, five rebounds and three steals. Herzer scored 10 points on 4-for-8 shooting and grabbed four rebounds. Casselbury and Draper netted their first career points as Casselbury finished with six points and Draper had two.
Lauren Miller scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers to lead Elmira's offense. Emma Ryan finished with 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals.
PENN COLLEGE (1-0)
Gigi Parlante 7-12 5-6 20, Breana Valentine 8-13 3-4 19, RaeAnna Andreas 5-9 2-2 12, Kayla Herzer 4-8 2-2 10, Hailey Theuret 1-5 0-0 3, Madi Casselbury 2-5 2-3 6, Vivian Draper 1-1 0-0 2, Kenni Galbreath 0-2 0-0 0, Shamiya Roberts 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-55 14-17 72.
ELMIRA (0-3)
Lauren Miller 6-14 0-0 17, Emma Ryan 6-17 0-0 14, Hannah Nichols 3-5 3-4 11, Haley Mosch 1-4 0-0 3, Sophia Ward 1-4 0-0 2, Aynsley Belcher 3-4 0-0 6, Gianna Savoca 1-6 0-0 3, Kylie Hook 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-54 3-4 56.
Penn College 23 13 18 18 -- 72
Elmira 15 14 18 9 -- 56
3-point goals: PCT 2-10 (Parlante 1-1, Theuret 1-4, Valentine 0-1, Galbreath 0-2, Andreas 0-2), Elmira 11-28 (Miller 5-9, Ryan 2-6, NIchols 2-3, Mosch 1-3, Savoca 1-6, Ward 0-1). Fouled out: PCT-none; Elmira-none. Rebounds: PCT 28 (Parlante 9), Elmira 24 (Belcher 6, Mosch 6, Ryan 6). Assists: PCT 11 (Valentine 6), Elmira 19 (Ward 5). Technical fouls: PCT-none; Elmira-none. Total fouls: PCT 7, Elmira 18. A: 110.