WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Cazenovia dealt Penn College an 80-61 defeat in a North Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball game Sunday. Cazenovia improved to 9-11, 7-5 NEAC, while Penn College fell to 3-17, 2-11.

Kevin Laurence-El paced PC with 17 points and Antony Griffin finished with 11.

James Boylan was honored prior to the game for Senior Day and finished with six points, three rebounds and four blocks.

Ryan Gavin netted a game-high 24 points for Cazenovia.

After three ties in the opening five minutes of the game, Cazenovia took a 16-11 lead with 13:26 on the clock before Penn College rallied to take a one point lead, 19-18, on a Nathaniel Brown layup with 12:02 left in the opening half. Following the fifth deadlock of the half, 24-24, with 9:24 to go before halftime, Penn College used a three from Brown and a layup by Boylan to lead 29-24 a minute later. Cazenovia exploded on an 18-2 scoring run, spanning six minutes, and took a 42-31 lead with 2:16 left in the first before leading 42-26 at halftime.

Penn College pulled within three early the second half, the latter coming on a Boylan layup with 14:58 left in the game to make it 46-43. Cazenovia answered with 12 straight points to lead 58-43 with 11:52 on the clock. Cazenovia led by as many 29 the remainder of the game and its lead never dipped below 15.

Penn College returns to action Saturday, 2 p.m. at Wells College.