With a 92-60 win over Gallaudet University Tuesday, the Wildcats nailed down what will be their first-ever playoff appearance as a member of the North Eastern Athletic Conference and their first postseason contest since 2010-11 when they finished second in the Penn State University Athletic Conference. The victory also gave them their first seven-win season since 2016-17.
 
Penn College, which finished third in the NEAC South Division with a 5-5 record, will travel to second-seeded Lancaster Bible College (12-13 overall, 7-3 South) for a 7 p.m. game Tuesday while in the North Division, No. 3 Morrisville State College (15-10 overall, 8-2 North) will host Cazenovia College (10-15 overall, 5-5 North), also Tuesday.

A live stream of the game can be found here.
 
Penn State Harrisburg, the South's top seed (18-7 overall, 9-1 South), and SUNY Poly, the North's top seed (16-9 overall, 8-2 North), received first-round byes with PS Harrisburg, the No. 1 overall seed, hosting the Final Four Friday and Saturday. Poly will play the Penn College/Lancaster Bible winner at 6 p.m. Friday and PS Harrisburg will face the Morrisville State/Cazenovia winner at 8 p.m. Friday. The championship game is set for 2 p.m. Saturday.
 
During the regular season, Lancaster Bible beat Penn College twice, by scores of 85-63 in Lancaster Jan. 29 and 71-52 in Williamsport Feb. 12.
 
"I am very proud of this team for their effort, sacrifice and commitment to the program this season," second-year coach Geoff Hensley said. "We have a special group of young men who have spent countless hours in the classroom and the gym to elevate this basketball program.
 
"We took some early-season bumps in the road, which was expected with a brand-new team, but they stayed the course and stuck together to become very good basketball team. We, as a team, knew we had something special, and we really saw it take place as the team came together in early January to start the second half of the season where we really hit our stride in conference play. Even though we had some tough conference losses, we were battling with the best teams in the conference but just came up a basket or two short in the final minutes."
 
Commenting on keys to reaching the postseason, Hensley continued,  "Advancing to the playoffs this year is a huge milestone for our program. Our seniors have been through a lot during their time here and it's great to see their commitment to the program pay off. 
 
"Ben Sosa has been a dominant player and leader for our team this year. He really has stepped up on and off the court, which has led to a lot of our team success. Elijah Vazquez, Carson Garvis and Ryan Lockman have made significant impacts on this program and their legacies will carry on for years after they graduate. Trey McCullough, of Stuart, Florida, and Frank Tuason, of Tuckahoe, New York, may not have shown up in the box score as much as the others, but their contributions in daily practices and game energy is just as important as the rest.
 
"The support from the Penn College administration, faculty and staff, students and community has been phenomenal this year. We appreciate everything and anything our Wildcat fans and families have done to help our team."
 
Looking ahead to Tuesday, the coach added, "This has been a great season and we have every intention to keep playing as long as possible. Lancaster Bible College is a very good team that has had a tremendous amount of program success for a very long time. They will be a tough test but we are excited for the opportunity to continue our season and we are more than ready for this opportunity."
 
Final NEAC South standings (through Sunday): Penn State Harrisburg 14-2, Lancaster Bible College 10-6, Penn College 5-11, Gallaudet University 5-11, Penn State Abington 7-9, Penn State Berks 2-14.
 
Final NEAC North standings (through Sunday): SUNY Poly 13-3, Morrisville State College 12-4, SUNY Cobleskill 10-6, Cazenovia College 8-8, Keuka College 6-10, Wells College 4-12.
 
Statistically speaking in the NEAC Top 20 (through Sunday):

• Lockman is No. 1, hitting 68.1% of his field goal attempts.
• Sosa is 6^th in scoring with 424 points; 7^th, averaging 17 points per game; 8th, with 7.7 rebounds per game; and 10^th, hitting 50.5% of his field goal attempts.
• Vazquez is 6^th in 3-point shooting percentage at 40.9; tied for 12^th in scoring with 352 points; tied for 13^th, averaging 14.1 points per game; and tied for 16^th, averaging 2.6 assists per game;
• Garvis is 9^th, with 7 rebounds per game; tied for 15^th, hitting 37.4% of his 3-point shots; 16^th, hitting 48.5% of his field goal attempts; 18^th in scoring with 294 points; and tied for 19^th, averaging 11.8 points per game.