PAC honors men's basketball all-conference teams, award winners

PAC honors men's basketball all-conference teams, award winners

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GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org) -- The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) announced its 2019-20 All-PAC Men’s Basketball teams and yearly award winners Tuesday.

The all-conference teams, as well as the PAC's yearly award winners, are determined, by vote, of the league’s nine head coaches.

Westminster College senior guard Dylan O'Hara (Girard, Ohio | Girard) collected PAC Player of the Year honors. He is the second Westminster player to win the award (Ryne Murray, 2008-09). 

Chatham University first-year guard Marcos Cintron (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) was named the PAC Newcomer of the Year. The PAC had not awarded a freshman/newcomer award since the 2004-05 season. 

Grove City College 22nd-year head coach Steve Lamie was selected as the PAC Coach of the Year. It is his fifth coach of the year citation (2015-16, 2009-10, 2003-04, 1998-99).  

O'Hara currently leads the PAC scoring, averaging 18.8 points per game. He is also leading the league in free throw percentage (.874). O'Hara ranks fourth in both steals (48) and made three-point field goals (52) and 10th in field goal percentage (.470). He posted a career-high 36 points in Westminster’s win over Geneva College on Feb. 12, which was the highest single-game scoring effort by a Westminster player in seven years.

In 22 games this season O'Hara totaled 11 20-point games and a pair of 30-point scoring efforts. In 12 league games O'Hara averaged 19.7 points per game this season.  

O'Hara, an early childhood education/special education major, was named to the Academic All-District Men's Basketball First Team, selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), on Feb. 20. He was the lone player selected to represent the PAC.

Cintron appeared in all 27 games for Chatham this season, earning starts in 23. He averaged 11.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, respectively. In 16 PAC regular season starts, Cintron averaged 12.6 points and 2.9 rebounds. His 49 made three-pointers tied for sixth in the league while his 12.6 points per game average ranked 15th. 

Lamie led Grove City (20-8) to its first trip to the NCAA Division III Championship in 10 seasons by winning the PAC Championship Tournament title Saturday night. The top-seeded Wolverines earned an 86-70 win over No. 5 Geneva College at the Grove City College Arena. It was the program's eighth PAC title and first since 2009-10.   

Grove City has won 16 of its last 17 games after starting the season 4-7.

Forty-three conferences were granted automatic qualification to this year's 64-team Division III Championship. Grove City will visit North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) champion, the College of Wooster (21-7), in the first round Friday. Tipoff at Timken Gymnasium is slated for 6:30 p.m.

Overall, this is Grove City's sixth trip to the Division III Championship in men's basketball. Grove City's 20 wins this year are the most for the Wolverines since the 1988-89 team also won 20 games.

Westminster secured an invitation to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Men's Basketball Championship Monday afternoon. Fourteen teams were invited to this year’s championship. Gwynedd Mercy University (20-7) was named the tournament’s No. 1 seed. Gwynedd Mercy will host the quarterfinals, semifinals and title game Friday, Saturday and Sunday at The Griffin Complex in Gwynedd Valley, Pa. Wednesday, Westminster (15-11) will face Penn State Behrend (20-8) in the first round. Tipoff at the Junker Center in Erie, Pa. is slated for 7 p.m.

PAC Men's Basketball annual awards
PAC Player of the Year: Westminster senior guard Dylan O'Hara
PaC Newcomer of the Year: Chatham first-year guard Marcos Cintron
PAC Coach of the Year: Grove City 22nd-year head coach Steve Lamie

2019-20 All-PAC Men's Basketball Teams
First Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown | High School
Ethan Moose Geneva F Sr. New Castle, Pa. | Neshannock
Dylan O'Hara Westminster G Sr. Girard, Ohio | Girard
Will Sandherr Chatham G Sr. Allison Park, Pa. | North Allegheny
Isaac Stamatiades Westminster F Jr. Eldridge, Md. | Avalon
James Wells Grove City G Sr. Waterville, Vt. | Worcester Academy
 
Second Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown | High School
Isaiah Alonzo Waynesburg F So.  Chandler, Ariz. | Tri-City Christian Academy
Blake Payne Westminster C Sr. Ashtabula, Ohio | Jefferson
Justice Rice Grove City G Jr. Monessen, Pa. | Monessen
Cameron Seemann W&J G Jr. Loveland, Ohio | Archbishop Moeller
David Stephen Saint Vincent G Jr. Winter Garden, Fla. | Dr. Phillips
 
Honorable Mentions
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown | High School
Shemar Bennett Saint Vincent G Jr. Lauderhill, Fla. | Nova
Frank Bozicevic Waynesburg G Sr. Monroeville, Pa. | Gateway
Marcos Cintron Chatham G FY Grove City, Pa. | Grove City
Nate Peters Grove City G Sr. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio  | Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
Brennan Smith Waynesburg F Sr. New Cumberland, W.Va. | Oak Glen
 
PAC Sportsmanship Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown | High School
Aiden Albert Bethany Sr. F Saxonburg, Pa. | Knoch
Shawn Erceg Chatham So. F Natrona Heights, Pa. | Highlands
Isaac Massie Geneva Fr. G Cross Lanes, W.Va. | Homeschooled
Josh Brown Grove City So. F Enumclaw, Wash. | Enumclaw
Walter Bonds Saint Vincent Jr. G Pittsburgh, Pa. | Bishop Canevin
Michael Ricks Thiel Sr. F Cleveland, Ohio | Cleveland Schools of Architecture and Design
Jonathan DeVito W&J G Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. | Central Catholic
Zach Ford Waynesburg So. F Houston, Pa. | Chartiers-Houston
Ricky Roth Westminster G Sr. Ellwood City, Pa. | Lincoln