Week 3 PAC Honors (for events between November 20-26)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 3 of the 2023-24 season.
 

PAC Player of the Week

Luke Barker • Allegheny • Junior guard • New Castle, Pa./Struthers (Ohio) Barker led Allegheny to a 2-0 week with wins over Bethany and Penn State Behrend … He scored a team-high 22.0 points per game and was second with 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, while also tying for the team lead with 1.5 steals per game … Barker shot .625 overall (15-24), .500 from 3-point range (5-10), and .818 from the foul line (9-11) … Aided by a season-high five three-pointers, Barker netted a career-high 34 points with four rebounds, four assists, and two steals in an 88-84 home win over Bethany … He then scored 10 points with a season-high eight rebounds, three assists, and one steal in a 73-67 win over previously undefeated Penn State Behrend.

PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll

Bethany sophomore forward Cole Dailey (East Liverpool, Ohio/East Liverpool); Chatham sophomore guard Diaun Pinkett (McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour); Geneva graduate student guard Isaac Massie (Cross Lanes, W.Va./Homeschooled); Grove City junior guard Chase Yarberough (Lititz, Pa./Warwick); Saint Vincent sophomore guard Dev Ostrowski (Niantic, Conn./East Lyme); Thiel sophomore guard Elijah Harden (Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic); W&J sophomore guard Matt Seidl (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills); Waynesburg junior forward Jaylen Davis (Cleveland Heights, Ohio Cleveland Heights); Westminster sophomore guard Quincy Jones (Youngstown, Ohio/Chaney)

 

PAC Newcomer of the Week

Sawyer Butler • Franciscan • Freshman guard • Beaver, Pa./Beaver Area Butler set a career-high with 30 points, including 22 in the second half, while shooting 50% from the field (11-22) in a 78-77 win over Grove City ... He also went 7-for-8 from the foul line (88%) ... In addition, Butler's eight steals in the game helped lead the late second-half run to win the game and set the Franciscan single-game steal record.

PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll

Allegheny freshman forward Zion Barksdale (Meadville, Pa./Cathedral Prep); Grove City freshman guard Caleb Haller (Delaware, Ohio/Delaware); Thiel freshman forward Jonah Biggers (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall); W&J freshman forward Nathan Plotner (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg)

 

PAC Record & Milestones

Geneva graduate student Isaac Massie tied a school record with nine three-pointers and scored a career-high 39 points in a narrow loss to Pitt-Greensburg Saturday ... With their 90-70 win at Thiel on Tuesday, Saint Vincent improved to 5-0 on the season, their best start to a year since opening the 2003-04 campaign with six straight wins.