Week 11 PAC Honors (for events between January 20-26)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 11 of the 2024-25 season.
 

PAC Player of the Week

Mike Christenson • Grove City • Junior guard/forward • Oakton, Va./Trinity Christenson averaged 29.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game while shooting 18-of-31 (58.1 percent) from the field last week for Grove City … He scored a career-high 35 points, with 19 coming in the second half, Wednesday night as Grove City edged rival Westminster, 65-62 … He went 6-of-8 from behind the three-point line in the win while also grabbing eight rebounds and making three steals … Christenson then had 23 points and five rebounds while going 8-for-13 from the field Saturday at Franciscan … Christenson also went 15-of-16 at the foul line for the week (94 percent).

PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll

Allegheny junior guard Ryan Lang (Sarver, Pa./Knoch); Chatham senior guard Simon Boyer (Hampton, Va./Hampton Roads Academy); Franciscan sophomore guard Sawyer Butler (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Geneva graduate student forward Ryan Rachic (Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert); Saint Vincent graduate student guard Osyon Jones (Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore); Thiel junior guard Mike Brown (Clinton, Md./Gwynn Park); W&J junior guard Matt Seidl (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills); Waynesburg graduate student forward Antone Baker (Maple Heights, Ohio/Maple Heights); Westminster junior guard Drew Weir (Salem, Ohio/Salem)

 

PAC Newcomer of the Week

Cameron Rowell • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman guard/forward • Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional The versatile Rowell shot 76 percent (13-17) from the field while averaging 18 points, six rebounds, four steals and 1.5 blocks per game in a 1-1 week ... In his first career start, Rowell was 6-for-6 from the floor and dropped 19 points, six rebounds, three blocks and three steals in a last-second loss at first-place Chatham ... Remaining in the starting lineup, he tacked on 17 points, six rebounds, five steals and two assists in an 88-79 victory at Westminster.

PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll

Chatham sophomore guard Drew Vizenor (Eureka, Calif./St. Bernard's Academy); Geneva freshman Tommy Coletti (Dover, Ohio/Dover); Grove City freshman forward Liam Conklin (Enfield, Conn./Northwest Catholic); Saint Vincent freshman forward Matthew Puodziukaitis (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central); Thiel freshman forward Rob Thomas (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills); Westminster freshman guard Trevor Siefke (Lisbon, Ohio/David Anderson)

 

PAC Records & Milestones

With 21 points at Chatham on Saturday, Allegheny's Luke Barker (New Castle, Pa./Struthers-Ohio) moved into ninth place all-time in program history with 1,286 career points ... After scoring 26 in a last-second victory over W&J, Chatham's Simon Boyer tallied 20 in Saturday's win over Allegheny and in the process, became the program's all-time leading scorer, surpassing Marcos Cintron's record of 1,277 career points (1,282) ... Franciscan's Sawyer Butler knocked down five three-pointers and fired in a career-high 33 points, as the Barons knocked off Grove City Saturday ... Geneva's Ryan Rachic, who surpassed 1,500 career points in the game, completed his 21-point effort with the game-winning fadeaway jumper from the baseline with two seconds to play to give the Golden Tornadoes a one-point victory Saturday at Waynesburg ... Saint Vincent's Matthew Puodziukaitis averaged 11.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in wins over Franciscan and Thiel ... As part of his season-high 25 points, Waynesburg's Antone Baker scored the go-ahead lay-up with 8.7 seconds left and then blocked Bethany's game-winning attempt on the defensive end to help preserve a 91-89 overtime win Wednesday ... Waynesburg senior PJ Suggs (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg) also scored 25 points in the win at Bethany to set a new career-high ... Westminster's Trevor Siefke set career-highs with 15 points, four rebounds and two steals Wednesday at Grove City.