Men's Basketball | 11/17/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 2 PAC Honors (for events between November 10-16)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 2 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Alex Acosta • Washington & Jefferson • Senior forward • Acworth, Ga./North Cobb
Acosta was a pivotal piece to the Presidents' 3-0 week, averaging 10.3 points and 11.7 rebounds while adding four steals and three blocked shots on the week with a .480 shooting percentage from the floor (12-for-25) ... Acosta scored the game-winner for the Presidents through a tip-in with 2.1 seconds remaining in the second half to beat Arcadia in the first game of the Widener Tip-Off Tournament ... Against the Knights, Acosta posted a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds and nearly duplicated his output against Penn State-Abington with a 13-point, 13-rebound performance in their win over the Nittany Lions.
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny senior guard Ryan Lang (Sarver, Pa./Knoch); Bethany sophomore forward Jayden Jackson (Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora); Chatham senior guard Lovenson Xavier (Naples, Fla./Community School of Naples); Franciscan junior guard Sawyer Butler (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Geneva sophomore guard Tommy Coletti (Dover, Ohio/Dover); Grove City senior guard Kyle Randle (Willowick, Ohio/Eastlake North); Saint Vincent senior guard Dev Ostrowski (Niantic, Conn./East Lyme); Thiel junior forward Khamari Accursio-Harris (Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter); Waynesburg junior guard Aidan Blake (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South); Westminster senior forward Drew Weir (Salem, Ohio/Salem)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Pijus Latauskas • Allegheny • Freshman forward • Vilnius, Lithuania/Kiski Prep-Pa.
Latauskas finished his first week of collegiate basketball averaging 14.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks per game … He ranked second on the team in scoring, first in rebounds, and led all Gators with 12 free throws on 17 tries (70.6 percent), while also shooting 57.1 percent from the field (8-14) … In his debut, he helped the Gators defeat Carlow 82-57 with 12 points, seven rebounds, two blocks, and one assist and then scored 17 with nine rebounds while shooting 8-for-10 (80.0% percent) from the foul line in a 90-81 loss at Pitt-Greensburg.
PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Franciscan freshman guard Zachary Pollaro (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills); Geneva freshman guard/forward Tayt Lucas (Butler, Pa./Butler); Grove City freshman forward Josh Book (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock); Thiel freshman forward Kadenne Kemp (Inglewood, Calif./Northgate-Pa.); Waynesburg freshman forward Preston Luzador (Fairview, W.Va./Clay-Battelle); Westminster freshman guard Lucas Stanley (New Castle, Pa./Union)
PAC Records & Milestones
After averaging 21.5 points in a 1-1 week, Allegheny's Ryan Lang moved into 24th place all-time in team history with 1,109 career points ... Bethany's Jayden Jackson posted his second straight double-double by scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against Whitworth ... Franciscan's Sawyer Butler averaged 19.0 points and Zachary Pollaro averaged 14.5 points in wins over Penn State-New Kensington and Penn State Behrend ... Geneva's Tommy Coletti scored a career-high 20 points in the first game of his sophomore season Friday versus Lancaster Bible ... Grove City's Kyle Randle poured in 23 points and grabbed eight boards in an 89-60 win over Carlow ... In Saint Vincent's non-conference win against Thiel, Dev Ostrowski scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for a double-double, while also picking up three steals ... In one of his four double-digit scoring efforts last week, Khamari Accursio-Harris led Thiel with a career-high-tying 17 points in an 83-73 win over Penn State Shenango Friday ... Waynesburg's Aidan Blake was 7-for-11 from the floor and notched 17 points in a 72-68 win over PS-New Kensington ... Westminster's Drew Weir averaged 16.0 points and 10.0 rebounds last week for 2-1 Westminster, which included a 14-point, 16-rebound (career-high) double-double in Saturday's 101-71 victory over Penn State Shenango.