Men's Basketball | 12/22/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 7 PAC Honors (for events between December 15-21)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 7 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Nathan Plotner • Washington & Jefferson • Junior forward • Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South
Plotner finished the week shooting 73.5% from the field (25-for-34) while averaging 25.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.0 steals and 4.5 blocks per game, as the Presidents marched to a 2-0 week .... The forward opened the week with 18 points, seven rebounds, six blocks and six steals in a victory at Capital ... Against La Roche, Plotner posted a career-high 33 points with an additional four rebounds, four steals and three blocks ... The junior currently ranks fourth in all NCAA Divisions (I, II, III) in blocks with 41 on the season and fifth in blocks per game (3.73).
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Bethany senior guard Co Rose (Odessa, Texas/Odessa); Chatham senior guard Diaun Pinkett (McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour); Franciscan junior forward Zach Oliver (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk); Grove City senior guard/forward Mike Christenson (Oakton, Va./Trinity); Saint Vincent senior forward Jaden Gales (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin); Waynesburg junior forward Jackson Rhodes (Christchurch, New Zealand/St. Andrews College); Westminster senior forward Drew Weir (Salem, Ohio/Salem)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Pijus Latauskas • Allegheny • Freshman forward • Vilnius, Lithuania/Kiski Prep-Pa.
Latauskas led the Gators to a 1-1 record against two teams receiving votes in the D3hoops.com Top 25, as he averaged a team-leading 27.5 points per game with 4.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.0 blocks per game and shot 72.4% (21-29) from the field … He netted 26 points with a season-high three 3-pointers, three assists, two rebounds, and one steal in a 93-82 setback to one-loss Muskingum (9-1) … Latauskas surpassed that scoring total with a new season high of 29 points in a 72-65 win at Carnegie Mellon (7-2), which snapped CMU's five-game win streak ... He played all 40 minutes, shot 12-for-17 (70.6%), grabbed six boards, and blocked two shots in the win.
PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Bethany freshman guard Semaj Marshall (Washington, D.C./Parkside); Francsican freshman guard Anthony Covetta (Ashtabula, Ohio/Jefferson Area); Saint Vincent freshman forward Jaden Payne (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline); Waynesburg freshman forward Preston Luzader (Fairview, W.Va./Clay-Battelle); Westminster freshman guard Nick Ryan (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy)
PAC Records & Milestones
Co Rose led Bethany against Chatham with his second straight 20+ point game, scoring 24, including going 4-for-7 from three, while adding a team-high three steals ... Chatham's Diaun Pinkett averaged 21.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in a 2-1 week for the Cougars and scored his 1,000th career point Sunday against John Carroll ... In a win over Penn State-Shenango, Franciscan's Anthony Covetta scored a career-best 23 and Zach Oliver had a career-high 22 points and hauled down 12 boards ... Mike Christenson averaged 22.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in Grove City's 1-1 week at Daytona Beach and he now has 978 career points ... Over the course of Saint Vincent's 1-1 week in Miami, Jaden Gales averaged 16 points and seven rebounds, highlighted by a 22-point effort against #21 Tufts ... Waynesburg's Jackson Rhodes shot 10-of-16 from the floor and posted a team-high 27 points in the Yellow Jackets' 80-70 win at Carlow ... Westminster's Drew Weir scored 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting to lead four players in double figures in a 100-64 victory over Alma ... The next PAC Men's Basketball Release will be on Monday, Jan. 5th, 2026.