This Week in PAC Men's Basketball

February 10-16

2/17/2025 3:00:00 PM

Week 14 PAC Honors (for events between February 10-16)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 14 of the 2024-25 season.

PAC Player of the Week
Ryan Rachic • Geneva • Graduate student forward • Prince Frederick, Md./Calvert
Rachic averaged 23.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game while shooting 14-for-24 (58%) from the floor, 3-for-5 (60%) from the three-point line, and 15-for-17 (88%) from the foul line in a 2-0 week ... In Geneva's win over Westminster on Wednesday, he scored a game-high 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting, going 2-for-4 from three-point range and 7-for-9 from the charity stripe ... He also grabbed 12 rebounds to complete the double-double ... In the GTs' Senior Day victory over first-place Chatham Saturday, he scored 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting, hitting his only three-point attempt and all eight of his free throws, and pulled down a game-high 14 boards for his eighth double-double of the season ... He also had two assists in the win, which broke Chatham's 12-game winning streak ... His big week gives Rachic 1,616 career points, placing him 10th in program history.
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny senior guard Luke Barker (New Castle, Pa./Struthers-Ohio); Chatham senior guard Simon Boyer (Hampton, Va./Hampton Roads Academy); Franciscan sophomore guard Sawyer Butler (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Grove City sophomore center Isaac Cherry (Sagamore Hills, Ohio/Nordonia); Saint Vincent junior forward Jaden Gales (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin); Thiel freshman forward Das Sanders (Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth Christian); W&J sophomore forward Nathan Plotner (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South); Waynesburg graduate student forward Antone Baker (Maple Heights, Ohio/Maple Heights); Westminster junior guard Mick Hergenrother (Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney)

PAC Newcomer of the Week
Cameron Rowell • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman guard/forward • Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional
Rowell averaged 16 points, five rebounds, three steals and 1.5 assists per game in PAC victories over Allegheny and Waynesburg last week ... Against Allegheny, he shot 70 percent (7-for-10) from the field while scoring 16 points and hauled in five rebounds ... In a comeback victory over the Yellow Jackets, the first-year President dropped another 16-point performance with five boards and four steals ... Rowell sparked the rally against Waynesburg with three minutes remaining in regulation, contributing six total points to their 12-point comeback.

PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman guard Devon Lewis (Fort Wayne, Ind./Canterbury School); Geneva freshman Tommy Coletti (Dover, Ohio/Dover); Saint Vincent freshman forward Matthew Puodziukaitis (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central); Thiel freshman guard Anthony Henderson II (Miramar, Fla./Somerset Academy); Westminster freshman guard Trevor Siefke (Lisbon, Ohio/David Anderson)

PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Devon Lewis scored a season-high 13 points at W&J ... Geneva head coach Jeff Santarsiero earned his 400th career victory with the program at Westminster on Wednesday. ... With 1,162 career points, Chase Yarberough (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) has moved into a tie for 16th all-time at Grove City and is 38 points away from being the 11th all-time 1,200-point scorer in program history ... Jaden Gales scored the 1,000th point in his Saint Vincent career in Wednesday's 78-62 win at Waynesburg ... Thiel's Das Sanders tied his career high with 15 points and set a new career high in made field goals (7-of-10), while teammate Anthony Henderson II was 6-for-6 from the floor and set a career-high with 14 points in the Tomcats' 76-54 victory over Grove City ... W&J's Nathan Plotner had double-doubles in both Presidents' wins last week and has eight for the season.