Men's Basketball | 1/12/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 9 PAC Honors (for events between January 5-11)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 9 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
DJ Harrell • Westminster • Graduate student guard • Cleveland, Ohio/East Technical
Harrell helped lead Westminster to a pair of conference wins last week, averaging 29.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in victories over Grove City and Saint Vincent … Harrell had 27 points and four assists in Wednesday's 65-59 triumph at Grove City before pouring in a career-high 32 points while grabbing seven boards and passing out three assists during Saturday's 89-83 overtime win against Saint Vincent … He shot 52.6 percent (20-38) from the floor and went 17-of-21 (.810) from the free throw line ... He has scored 20 or more points six times this season, including the last five games
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny senior forward James Sitter (Erie, Pa./Fairview); Bethany senior guard Co Rose (Odessa, Texas/Odessa); Chatham senior guard Lovenson Xavier (Naples, Fla./Community School of Naples); Franciscan junior guard Sawyer Butler (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Geneva senior guard Jonathan Bertovich (East Palestine, Ohio/Heartland Christian); Grove City senior guard/forward Mike Christenson (Oakton, Va./Trinity); Saint Vincent senior forward Jaden Gales (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin); Thiel senior guard/forward Kenny Ermat (Lauderdale, Lakes, Fla./Boyd Anderson); W&J senior guard Matt Seidl (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills); Waynesburg junior guard/forward Jackson Rhodes (Christchurch, New Zealand/St. Andrews College)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Jaden Stewart • Bethany • Freshman guard • Pikeville, Ky./Pikeville County Central
Stewart went off for a career-high 18 points on 6-for-10 shooting from deep while adding four rebounds and three steals in Bethany's 87-83 upset of W&J .... He scored 15 of his points in the first half to help the Bison take a one-point halftime lead ... He then added five points against Hiram.
PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman forward Max Wallace (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep); Franciscan freshman guard Anthony Covetta (Ashtabula, Ohio/Jefferson Area); Grove City freshman center Ethan Hart (Marriottsville, Md./Liberty); Saint Vincent freshman forward Jaden Payne (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline); Thiel freshman guard Elijah Nelson (Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton); Westminster freshman guard Nick Ryan (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's James Sitter scored a season-high 20 points with nine rebounds in a 77-53 victory at Thiel ... After scoring 18 points, to go along with a game-high five assists, in a win over W&J and notching 20 points against Hiram, Bethany's Co Rose has now scored in double figures in 11 straight games ... Chatham's Lovenson Xavier scored his 1,000th career point with his first basket against Waynesburg and finished with 32 points on 13-of-17 shooting in a 98-73 win ... Franciscan's Sawyer Butler fired in 38 points in an 85-72 victory at Saint Vincent and still ranks first in the country in scoring (27.2) ... Geneva's Jonathan Bertovich recorded his first career double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds in a 72-63 victory over Hiram ... Grove City's Mike Christenson hit for 24 points and pulled down seven boards in a 77-62 win over PAC South Division co-leader Franciscan ... Thiel's Kenny Ermat set a career-high with 11 points against Allegheny on Wednesday ... Waynesburg's Jackson Rhodes dropped in 22 points to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 64-59 win at Allegheny Saturday.