Men's Basketball | 1/19/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 10 PAC Honors (for events between January 12-18)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 10 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Diaun Pinkett • Chatham • Senior guard • McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour
Pinkett averaged 21.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 2.5 assists while shooting 57 percent (17-for-30) from the floor in a 2-0 week for the Cougars ... In an 87-80 win at Saint Vincent, Pinkett compiled 21 points, 17 coming in the first half, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists ... Pinkett then helped the Cougars rally from a halftime deficit Saturday at home against Grove City by amassing 22 points on 7-for-11 shooting to go with five steals, three rebounds and two steals.
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); Franciscan junior forward Zach Oliver (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk); Geneva senior guard/forward Trey Barker (Apex, N.C./Trinity Academy); Grove City senior guard Kyle Randle (Willowick, Ohio/Eastlake North); Saint Vincent senior forward Jaden Gales (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin); Thiel senior guard/forward Kenny Ermat (Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./Boyd Anderson); W&J junior forward Nathan Plotner (Parkersburg, Pa./Parkersburg South); Waynesburg senior guard Casey Keesee (Tipp City, Ohio/Bethel); Westminster graduate student guard DJ Harrell (Cleveland, Ohio/East Technical)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Jaden Payne • Saint Vincent • Freshman forward • Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline
Payne averaged 11.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks over the course of the Bearcats' 1-1 week ... He scored 11 points, grabbed six rebounds and made two steals in the loss to Chatham, before following that up with 11 points and five rebounds in the Bearcats' victory against Allegheny ... Payne shot 4-for-8 from the floor in both contests and knocked down 6-of-7 (86 percent) from the foul line for the week.
PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman forward Pijus Latauskas (Vilnius, Lithuania/Kiski Prep-Pa.); Bethany freshman guard Semaj Marshall (Washington, D.C./Parkside); Franciscan freshman guard Anthony Covetta (Ashtabula, Ohio/Jefferson Area); Thiel freshman forward Kadenne Kemp (Inglewood, Calif./Northgate-Pa.); Westminster freshman guard Nick Ryan (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Ryan Lang led the Gators to a 65-57 win over Grove City by notching 16 points and six rebounds ... Franciscan's Zach Oliver scored 20 of his career-high 26 points in the second half as the Barons rallied for an 87-79 win over PAC North Division-leading Westminster ... Grove City's Mike Christenson (Oakton, Va./Trinity) moved into 28th place in program history with 1,066 career points ... Saint Vincent's Jaden Gales turned in 23 points and nine boards in Saturday's win over Allegheny ... After Thiel's Khamari Accursio-Harris (Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter) notched a career-high 20 points against Geneva Wednesday, teammate Kenny Ermat recorded his first career double-double with career bests in points (17) and rebounds (14) at Bethany Saturday ... W&J's Nathan Plotner posted 17 points, nine rebounds, five steals and three blocks in a 95-82 win at Hiram ... Casey Keesee tallied a team-high 17 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the floor during Waynesburg's 62-43 win over Geneva ... In a 68-54 win over Hiram, Westminster's DJ Harrell finished with 18 points and Nick Ryan fired in a career-high 17 points.