Men's Basketball | 1/26/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 11 PAC Honors (for events between January 19-25)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 11 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Diaun Pinkett • Chatham • Senior guard • McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour
Pinkett repeats as Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in wins over Franciscan and Hiram ... He notched a double-double with 26 points, 15 in the second half, with 13 boards and four assists in a 76-74 win over Franciscan ... Pinkett came back with 19 points, with 14 coming after halftime, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:08 to play that lifted the Cougars to a 62-59 win at Hiram Saturday ... He made 3-of-5 from the arc in the win and shot 52 percent (17-33) from the floor during the week.
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman forward Max Wallace (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep); Bethany senior guard Co Rose (Odessa, Texas/Odessa); Franciscan junior forward Zach Oliver (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk); Geneva senior guard Nick Million (Poland, Ohio/Columbiana); 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 junior forward Nathan Plotner (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South); Waynesburg junior guard Aiden Blake (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South); Westminster graduate student guard DJ Harrell (Cleveland, Ohio/East Technical)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Pijus Latauskas • Allegheny • Freshman forward • Vilnius, Lithuania/Kiski Prep-Pa.
Latuaskas posted a team-high 17.0 points per game with 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.5 steals per game in a 1-1 week … He shot 52.0% from the field (13-25) and a perfect 100% (6-6) from the line … Latauskas scored 18 points with five rebounds, two assists, and two steals in Allegheny's 67-55 victory over Hiram … He then logged 16 points, seven rebounds, two assists, one steal, and one block in an 85-72 setback at W&J.
PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Bethany freshman guard Jaden Stewart (Pikeville, Ky./Pikeville County Central); Franciscan freshman guard Anthony Covetta (Ashtabula, Ohio/Jefferson Area); Hiram freshman forward Drovinsky Ulysse (West Palm Beach, Fla./Dr. Joaquin Garcia); Saint Vincent freshman forward Jaden Payne (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline); Thiel freshman forward Kadenne Kemp (Inglewood, Calif./Northgate-Pa.); Waynesburg freshman forward Preston Luzader (Fairview, W.Va./Clay-Battelle); Westminster freshman guard Nick Ryan (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Max Wallace went off for a season-high 24 points Saturday at W&J ... After dropping in a season-high 29 points in Bethany's win at Waynesburg Wednesday, Co Rose scored 24, including his 1,000th career point, Saturday at Geneva ... Franciscan's Anthony Covetta led the Barons in scoring in Saturday's win over Thiel with 16 and is just 34 points away from cracking the Franciscan top 10 in points by a freshman ... In Saturday's win over Bethany, Geneva's Nick Million scored a career-high 28 points and also notched a career-high 12 rebounds to secure the first double-double of his career ... Grove City's Mike Christenson averaged 27 points in a 1-1 week and now has 1,120 career points, good for 22nd in program history ... Hiram's Drovinsky Ulysse tied his career-high in points and recorded his first career doubleheader with 14 points and 11 rebounds in a tight loss to Chatham ... Saint Vincent's Jaden Gales averaged 18 points and 7.5 rebounds in leading SVC to wins at W&J and over Grove City ... Thiel's Kenny Ermat posted a career-best 20 points at Grove City last Wednesday ... W&J's Nathan Plotner fueled the Presidents' 85-72 win over Allegheny Saturday with 18 points, four boards, three blocks and three steals ... Waynesburg Aiden Blake averaged 23.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in games against Bethany and Westminster ... DJ Harrell averaged 22.5 points in a 2-0 week for Westminster, highlighted by a 30-point performance in Saturday's win at Waynesburg, his second 30-point game of the season.