Men's Basketball | 11/9/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 1 PAC Honors (for events between Nov. 2-8)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 1 of the 2026-27 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Tajh Williams • Chatham • Senior guard • Warner Robins, Ga./Warren Wilson College
Williams registered 21.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals in a 2-0 weekend for the Cougars ... He went 10-for-16 from the floor, including 5-of-8 from the arc, for 27 points along with six boards and three assists in a 101-75 blowout win over Hartwick ... Saturday in an 89-63 victory over St. Mary's (Md.), Williams compiled 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists ... For the weekend, Williams shot 59 percent from the field (16-27).
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny junior guard Eli Teslovich (Belle Vernon, Pa./Shady Side Academy); Bethany junior forward Jayden Jackson (Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora); Franciscan sophomore guard Zachary Pollaro (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills); Saint Francis senior guard Trey Weiand (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity); Thiel junior guard DeAndre Brown Jr. (Norfolk, Va./Tallwood); W&J senior forward Nathan Plotner (Parkesburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South); Waynesburg sophomore forward Jonah Biggers (Cockeysville, Md./Calvert Hall)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Gregory Taylor • Chatham • Freshman guard • Baltimore, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti
Taylor made a strong debut in the Cougars' 2-0 weekend in the Chatham Classic, averaging 14.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists ... He hit 60 percent of his shots (9-15) in scoring 21 points and also had six boards and five assists in the Hartwick victory ... Williams came back the next day to post eight points, four boards and a pair of assists in the 89-63 win over St. Mary's.
PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman forward Derek Lang (Sarver, Pa./Knoch); W&J freshman guard Julian Semplice (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley); Waynesburg freshman forward Cameron Suggs (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg)
PAC Records & Milestones
Bethany's Jayden Jackson started the season by scoring a career-high 30 points and hauling down 12 rebounds to complete the double-double against Marietta Saturday ... After scoring a career-high 20 Friday against John Carroll, Franciscan's Zachary Pollaro reset that mark with 21 points in an 84-72 win over Houghton ... In the season opener against Susquehanna, Saint Francis' Trey Weiand had 23 points and seven rebounds ... Following a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double against Lancaster Bible in the opener, W&J's Nathan Plotner is seven points away from joining the 1,000-point scorers club at W&J ... Waynesburg's Jonah Biggers fired in 17 points to lift the Yellow Jackets to a 77-66 win over Elmira in the season opener.