Men's Basketball | 2/23/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 15 PAC Honors (for events between February 16-22)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 15 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Diaun Pinkett • Chatham • Senior guard • McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour
Pinkett averaged 26 points, 12 rebounds and 4.5 assists with two double-doubles in a pair of victories that lifted Chatham to the No. 2 seed in the South Division and a home game in the PAC Tournament quarterfinals ... He amassed 26 points on 12-of-18 shooting, 13 rebounds, six assists and three steals in an 85-69 win at Waynesburg ... Also in the Waynesburg win, Pinkett broke the program record with his 577th career rebound ... The senior guard followed up with 26 points on 8-of-14 shooting, 11 boards and three assists in a critical 83-74 victory over Saint Vincent to clinch the second seed.
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny senior guard Ryan Lang (Sarver, Pa./Knoch); Bethany senior guard Co Rose (Odessa, Texas/Odessa); Franciscan junior guard Sawyer Butler (Beaver, Pa./Beaver); Geneva sophomore guard Tommy Coletti (Dover, Ohio/Dover); Saint Vincent senior forward Jaden Gales (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin); Thiel sophomore guard Anthony Henderson II (Miramar, Fla./Somerset Academy); W&J senior guard Matt Seidl (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills); Waynesburg junior guard/forward Jackson Rhodes (Christchurch, New Zealand/St. Andrews College); 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.
Latauskas averaged 11.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game in the last week of the regular season … He helped the Gators clinch the No. 2 seed in the North Division by scoring 18 points with four rebounds, one block, and one steal in a 68-60 win vs. Thiel … Latauskas added five points, six rebounds, and two steals in an 88-69 road loss at Hiram on Saturday.
PAC Men's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
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 Lucas Stanley (New Castle, Pa./Union)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Ryan Lang dropped in 20 points to lead the Gators to a 68-60 win over Thiel ... Co Rose averaged 23.5 points last week and finished with 12 games with 20+ points this season ... Sawyer Butler, the PAC's leading scorer, averaged 21.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in Franciscan's wins over Saint Vincent and Bethany ... Geneva's Tommy Coletti posted 22 points, nine boards and three assists in a 76-69 win at Hiram ... Grove City's Mike Christenson averaged 25.0 points in a 1-1 week and moved into sixth place in program history with 1,290 career points ... Saint Vincent's Jaden Gales averaged 20 points and nine rebounds in the final two regular season games ... After sinking all four of his foul shots last week, Anthony Henderson II concluded the season with the second-best free-throw percentage in Thiel history at .846 (66-of-78) to lead the PAC ... W&J's Matt Seidl averaged 16.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals in two wins that clinched the No. 1 seed in the South Division for the Presidents ... Westminster's DJ Harrell poured in a season-high 36 points in Wednesday's 88-82 overtime victory against Grove City, marking his third 30-point game this season, and followed that with 20 points in Saturday's 91-62 triumph at Geneva, securing the Titans the top seed in the North Division ... With W&J and Westminster as the top seeds, the eight-team PAC Men's Basketball Tournament will open with quarterfinal games on Tuesday, Feb. 24 ... Semifinal games will be Thursday, Feb. 26th and the championship game is set for Saturday, Feb. 28th, which will be broadcast by the PAC Sports Network.