Men's Basketball | 2/9/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 13 PAC Honors (for events between February 2-8)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 13 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Jaden Gales • Saint Vincent • Senior forward • Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishiop Canevin
Gales averaged 20.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals for the Bearcats over the course of their 2-0 week ... It was an efficient week offensively for Gales, who shot 68 percent (17-25) from the floor, 60 percent from the arc (3-5) and sank all four of his free throw attempts ... He recorded a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double in just 21 minutes of action in their win against Waynesburg on Wednesday ... Gales followed that up with 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting, while collecting eight rebounds and three steals in the Bearcats' win at Thiel on Saturday.
PAC Men's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny senior guard Ryan Lang (Sarver, Pa./Knoch); Bethany senior guard Ryan Reasbeck (Washington, Pa./Wheeling Central Catholic); 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 Kyle Randle (Willowick, Ohio/Eastlake North); Thiel sophomore guard Anthony Henderson II (Miramar, Fla./Somerset Academy); W&J senior forward Alex Acosta (Acworth, Ga./North Cobb); Waynesburg junior guard/forward Jackson Rhodes (Christchurch, New Zealand/St. Andrews College); Westminster senior guard Drew Weir (Salem, Ohio/Salem)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Pijus Latauskas • Allegheny • Freshman forward • Vilnius, Lithuania/Kiski Prep-Pa.
Latauskas guided the Gators to wins over Westminster, the top-ranked team in the North Division, and Chatham, one of three teams tied for first in the South Division, by averaging 14.5 points per game with a team-high 7.5 rebounds per contest … He shot 66.7 percent overall (10-15) and from three-point range (6-9) … Latauskas logged a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double at Westminster and shot 5-for-7 from the arc against the Titans, the best performance of his first season from beyond the arc … He shot 5-for-6 (83.3 percent) with 13 points and five rebounds in a comeback win against Chatham.
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); Geneva freshman guard/forward Tayt Lucas (Butler, Pa./Butler); Grove City freshman guard Auni Campbell (Mars, Pa./Mars); 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
While averaging 16.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in a 2-0 week, Allegheny's Ryan Lang climbed into fifth place all-time in program history with 1,358 career points and seventh with 170 made three-pointers ... Bethany's Ryan Reasbeck connected on 6-of-10 from the arc and scored a team-high 20 in a 93-81 victory over Grove City Saturday ...
Chatham's Lovenson Xavier had two double-doubles and averaged 19.5 points and 10.5 boards in a 1-1 week ... Grove City's Kyle Randle posted 22 points and five steals in a 73-67 road win at Geneva Wednesday ... Kadenne Kemp posted a career-high 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Anthony Henderson II hit the winning shot with 13 seconds to play in Thiel's 74-73 OT win at Hiram ... W&J's Alex Acosta averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds in a pair of wins and while scoring 19 in the victory over Westminster, became the 28th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points ... Jackson Rhodes led Waynesburg to an 84-82 win over Hiram Saturday with a game-high 25 points ... Westminster's Drew Weir scored a season-high 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field Saturday against W&J.