STEUBENVILLE, OH- The Barons open up the 2019-2020 season against a future PAC rival in Washington and Jefferson College. Franciscan is coming off a 13-14 (9-9 AMCC) season, the most wins in DIII history. The Barons were selected preseason #4 in the AMCC for this coming season. Washington and Jefferson is coming off a 10-16 season last year under Coach Ethan Stewart-Smith. They were selected preseason #4 in the PAC for this coming season.

The Basics
Date: Friday November 8th @ 7 p.m.
Records: Franciscan (0-0) vs. Washington and Jefferson (0-0)  
Location: Kuzma Court - Steubenville, OH
Live Video Link: https://boxcast.tv/view/mbball-vs-wj-224192 
Live Stats Link: https://franciscanathletics.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary

View our GameDay Notes here

All-Time Series Against W&J

• Franciscan holds the series edge at 2-1 over W&J including wins in their last 2 matchups.
• The Barons opened up last season with an 81-68 victory over the Presidents. Matt Trent led the Barons with 25 points and 15 rebounds while Sean Hickey added 21 points and 50% shooting from three.
• Franciscan averages 78.3 ppg against Washington and Jefferson in their history, while allowing an average of 74.3 points

Scouting Franciscan

• Franciscan enters the first game of the year coming off a 13-14 season last season and an AMCC tournament appearance. 

• Franciscan returns their Top 3 leading scorers from last season: Sean Hickey 15.0 ppg, Matt Trent 12.8 ppg and Joe Schriner 10.1 ppg.
• The Barons finished last season T5 in the AMCC, this is their last season in the AMCC, since all sports are joining the PAC next year where W&J will become a conference rival.

Scouting Washington & Jefferson

• Washington and Jefferson enter this game coing off a 10-16 year last season. They have been going through rebuild the last four seasons, as ten wins last season are as many as they won the previous three seasons combined.
• W&J returns their Top 3 scorers from last season as well: Cameron Seemann 15.6 ppg, Primo Zini 11.3 ppg and Zach Queen 10.5 ppg.
• Being preseason #4 in the PAC the Presidents are looking forward to making another stride forward this season to become perennial contenders in the PAC.