Game #14
Franciscan (8-5 | 3-5 PAC) vs. Westminster (3-9 | 0-7 PAC) 
Saturday, Jan. 11th | 3:00 p.m.
Finnegan Fieldhouse | Steubenville, Ohio

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The Latest
- The Barons took an early lead at Waynesburg on Wednesday, but they saw that evaporate quickly. They trailed double digits late in the second half, but came all the way back to force overtime. Their shooting went cold in overtime, as they fell 76-71.

- Josh Zimmerman led the Barons with 21 points. That was his first 20+ point game since the second game of the season at Hilbert. Sawyer Butler added 18 points and eight rebounds.

Scouting the Titans
- Westminster is in search of their first PAC win of the season, but they have been close on several occasions. They took Geneva to overtime, lost to W&J by two, and on Wednesday fell to Allegheny by five points.

- Dating back to the 1954-55 season, the Titans are 9-5 against the Barons. Last season the Barons won in New Wilmington by a score of 68-56. Sawyer Butler led the way with 26 points and 10 rebounds.

- Drew Weir and Jaxon Hendershott have been the top two scorers for the Titans all season at 14.3 ppg and 13.8 ppg. Drew leads the Titans in rebounding and has recorded three double-doubles.

Sawyer Staying Steady
- Sawyer Butler leads the Barons in scoring at 17.5 ppg this season. He has already accumulated 557 points in 35 collegiate contests over two seasons.

- He is third in the PAC at 86.8% from the free throw line. His 68 free throws attempted is most by a Baron this season. Butler is fifth in the PAC at 35.4% from three-point land this season as well.

Look Around the League

Mr. Zimmerman Tracker 
- Josh Zimmerman enters this game with 1,276 points to have the seventh most all-time. Don Rogich '79 sits in sixth with 1,394 points. Sean Hickey '21 holds the Franciscan Division III record with 1,692 points, and Paul Brownlee '56 sits atop the all-time rankings with 2,433 points.

-Zimmerman holds a pair of program records. He is top in all-time assists with 300, and he is the program's all-time leader in steals with 223.

- He sits 12th all-time in rebounding with 644 boards. Bill Linderman '71 sits in 11th with 672 rebounds.  Matt Trent '20 holds the Franciscan Division III record with 781 rebounds, and "Big" Jim Smith '58 sits atop the rankings and all levels of collegiate basketball with 2,334 rebounds.

- He has played in 104 games so far over his six seasons in Steubenville which is the sixth most ever played by a Baron since 1946. Jim Smith played in the most with 113 over four years for the two-time All-American.

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