Game #7- Military and Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
Franciscan (5-1 | 1-0 PAC) vs. Waynesburg (6-2 | 1-0 PAC)
Saturday, Dec. 6th | 3:00 p.m.
Finnegnan Fieldhouse | Steubenville, Ohio

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The Latest
- The Barons traveled to Waynesburg for their first PAC contest, defeating the Yellow Jackets 81-63 in a game that they never trailed in
- The 18-point margin was the largest in a conference win for the Barons since the 2023-2024 season
- Sawyer Butler led with 25 points and 11 rebounds
- He is now only two points away from reaching 1,000 for his career
- Karl Yonkeu added 17 points and eight rebounds
- The Barons will return home to Steubenville for Military and Law Enforcement Appreciation Day against PAC South rival Washington and Jefferson

Look Around the League

Scouting the Presidents
- Washington and Jefferson comes into this matchup 6-2, fresh off an 86-71 win over fellow PAC South member Chatham
- They are 5th in the PAC in points per game and 4th in points allowed per game
- They are second in the PAC in turnover margin, trailing only Franciscan
- Nathan Plotner leads the team with 12.8 points per game and adds 7.1 rebounds per game
- Plotner also leads the PAC in field goal percentage
- Alex Acosta leads the PAC in rebounds per game with 8.6

All-Time Matchup
- The Barons are 3-11 all-time against the Presidents
- Since joining the PAC, they are 1-8
- Their last win came in the 2023-24 season, when they defeated the Presidents 66-61
- Josh Zimmerman '25 led the team with 22 points and nine rebounds in that game
- The two teams faced each other in last season's PAC quarterfinal, which the Presidents won 73-62

How the Barons Stack Up
- The Barons are 2nd in the PAC in points per game with 84.2
- They are also 2nd in scoring defense, only allowing 68.5 points per game
- Their point differential margin of +15.7 is the best in the conference
- They are 4th in three-pointers made per game with 8.7
- The Barons are second in the conference in team free throw percentage at 75.5%
- They are second in team rebounding at 40.5 per game
- They boast the best turnover margin in the PAC at +6.83

Big Time Butler
- He has scored 20+ points in 23 games so far in his collegiate career. He has scored 30+ points five times, including each of the first two games of the 2025-26 season.
- Sawyer Butler sits 20th with 998 points on the all-time scoring ranks that go back to 1947. Above him are Reg Wood '71 with 1,003, Brad Hall '79 with 1,008, and Randy Greene '65 with 1,014.
- Butler broke the program record for most free throws made by a Baron. He sits at 288, passing Sean Hickey '22, who held the record at 267. 
- With 124 assists, he is now eighth in the all-time rankings. Joe Schriner sits in 7th with 171 over his four-year career.
- His 133 steals are the third most by a Baron all-time. Sean Hickey is second with 158, and Josh Zimmerman holds the record with 259. 
- His 25.2 points per game would be the highest ever single-season average by a Baron, and he is currently in the Top 20 across all of NCAA Division III in scoring.

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