Game #14
Franciscan (10-3 | 2-2 PAC) vs. Bethany (5-8 | 1-3 PAC) 
Wednesday, Jan. 14th | 6:00 p.m.
Finnegan Fieldhouse | Steubenville, OH  

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The Latest
- The Barons' five-game winning streak came to an end with a 77-62 loss against Grove City
- The Wolverines' smothering defense forced the Barons to shoot only 30% from the field
- They also shot 6-23 from the three-point line
- Anthony Covetta was a bright spot off the bench with 13 points on 4-6 shooting from the three-point line
- The Barons will look to bounce back against local rival Bethany in their first home game of the new semester

Look Around the League
Scouting the Bison
- A game against Bethany almost always results in a high-scoring affair for both teams
- This year has been no different, as Bethany is fourth in the PAC in scoring at 81.0 points per game, but they are last in points allowed at 83.1 points per game
- The Bison are 5-8 overall, with a 1-3 PAC record
- Coco Rose and Jayden Jackson are fifth and sixth in the PAC in scoring at 16.7 and 16.3 points per game
- Ryan Reasbeck and Troy Hixson also average double figures
- Reasbeck is third in the PAC in three-pointers

Matchup History
- The Barons are 8-10 all-time against the Bison
- Since joining the PAC, the Barons lead the series 6-3
- They have won eight of the last 11 matchups
- Last season, the Barons won 69-67 at Bethany, before winning 81-74 in Steubenville

Climbing Up the Ranks
- Now past the halfway point of the season, the Barons are climbing up the all-time statistical ranks
- Karl Yonkeu ranks sixth all-time in blocks with 62, trailing Josh York with 71 for fifth
- Behind him is Aiden Townsend in eighth with 53 career blocks
- As a team, the Barons are shooting 43.1% from the field, in striking distance of the record of 43.4%
- The Barons currently have 229 free throws made, closing in on last season's record-setting mark of 352
- They became the fifth Baron team in the Division III era to eclipse 10 wins and look to break the program record of 15 set by the 2024-25 team.

The Three Ball
- The Barons have shot 34.9% from beyond the arc, third-best in the PAC.
- They have held their opponents to 25.4% from beyond the arc as well, the best three-point field goal defense in the conference.
- In wins this season, the Barons have shot 37.2% from three-point land, compared to just 27.3% in their losses.

Big Time Butler
- Sawyer Butler has scored 20+ points in 29 games so far in his collegiate career. He has scored 30+ points seven times.
- He became the second Baron to eclipse 40 points in a game, joining Sean Hickey '22, who did it in the 2020-21 season
- He sits 8th with 1,201 points on the all-time scoring ranks that go back to 1947. He trails Dan Rogich '79 with 1,394 points for 7th.
- Butler broke the program record for most free throws made by a Baron. He sits at 356 makes while shooting 84.4% for his career.
- His 153 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 3.08 steals per game this season are top-15 in NCAA Division III and lead the PAC.
- His 27.2 points per game would be the highest ever single-season average by a Baron, and he is currently leading all of Division III in scoring.
- He is second among all three levels of NCAA in scoring, trailing only Aiden McDowell of Division II Western Colorado as of the most recent NCAA statistics
- With 123 made three-pointers, he has moved into third all-time, trailing Keoni Sablan '18 with 133

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