Game #11
Franciscan (8-2 | 1-1 PAC) vs. Capital (6-6 | 1-3 OAC) 
Saturday, Jan. 3rd | 2:00 p.m.
Finnegan Fieldhouse | Steubenville, OH  

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The Latest
-.The Barons secured two impressive wins to capture the Doc Greene Tournament championship
- On Monday, they took down Stevenson 70-66, led by 20 points from Sawyer Butler and a 17 point, 11 rebound double-double from Zach Oliver
- In the championship game on Tuesday against the tournament host Juniata, the Barons gutted out an 85-79 victory
- Butler erupted for single-game school records of 49 points and eight made threes in the win
- He broke Sean Hickey's previous record of 41 points and the mark of seven made threes in a game, which was held by multiple players, including Butler and Hickey
- With their 8-2 record, the Barons have achieved their best start to a season since 1966-67. In that season, the Barons were able to start 9-2.

Look Around the League

Scouting the Comets
- Capital comes into this matchup 6-6, with a 1-3 record in the OAC
- After winning their first four regular-season games, they have lost six of their last eight
- The Comets have five players averaging double-digit scoring, led by sophomore wing Se'Ron Callaway-White with 14.1 points per game
- Junior forward Chris Mitchell is averaging a near double-double with 11.0 points and 9.8 rebounds per game
- Capital faced Franciscan's PAC foe Washington and Jefferson earlier this season, losing 79-73 to the Presidents
- The Barons and Comets have never faced each other before. In fact, it will be the first time that the Barons have hosted a team from the OAC, since Muskingum came to Steubenville in the 2014-15 season.

Across the Board
- Several Barons are near the top of the conference in statistical categories this season
- Sawyer Butler is first in scoring at 27.2 points per game
- He is second in free throw percentage and leads the conference in made free throws by a large margin
- Butler is also first in steals at 3.3 per game
- Zach Oliver leads the conference in rebounding with 9.0 per game
- Aiden Townsend is second in blocks at 1.9 per game
- The Barons are third in scoring offense and scoring defense
- They lead the conference in scoring margin at +11.1
- They are also second in team rebounding and blocks

Big Time Butler
- Sawyer Butler has scored 20+ points in 27 games so far in his collegiate career. He has scored 30+ points six 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 12th with 1,119 points on the all-time scoring ranks that go back to 1947. He trails Tim Herten '75 and Paul Kearns '57, who are tied with 1,129 points
- Butler broke the program record for most free throws made by a Baron. He sits at 323 makes while shooting 85% for his career.
- His 146 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 3.3 steals per game this season are the 9th most 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 third across all of Division III in scoring.
- He is in the Top 5 among all three levels of NCAA in scoring.
- With 114 made three-pointers, he has moved into third all-time, trailing Keoni Sablan '18 with 133

The Three Ball
- Four Barons are averaging over 1.7 made three-point field goals per game this season. 
- As a team, they average 8.9 makes from beyond the arc per game, the fourth-most in the PAC.
- Butler leads the way with 23 makes, followed by Anthony Covetta with 18, Zach Oliver with 14, and Zachary Pollaro with 12

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