Game #17
Franciscan (12-4 | 4-3 PAC) vs. Thiel (4-11 | 1-6 PAC) 
Saturday, Jan. 24th | 2:00 p.m.  **NOTE THE TIME CHANGE**
Maenpa Court at Beeghly Gymnasium | Greenville, PA  

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The Latest
- The Barons dropped a 76-74 nailbiter against Chatham in a game with potential playoff seeding implications
- They trailed by five at halftime and came back to take the lead, but Chatham weathered the storm and closed the game out strong
- Sawyer Butler had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Zach Oliver added another double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds
- The Barons will travel to Greenville to take on PAC North foe Thiel College on Saturday for the only time this season

Look Around the League


Scouting the Tomcats
- Thiel comes into this matchup 4-11, with a 1-6 conference record
- The Tomcats are in last place in the PAC North
- They are on a seven-game losing streak entering this game
- Khamari Accursio-Harris leads the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game, which is 25th in the PAC
- The Tomcats have the lowest scoring offense in the PAC at 63.8 points per game

Matchup History
- The Barons are 4-6 all-time against the Tomcats
- They have won the last three contests and four of the last five
- The last three times these teams met have resulted in low-scoring games where neither team has scored more than 65 points
- The most recent matchup resulted in a 64-61 win for the Barons
- In that game, Josh Zimmerman led the way with 21 points

The Coaches
- Joe Wallace has been the head coach of Franciscan since 2016 and has led a major turnaround of the program in recent years
- He is the winningest coach of the Division III era with an 88-143 record in 10 seasons
- He has led the Barons to the postseason four times and has secured two playoff wins
- Tim Loomis has been the head coach of Thiel since 2007
- In his 20 seasons, he has led the Tomcats to one regular-season conference championship and 17 playoff appearances
- He is the all-time winningest coach in Thiel history with a 194-264 record, and a 139-160 PAC record
- These coaches have faced each other nine times, with Loomis leading the all-time series 5-4 coming into Saturday's game

Zach Attack
- Zach Oliver has continued to be on a tear for the Barons
- In his last four games, he is averaging 18.3 points per game
- In that stretch, he has shot 8-20 from three-point range
- The junior is averaging 8.5 rebounds per game on the season, which is first in the PAC
- He has scored double-figures in 10 of his 14 games
- He leads the team with five double-doubles

Big Time Butler
- Sawyer Butler has scored 20+ points in 30 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 with 49 at Juniata, joining Sean Hickey '22, who did it in the 2020-21 season
- He sits 8th with 1,260 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 377 makes while shooting 84.2% for his career.
- His 25.8 points per game would be the highest ever single-season average by a Baron, and he is currently third in all of Division III in scoring.
- With 125 made three-pointers, he has moved into third all-time, trailing Keoni Sablan '18 with 133

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