Game #18
Franciscan (3-14 | 0-8 PAC) vs. Waynesburg (7-10 | 3-5 PAC) 
Wednesday, Jan. 28th | 4:00 p.m. 
Finnegan Fieldhouse | Steubenville, OH 

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The Latest
- The Barons lost to Thiel 77-65 on Saturday in a close game that saw Thiel pull away late in the fourth quarter
- Jazzlyn Melnyk led the way with 17 points and nine rebounds
- She is averaging 11.0 points and 11.2 rebounds on the season
- She is one of only two players in the PAC to be averaging a double-double this season
- The Barons will host Waynesburg in their second matchup this season on Wednesday

Look Around the League


Scouting the Yellow Jackets
- Waynesburg comes into this matchup 7-10, with a 3-5 PAC record
- The Yellow Jackets have lost three of their last four games
- They have the third-best offense in the PAC at 70.8 points per game
- They are also second in three-pointers made with 136, averaging 8.0 per game
- Senior guard Kalista Friday is the engine of the team
- She is sixth in the PAC in scoring at 14.9 points per game and sixth in assists at 4.1 per game
- She is also third in steals per game with 2.8 and tied for eighth in rebounds per game with 7.4

Matchup History 
- The Barons are 1-11 all-time against the Yellow Jackets
- Since joining the PAC, they are 1-9
- The lone win came in the 2022-23 season, when the Barons defeated the Yellow Jackets 64-52
- Earlier this season, the Yellow Jackets prevailed in a wild back-and-forth game, eventually winning 78-59
- Jazzlyn Melnyk led with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the loss for the Barons

Sophomore Stepping Up  
- Abbigail Jannuzi has put together a solid sophomore campaign
- She is third on the Barons in scoring at 10.5 points per game, increasing her scoring average from 7.2 last year
- Jannuzi leads the team in three-point percentage at 29.7%
- Her 35 made threes are tied for sixth in the PAC
- With 68 career made threes, she is ninth on the all-time list
- She also leads the team in free-throw percentage at 73.3%
- She has scored in double figures in 12 of her 17 games, and she has earned 14 starts on the season

700 Club
- Maria McCallen became the seventh Baron in program history to reach 700 career points
- She now sits in sixth with 729 career points. Sarah Schriner '17 sits in fifth with 793 points
- She is also second in career blocks with 51, trailing Madison Doan with 66
- She is sixth in free throws made with 139, trailing Doan with 140 and Cara Mitchell with 143

Melnyk Making Moves
- Jazzlyn Melnyk sits fourth all-time in scoring, as she has scored 910 points. Abby Baierl '20 sits in 3rd with 986
- She hopes to become only the third Baron to reach the 1,000 point mark
- Melnyk holds the program record for most assists by a Baron with 255 and holds the program record in steals with 197
- Her 795 rebounds are the second most in program history. Lacey Huck holds the record at 853 over her collegiate career
- She sits third all-time in three-pointers made with 100, trailing Hannah Flanagan with 104 for second
- She is fourth all-time in field goals made with 363, trailing Abby Baierl with 378 for third
- This season, she leads the PAC and is top-25 in NCAA Division III with 11.2 rebounds per game and has recorded nine double-doubles 

1000 Point Watch for Waynesburg
- Kalista Friday enters this game with 983 career points. 767 of those points came over her three years at Waynesburg and 216 during her freshman year at Defiance.
- She scored 15 points against Barons in December while shooting 3-4 from beyond the arc.   
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