The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) announced the Men's Basketball Weekly Awards on Monday, and Franciscan junior Sawyer Butler (Beaver, Pa. / Beaver Area) earned Player of the Week honors.

Butler averaged 32.7 points during the break to lead the Barons to three wins. First, the Barons won the Doc Greene Tournament at Juniata, their second in-season tournament title of the season, with wins over Stevenson and Juniata. Butler scored 20 points in just 24 minutes against Stevenson while going a perfect 12-12 from the free-throw line. Against Juniata, he scored a program-record 49 points, including another program record of eight made three-point field goals, while adding five boards and three steals. He followed that up with 29 points in a non-conference home win over Capital. On the week, he shot 54.5% (24-44) from the floor, 45.4% (10-22) from beyond the arc, and 85.1% (40-47) from the free throw line. His 27.4 points per game leads all of NCAA Division III in scoring through Sunday's contests.

This is the sixth PAC Weekly honor of his career and second of the season. The Barons return to action at Saint Vincent on Wednesday in a pivotal PAC South region matchup

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