Game #12
Franciscan (9-2 | 1-1 PAC) vs. Saint Vincent (7-4 | 2-0 PAC) 
Wednesday, Jan. 7th | 7:30 p.m.
Robert S. Carrey Center | Latrobe, PA  

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The Latest
- The Barons secured their fourth straight win with a 92-74 effort over Capital on Saturday
- Sawyer Butler led the way with 29 points, capping off an incredible week that earned him PAC Player of the Week honors
- Five players scored double figures in the win
- They will play their first conference game since December 6th against Saint Vincent in a huge matchup for future playoff seeding

Look Around the LeagueScouting the Bearcats
- Saint Vincent comes into this game 7-4 overall, with a 2-0 PAC record
- They have won four of their last five games
- The Bearcats are undefeated at home this season
- They are third in scoring in the PAC at 83.8 points per game, just 0.1 points behind Franciscan
- They are second in scoring margin at +8.1, trailing Franciscan at 11.7
- Jaden Gales is sixth in the PAC in scoring at 16.4 points per game and eighth in rebounding at 6.6 per game

Matchup History
- The Barons are 3-9 against the Bearcats in the NCAA Division III era, but dating back to the 1947-48 season, the Barons have won 36 of the 58 all-time meetings
- Saint Vincent has won the last six matchups
- The last Baron win came in the 2021-22 season, which was part of a 3-game Franciscan winning streak over the Bearcats
- In that 85-75 win, Sean Hickey scored 30 points and made seven three-pointers

Balanced Offense
- The win over Capital was only the second time this season where five players scored double figures
- The first was on November 8th in the win over Adrian College
- Zach Oliver scored 14 and is second on the team in scoring at 12.3 points per game
- Aiden Townsend added 11 points on 5-8 shooting
- Anthony Ciola scored an impressive 11 points in only nine minutes, going 3-3 from the three-point line
- Volodymyr Trotsko stepped up with 10 points on 5-5 shooting from the field, his first game in double figures this season

Big Time Butler
- Sawyer Butler has scored 20+ points in 28 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 10th with 1,148 points on the all-time scoring ranks that go back to 1947. He trails Frank Sapienza '57 for ninth with 1,172 points.
- Butler broke the program record for most free throws made by a Baron. He sits at 338 makes while shooting 84.5% for his career.
- His 149 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 3.27 steals per game this season are the 7th most in NCAA Division III and lead the PAC.
- His 27.4 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 at 27.7 points per game
- With 116 made three-pointers, he has moved into third all-time, trailing Keoni Sablan '18 with 133

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