Game #24 - Senior Day
Franciscan (18-5 | 10-4 PAC) vs. Saint Vincent (16-7 | 11-3 PAC) 
Wednesday, Feb. 18th | 7:30 p.m. 
Finnegan Fieldhouse | Steubenville, OH  

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The Latest
- The Barons earned an 81-66 win over Allegheny in another strong second-half performance
- Aiden Townsend got the better of the Gators for the second-straight year, scoring a career-high 25 points on 9-12 shooting and 5-5 from the three-point line
- Sawyer Butler added 16 points, and Volodymyr Trotsko had a career-high 15 points
- The Barons held their position in the top three of the PAC South standings
- They will welcome Saint Vincent to Steubenville for Senior Day and the last home regular-season game
- Senior guards Reece Miller and Malachi Rose-Burton will be honored before the game

Look Around the League


Scouting the Bearcats
- Saint Vincent comes into this game 16-7 overall, with an 11-3 PAC record
- They have won nine straight games
- They lead the PAC in scoring at 82.7 points per game
- They are second in point differential at +9.0, trailing Franciscan at +11.0
- Jaden Gales is fifth in the PAC in scoring at 17.0 points per game and fifth in rebounding at 7.2 per game
- Dev Ostrowski, Mike Iuzzolino, and Terek Crosby all average double figures
- The Bearcats are second in the PAC in three-point percentage behind Franciscan

Matchup History
- The Barons are 37-22 all-time against the Bearcats dating back to 1947-48
- In the Division III era, the Barons are 4-9 against the Bearcats
- Saint Vincent has won six of the last seven matchups
- Earlier this season, the Barons broke the six-game losing streak by winning 85-72 in Latrobe
- Sawyer Butler scored 38 points, shooting 12-19 from the field and 6-8 from beyond the arc.

The Seniors
- Malachi Rose-Burton and Reece Miller will be honored for the Barons on Senior Day
- Rose-Burton has played in 74 games, started 18 games, and has averaged 16.5 minutes per game in his career
- He has scored 210 points and is a career 33% shooter from the three-point line
- Rose-Burton has the best assist-turnover ratio of any Baron this season
- Fan-favorite Reece Miller has been a leader for the Barons all four years of his career
- He has played in 23 games, scoring 26 points and shooting 43% from three-point range
- His career-best game came in the 2023-24 season, when he scored nine points against Geneva

Keeping it Rolling
-  With the win over Allegheny, the Barons increased their record-breaking win total to 18
- For the first time, they have cracked the top 100 in the national Division III NPI rankings 
- The only PAC team ranked higher than them is Washington and Jefferson, who is ranked #72

Big Time Butler
- Sawyer Butler has scored 20+ points in 31 games so far in his collegiate career. He has scored 30+ points seven times.
- He has scored 507 points this season, which is the third-most by a Baron in a season all-time. Thomas Kleinschnitz holds the program record with 520 in the 2010-11 season.
- He sits 8th with 1,354 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 407 makes while shooting 84.1% for his career.
- He is fourth all-time in field goals with 408. Matt Trent '20 is third with 427.
- His 22.0 points per game would be the highest ever single-season average by a Baron
- He leads the PAC in scoring
- With 131 made three-pointers, he has moved into third all-time, trailing Keoni Sablan '18 with 133

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