Women's Basketball | 2/17/2026 11:00:00 AM

Game #24 - Senior Day
Franciscan (3-20 | 0-14 PAC) vs. Saint Vincent (17-6 | 12-2 PAC) 
Wednesday, Feb. 18th | 5:30 p.m. 
Finnegan Fieldhouse | Steubenville, OH 

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The Latest
- The Barons were defeated 61-45 by Allegheny on Saturday
- Jazzlyn Melnyk led with 11 points and 14 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season
- The Barons trailed by six at halftime, but a huge third quarter from the Gators blew the game open
- The Barons will welcome Saint Vincent to Steubenville on Wednesday to honor Emma Clow on Senior Day

Scouting the Bearcats
- Saint Vincent comes into this matchup 17-6, with a dominant 12-2 PAC record
- The Bearcats are riding a three-game win streak and currently sit in first place in the PAC South
- They have the sixth-ranked offense and second-ranked defense in the PAC
- They have a point differential of +11.3 on the season
- Senior forward Makenna Maier leads the Bearcats with 12.3 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game
- Maier leads the PAC in three-point percentage, and the Bearcats as a team are second in three-point percentage

Matchup History 
- The Barons are still looking for their first win against the Bearcats
- Earlier this season, the Bearcats won 76-33 in Latrobe
- In the loss, Abbigail Januzzi led the Barons with 12 points and three made three-pointers

The Senior
- Emma Clow will be honored on Senior Day for her four years of contributions to the program
- The guard has played in 85 games in her career, starting 43 of them
- She has been a defensive stalwart and one of the hardest-working players on the team since joining the program
- She has averaged 25.3 minutes per game for her career
- Her best game came in the 2023-24 season, when she scored 15 points against Grove City and made three three-pointers
- She has made 59 threes in her four years with the program

One Step Closer
- Maria McCallen became the fifth Baron to reach 800 points in the home game against Chatham
- She now sits at 806 points for her career
- With one season remaining still, McCallen is getting closer to becoming the fourth Baron to reach 1,000 career points
- She is also second in career blocks with 59, trailing Madison Doan with 66
- She is fourth in free throws made with 162, trailing Sarah Schriner with 196 for third

Melnyk Making Moves
- Jazzlyn Melnyk has passed Abby Baierl '20 for third all-time in scoring, as she has scored 1,011 points
- She became only the third Baron to ever reach the 1,000 point mark
- Melnyk holds the program record for most assists by a Baron with 271 and holds the program record in steals with 210
- Last week against Chatham, she became the program record holder for rebounds, and she now has 879 career rebounds
- She has now moved into second in three-pointers made with 112, trailing Abby Baierl with 125 for first
- She is now third in field goals made with 399, trailing Coach Iliana Spoelman (Gonzales) for second with 420
- This season, she leads the PAC with 12.0 rebounds per game and has recorded 13 double-doubles 
- She is 14th in the PAC in scoring with a career-high average of 12.5 points per game

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