Plum High School graduate Jon Koch was named Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball player of the week for the second week in a row.

Koch, a 6-foot-2 senior guard at Washington & Jefferson College, averaged 24.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in two games for the Presidents. He also eclipsed the 1,700-point career scoring mark.

Koch posted a game-high 29 points in a 93-67 road PAC win at Thomas More, then posted 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists (including a game-tying 3-pointer with 53 seconds left) in a 79-76 home loss to PAC leader Bethany.

Koch, who was also chosen as last week's ECAC Division III Southern player of the week, has started all 103 games in his career with the Presidents and has netted 1,744 points. He has also grabbed 482 rebounds and handed out 202 assists.

On the season, he leads the Presidents' Athletic Conference with an average of 18.0 points per game. He has knocked down 44 three-pointers and has logged a conference-high 35.3 minutes per game.

High on the Hill

Penn-Trafford graduates Autumn Himes and Jenna Petrini and Norwin graduate Erika Haitz are starters on the Seton Hill University women's basketball team.

Himes, a 5-10 junior guard/forward , is averaging 13.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. She is shooting 39.2 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from the foul line.

Petrini, a 5-8 freshman guard, is averaging 5.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. Petrini is shooting 35.7 percent from the field and 93.3 percent from the foul line.

Haitz, a 5-10 guard/forward, is averaging 9.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Haitz is shooting 50.7 percent from the field and 73.3 percent from the foul line.

A milestone at Clarion

Plum High School graduate Bobby Franklin became the 10th player in Clarion University history to record 300 career assists for the men's basketball team with six assists in Clarion's 62-60 win at IUP.

Franklin has 304 career assists. He needs six more helpers to tie Kwame Morton (310 assists) for ninth place and 11 more to tie Vernon King (315) for eighth place.

This season Franklin has 81 assists, an average of 3.86 per game, which ranks sixth in the PSAC and fourth in the PSAC-West.

Franklin is on pace this season to set a career-high for assists in a season. His personal best is 90, which he had during his sophomore year while helping Clarion to the PSAC-West title. He had 88 last season.

A three-year starter, Franklin has 710 career points and 139 career steals while having a 1.61-to-1 career assists-to-turnover ratio.

Franklin set a career-high with nine assists Jan. 6 against East Stroudsburg. He has had five or more assists six times this season.