Defense wins championships.
That old adage seems to be ringing true for Monroe County Region basketball this season.
The three winningest girls teams in the Region also rank 1-2-3 for defense.
Gibraltar Carlson (14-4) is giving up 32.7 points per game, Bedford (16-1) yields just 32.9 per night and St. Mary Catholic Central (18-0) limits opponents to 35.6 a game.
It’s the same way for the boys, where the top two teams also are the two best defensive squads.
SMCC (16-4) is statistically the Region’s best defense squad with a 46.4 points-against average. Summerfield (18-1) is stingy, too, with a 47.4 average.
Airport (54.7) and New Boston Huron (54.1) lead the girls teams in points per game.
The best offenses for the boys are Summerfield (71.4), SMCC (63.2) and Bedford (62.5).
As regular season winds down, the individual scoring race for girls is led by Victoria Gray of Bedford at 20.1 points per game with Ida’s Jessica Schrader second at 19.1.
Jefferson’s Trey Oldenburg has opened up a big lead for the boys with 21.6 points per game. Graham Junge of Flat Rock ranks second at 18.9, Ian Foster of SMCC third at 17.8, Tyler Dafoe of Summerfield fourth at 17.7 and Jace Williams of Bedford fifth at 17.0.
SMCC 18-0
Bedford 16-1
Gibraltar Carlson 14-4
Airport 13-6
New Boston Huron 13-6
Summerfield 12-6
Flat Rock 11-7
Ida 11-7
Whiteford 11-6
Monroe 8-10
Jefferson 8-11
Erie Mason 6-11
Dundee 5-13
Milan 4-15
Victoria Gray, Bedford 20.1
Jessica Schrader, Ida 19.1
Madleen Hussein, Flat Rock 16.1
Jaeli Jones, Summerfield 14.9
Sophia Bussell, Monroe 14.8
Sophia Mator, Airport 14.5
Emily Bladen, Milan 14.2
Brooke Mossburg, SMCC 14.2
Gabby Emelian, Huron 13.2
Olivia Gratz, Airport 13.2
Adela Illes, 13.0
Mia Miller, Summerfield 12.4
Addison Wallace, Carlson 11.7
Peyton Zajac, Airport 11.6
Bailey Meiring, Mason 11.4
Emily Rasor, Whiteford 11.4
Nina Clements Huron, 11.1
Addison Kopp, Flat Rock 10.7
Addison Beddow, Huron 10.5
Zoie Stubleski, Mason 10.3
Emily Hill, Whiteford 9.7
Gracie Jones, Jefferson 9.7
Natalie LaPrad, SMCC 9.7
Marissa Beck, Milan 9.4
Airport 57.4
New Boston Huron 54.1
SMCC 53.7
Bedford 50.3
Summerfield 47.9
Flat Rock 46.7
Gibraltar Carlson 45.7
Ida 45.1
Whiteford 44.6
Jefferson 40.2
Monroe 40.1
Erie Mason 39.9
Dundee 38.5
Milan 32.9
Gibraltar Carlson 32.7
Bedford 32.9
SMCC 35.6
Whiteford 37.7
Summerfield 39.6
Ida 41.6
Erie Mason 42.3
Flat Rock 42.3
Monroe 42.7
Dundee 43.3
Jefferson 43.7
Airport 44.3
Milan 44.4
Huron 47.1
Summerfield 18-1
SMCC 16-4
Whiteford 14-7
Flat Rock 13-7
State Line Christian 11-11
Erie Mason 10-10
Gibraltar Carlson 9-10
New Boston Huron 9-10
Bedford 8-11
Ida 7-12
Jefferson 7-13
Dundee 5-15
Milan 5-14
Airport 4-16
Monroe 3-16
Trey Oldenburg, Jefferson 21.6
Graham Junge, Flat Rock 18.9
Ian Foster, SMCC 17.8
Tyler Dafoe, Summerfield 17.7
Jace Williams, Bedford 17.0
Landon Talladay, Milan 15.4
Cooper Worley, State Line 15.1
Brody St. John, Sum. 14.9
Alex Tejada-Walker, Huron 14.6
Ryan Zanger, Dundee 14.5
Jha Jha Hornbeak, Sum. 14.3
Luke Beaudrie, Jefferson 13.7
Rylan Joerin, Whiteford 13.7
Aidyn Stahr, Airport 13.7
Logan Goodin, Mason 13.6
Matthew MacBride, Carlson 13.2
Michael Giroux, Flat Rock 13.1
Jackson Baumker, State Line 12.1
Cyrus Goins, Flat Rock 12.0
Cole Forster, Huron 11.8
Grant Segrist, Milan 11.5
Brady Hines, SMCC 11.3
David Sweeney, Mason 10.7
Noah Colon, Bedford 10.3
Preston Roque, State Line 10.3
Owen Snyder, Ida 10.3
Zach Farmer, Milan 10.2
Austin Saavedra, Carlson 10.2
Summerfield 71.4
SMCC 63.2
Bedford 62.5
Flat Rock 56.2
Whiteford 55.6
State Line Christian 55.5
Gibraltar Carlson 54.5
New Boston Huron 52.7
Jefferson 50.9
Milan 49.6
Airport 49.1
Dundee 48.1
Ida 47.7
Erie Mason 46.5
Monroe 37.3
SMCC 46.4
Summerfield 47.4
Erie Mason 48.8
Flat Rock 49.7
Ida 50.3
Gibraltar Carlson 50.2
State Line Christian 51.3
Whiteford 52.0
New Boston Huron 53.4
Airport 54.4
Monroe 55.6
Milan 56.7
Jefferson 57.2
Dundee 61.6
Bedford 61.7
