THE FINAL MAC BOYS BASKETBALL STAT LEADERBOARD IS OUT THROUGH FEBRUARY 26TH, AND IT STARTS WITH DELPHOS ST JOHN’S ON TOP AT 22 AND 0 OVERALL AND 9 AND 0 IN THE MAC. MARION LOCAL FINISHES RIGHT BEHIND AT 20 AND 1, WITH ST HENRY AND VERSAILLES BOTH AT 16 AND 6 AND 15 AND 6. TEAM WISE, DELPHOS ST JOHN’S LED THE LEAGUE IN SCORING OFFENSE AT 75 POINTS PER GAME, BEST SCORING MARGIN AT PLUS 25, AND ALSO TOPPED THE MAC IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, FREE THROW PERCENTAGE, AND THREE POINT SHOOTING, INCLUDING THE MOST THREES MADE AS A TEAM.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, MARION LOCAL WAS THE BEST DEFENSIVE TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE, ALLOWING JUST UNDER 39 POINTS PER GAME. INDIVIDUALLY, CAMERON ELWER OF DELPHOS ST JOHN’S LED THE MAC IN SCORING AT JUST OVER 29 A GAME, AND HE ALSO LED THE LEAGUE IN THREE POINTERS MADE AND THREE POINT PERCENTAGE. DRAKE AHRENS OF VERSAILLES LED THE MAC IN ASSISTS, BRODY BARGA OF FORT RECOVERY LED IN REBOUNDS, AND COLDWATER’S JACK BRUNS LED THE LEAGUE IN SHOT BLOCKS WITH 55, WITH NOLAN GRUSS ALSO HIGH ON THAT LIST.

BOTTOM LINE THE NUMBERS BACK UP WHAT WE SAW ALL YEAR DELPHOS ST JOHN’S SET THE PACE OFFENSIVELY, MARION LOCAL MADE IT TOUGH ON EVERYBODY DEFENSIVELY, AND THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF STAR POWER ACROSS THE MAC HEADING INTO TOURNAMENT TIME.