Mercer County (14-0) tops first Litkenhous Ratings

By Jason Frakes | January 4, 2016 9:49 am

The Mercer County High School boys basketball team, at 14-0 the only undefeated team in Kentucky, is the No. 1 team in the state in the first Courier-Journal Litkenhous Ratings released Monday.

The Titans won a pair of holiday tournaments, beating Meade County 80-63 on Dec. 23 in the final of its own Farmers National Bank Clash of Titans and host Montgomery County 71-56 last Tuesday in the championship game of the Gateway Holiday Classic.

Mercer County features four players averaging double figures in scoring – sophomore Trevon Faulkner (19.4 ppg), junior Dylan James (15.1 ppg) and seniors Will Hager (13.2 ppg) and Malik Dow (12.4 ppg).

Here are the complete Litkenhous Ratings:

The LITKENHOUS RATINGS
1.Mercer County (14-0)	104.0
2.Christian County (11-2)	102.8
3.Paul Laurence Dunbar (13-2)	102.2
4.Trinity (13-2)	101.9
5.Covington Catholic (9-4)	101.7
6.Bullitt East (11-2)	100.1
7.Henry Clay (13-2)	99.1
8.Lafayette (10-3)	97.9
9.Central (4-4)	96.1
10.Fern Creek (8-4)	95.9
11.Scott County (15-1)	95.0
12.Male (10-2)	95.0
13.South Laurel (10-2)	94.3
14.Oldham County (10-2)	93.3
15.Wayne County (8-4)	93.0
16.Bowling Green (11-2)	92.3
17.North Hardin (12-4)	92.0
18.Cooper (11-1)	91.9
19.Southwestern (9-2)	91.4
20.Newport Catholic (9-2)	91.2

REGION 1
1.Paducah Tilghman	87.5
2.Murray	84.4
3.Graves County	80.0
4.McCracken County	75.6
5.Marshall County	70.6
6.Mayfield	66.0
7.Carlisle County	65.7
8.Calloway County	59.2
9.St. Mary	58.6
10.Ballard Memorial	58.4
11.Hickman County	52.9
12.Fulton County	48.3
13.Fulton City	36.0
14.Christian Fellowship	17.6
15.Community Christian	6.7

REGION 2
1.Christian County	102.8
2.Hopkinsville	90.4
3.Madisonville	78.1
4.Henderson County	77.0
5.Webster County	74.1
6.University Heights	68.8
7.Trigg County	65.0
8.Union County	58.0
9.Caldwell County	57.3
10.Lyon County	48.8
11.Hopkins Central	47.5
12.Livingston Central	44.0
13.Crittenden County	37.9
14.Fort Campbell	37.1
15.Dawson Springs	37.0

REGION 3
1.Meade County	86.2
2.Owensboro	81.8
3.Breckinridge County	80.4
4.Daviess County	80.4
5.Muhlenberg County	77.8
6.Owensboro Catholic	77.3
7.Apollo	72.6
8.Ohio County	69.2
9.Hancock County	67.6
10.Edmonson County	67.5
11.Grayson County	65.2
12.McLean County	61.4
13.Butler County	60.1
14.Whitesville Trinity	57.6
15.Frederick Fraize	37.0

REGION 4
1.Bowling Green	92.3
2.Warren Central	87.6
3.Franklin-Simpson	82.4
4.Barren County	80.4
5.Russell County	79.4
6.Russellville	78.4
7.Warren East	75.1
8.Clinton County	72.2
9.South Warren	70.8
10.Greenwood	66.9
11.Monroe County	66.4
12.Allen County	64.5
13.Logan County	62.7
14.Metcalfe County	52.9
15.Glasgow	51.5
16.Cumberland County	49.5
17.Todd Central	45.5

REGION 5
1.North Hardin	92.0
2.Bardstown	82.9
3.Central Hardin	81.5
4.Taylor County	80.9
5.Adair County	77.5
6.John Hardin	76.3
7.Green County	73.7
8.Caverna	69.3
9.Campbellsville	67.1
10.Larue County	66.9
11.Nelson County	64.6
12.Marion County	63.3
13.Elizabethtown	61.7
14.Bethlehem	57.8
15.Hart County	54.8
16.Washington County	53.2
17.Thomas Nelson	43.1
18.Fort Knox	43.0

REGION 6
1.Bullitt East	100.1
2.Fern Creek	95.9
3.Doss	87.6
4.Valley	85.9
5.North Bullitt	85.2
6.PRP	84.3
7.Butler	83.1
8.Moore	76.0
9.Southern	75.3
10.Fairdale	74.0
11.Iroquois	72.5
12.Western	69.5
13.DeSales	66.3
14.Jeffersontown	65.0
15.Holy Cross	64.0
16.Beth Haven	63.4
17.Bullitt Central	62.9
18.Evangel	52.8
19.Whitefield Academy	38.1

REGION 7
1.Trinity	101.9
2.Central	96.1
3.Male	95.0
4.Ballard	90.6
5.Eastern	87.2
6.Waggener	87.2
7.St. Xavier	85.6
8.Manual	82.3
9.Christian Academy	79.6
10.KCD	78.1
11.Seneca	66.4
12.Atherton	63.8
13.Shawnee	57.4
14.Collegiate	39.0
15.Portland Christian	35.6
16.Brown	29.7
17.Walden	24.1
18.St. Francis	20.2

REGION 8
1.Oldham County	93.3
2.Owen County	90.5
3.South Oldham	88.7
4.Simon Kenton	80.2
5.North Oldham	77.5
6.Walton-Verona	77.5
7.Collins	74.7
8.Shelby County	73.5
9.Anderson County	72.4
10.Spencer County	69.6
11.Grant County	67.8
12.Henry County	62.6
13.Williamstown	62.4
14.Gallatin County	57.9
15.Carroll County	57.6
16.Eminence	57.1
17.Trimble County	39.0

REGION 9
1.Covington Catholic	101.7
2.Cooper	91.9
3.Newport Catholic	91.2
4.Conner	88.9
5.Covington Holy Cross	86.5
6.Dixie Heights	82.8
7.Holmes	82.6
8.Newport	79.4
9.Ryle	75.8
10.St. Henry	73.9
11.Beechwood	72.5
12.Erlanger Lloyd	72.5
13.Ludlow	62.6
14.Highlands	62.3
15.Boone County	61.7
16.Dayton	54.5
17.Bellevue	52.1
18.Villa Madonna	44.2
19.Covington Latin	20.3
20.Heritage Academy	19.5

REGION 10
1.Montgomery County	86.6
2.Paris	86.3
3.Mason County	79.5
4.Bishop Brossart	79.4
5.Clark County	78.5
6.Bracken County	77.8
7.Campbell County	77.2
8.Augusta	74.2
9.Harrison County	71.3
10.Scott High	71.0
11.Bourbon County	70.1
12.Pendleton County	68.4
13.St. Patrick	51.6
14.Nicholas County	47.1
15.Calvary Christian	45.9
16.Robertson County	35.8
17.Silver Grove	26.3

REGION 11
1.Paul Laurence Dunbar	102.2
2.Henry Clay	99.1
3.Lafayette	97.9
4.Scott County	95.0
5.Lexington Catholic	89.6
6.Madison Central	86.9
7.Madison Southern	84.4
8.Lexington Christian	84.1
9.Bryan Station	81.3
10.Woodford County	76.1
11.Franklin County	70.5
12.Frankfort	70.3
13.Tates Creek	68.1
14.Western Hills	63.9
15.Sayre	63.2
16.Model	60.4
17.Berea	53.4

REGION 12
1.Mercer County	104.0
2.Wayne County	93.0
3.Southwestern	91.4
4.Boyle County	82.3
5.Pulaski County	80.7
6.Danville	79.6
7.West Jessamine	78.9
8.Lincoln County	77.4
9.Rockcastle County	72.8
10.Somerset	72.8
11.Garrard County	69.8
12.Casey County	69.7
13.East Jessamine	64.1
14.McCreary Central	58.3
15.Burgin	49.5
16.Ky Deaf School	1.0

REGION 13
1.South Laurel	94.3
2.Clay County	90.6
3.Corbin	87.1
4.North Laurel	86.0
5.Harlan County	82.0
6.Barbourville	80.3
7.Whitley County	79.6
8.Knox Central	78.5
9.Bell County	72.1
10.Lynn Camp	67.9
11.Oneida Baptist	59.9
12.Harlan	58.1
13.Jackson County	56.6
14.Pineville	54.4
15.Williamsburg	42.8
16.Middlesboro	32.0
17.Red Bird	25.7

REGION 14
1.Cordia	85.7
2.Perry Central	82.0
3.Letcher Central	77.8
4.Breathitt County	76.2
5.Hazard	74.1
6.Buckhorn	73.4
7.June Buchanan	72.7
8.Knott Central	71.2
9.Powell County	62.8
10.Leslie County	58.0
11.Jackson City	56.7
12.Estill County	55.0
13.Wolfe County	54.9
14.Owsley County	41.3
15.Lee County	36.0
16.Jenkins	19.7
17.Riverside Christian	14.1

REGION 15
1.Lawrence County	84.0
2.Pike Central	76.3
3.Magoffin County	75.7
4.Johnson Central	66.5
5.Pikeville	62.5
6.Shelby Valley	61.4
7.South Floyd	61.2
8.Belfry	59.2
9.Paintsville	58.9
10.Betsy Layne	57.7
11.East Ridge	57.6
12.Allen Central	56.1
13.Sheldon Clark	55.3
14.Prestonsburg	51.7
15.Phelps	41.8
16.Piarist	1.0

REGION 16
1.Elliott County	83.6
2.Rowan County	79.5
3.Boyd County	78.6
4.Ashland Blazer	77.1
5.West Carter	73.1
6.Morgan County	69.8
7.Lewis County	68.4
8.Greenup County	68.3
9.Raceland	63.8
10.East Carter	62.8
11.Fleming County	59.8
12.Russell	57.5
13.Fairview	57.0
14.Bath County	44.2
15.Menifee County	30.5
16.Rose Hill	22.7