The basketball season is off and flying, and we’re sticking with our weekly look back at the best plays of the prior week. Here’s the trio of the most dynamic plays on defense from across the nation last week, via our friends at The Cube. 

3) Ever see a 5-foot-3 hooper elevate for a monster block? Now you have, thanks to Labette County star Erica Gartner against Kansas rival Pittsburgh

2) Jarod Hundley makes an early statement on defense with a swat for Wapahani against Shenandoah in Indiana

1) Dwayne Coleman delivers a monster rejection for Delaware Valley Charter against Pennsylvania foe Neumann-Goretti