Ohio high school girls basketball Top 25: Pickerington Central remains on top, Copley in top 10 (12/26/2023)

The 25 teams in the SBLive Ohio girls basketball Power 25 remain the same, but the order has changed

Santa Claus might have come and gone, but there was one more present under the tree to unwrap - the latest SBLive Ohio girls basketball Power 25.

The top seven were all on the nice list this week, as Pickerington Central, Purcell Marian, Princeton, Magnificat, Springboro, Olentangy and Mount Notre Dame retained their rankings.

Meanwhile, Copley went to its stocking and pulled out a top 10 ranking, jumping eight spots from last week.

SBLive Ohio girls basketball Power 25 

1. Pickerington Central (7-0)

Previous: beat Reynoldsburg, 61-54; beat Cincinnati Purcell Marian, 53-52; beat Liberty Township Lakota East, 51-46; beat Newark, 69-33; beat Rocky River Magnificat, 57-54; beat Gahanna Lincoln, 72-35.

Last week: ranked No. 1, beat Grove City Central Crossing, 66-11.

This week: Dec. 28-30 at tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina.

2. Purcell Marian (10-1)

Previous: beat Rocky River Magnificat, 72-59; beat Springboro, 56-54; lost to Pickerington Central, 53-52; beat Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, 62-50; beat Cincinnati Summit Country Day, 74-26; beat Columbus Africentric 64-54; beat Union (Kentucky) Cooper, 56-51; beat St. Bernard Roger Bacon, 71-34; beat Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, 92-36.

Last week: ranked No. 2, beat Norwood, 81-39; beat Beavercreek, 71-29.

This week: Dec. 28-30 at tournament in Miami, Florida

3. Princeton (7-1)

Previous: beat Cincinnati Winton Woods, 69-58; beat Cincinnati Sycamore, 64-24; beat Middletown, 66-29; lost to Clarksville (Tennessee) Christian, 56-50; beat Dyersburg (TN), 62-45; beat Fairfield, 59-51; beat Mason, 72-69.

Last week: ranked No. 3, beat Cincinnati Colerain, 88-22.

This week: Dec. 29 vs. No. 7 Mount Notre Dame.

4. Magnificat (5-2)

Previous: beat Canton McKinley, 72-41; lost to Cincinnati Purcell Marian, 72-59; beat Medina, 62-39; beat Cleveland St. Joseph Academy, 61-23; lost to Pickerington Central, 57-54; beat Westlake, 62-28.

Last week: ranked No. 4, beat then-No. 18 Copley, 58-42.

This week: Dec. 27-29 at Hoops 4 Pink tournament in Hammond, Indiana.

5. Springboro (8-1)

Previous: beat Liberty Center Lakota East, 38-37; lost to Cincinnati Purcell Marian, 56-54; beat Beavercreek, 69-58; beat Kettering Fairmont, 48-43; beat Huber Heights Wayne, 51-17; beat Springfield, 61-34; beat Clayton Northmont, 73-30; beat Centerville, 53-34.

Last week: ranked No. 5, beat Miamisburg, 54-49.

This week: Dec. 27-30 at Tampa Bay (Florida) Invitational tournament.

6. Lewis Center Olentangy (9-0)

Previous: beat Columbus DeSales, 54-34; beat New Albany, 48-23; beat Marysville, 59-49; beat Western Reserve Academy, 63-52; beat Delaware Olentangy Berlin, 65-25; beat Westerville Central, 58-45; beat Olentangy Orange, 59-33.

Last week: ranked No. 6, beat Grove City, 60-38; beat Worthington, 71-22.

This week: Dec. 30 vs. Wapakoneta.

7. Mount Notre Dame (9-0)

Previous: beat Liberty Township Lakota East, 55-45; beat Cincinnati Seton, 54-34; beat Dublin Coffman, 43-37; beat Cincinnati Mercy McAuley, 66-22; beat Cincinnati Ursuline Academy, 61-17; beat Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy, 64-19; beat Union (Kentucky) Ryle, 55-45; beat Bellbrook, 51-22.

Last week: ranked No. 7, beat Beavercreek, 46-27.

This week: Dec. 29 at No. 3 Cincinnati Princeton.

8. Archbishop Hoban (8-0)

Previous: beat Youngstown Ursuline, 55-26; beat Cleveland John Marshall, 64-10; beat Apple Creek Waynedale, 51-45; beat Warren Howland, 66-52; beat Gates Mills Gilmour Academy, 51-44; beat Toledo Central Catholic, 57-49; beat Akron Ellet, 49-45; beat Austintown-Fitch, 63-36.

Last week: ranked No. 9, no games played.

This week: Dec. 28 vs. Louisville at Canfield South Range; Dec. 29 vs. Hathaway Brown at Canfield South Range.

9. Archbishop Alter (9-0)

Previous: beat Dayton Ponitz 68-4; beat Liberty Township Lakota East, 46-39; beat Cincinnati McNicholas, 57-41; beat Dayton Chaminade Julienne, 59-41; beat Middletown Fenwick, 64-16; beat Trotwood-Madison, 75-18; beat Gahanna Lincoln, 71-35.

Last week: ranked No. 10, beat Cincinnati Seton, 64-32; beat Cincinnati Mercy McAuley, 65-44.

This week: Dec. 27-28 at Jingle Jam at Cedar Point.

10. Copley (8-1)

Previous: beat Medina Highland, 75-30; beat Aurora, 51-43; beat Olmsted Falls, 49-40; beat Kent Roosevelt, 70-31; beat Cuyahoga Falls, 67-17; beat Barberton, 73-20; beat Richfield Revere, 56-37.

Last week: ranked No. 18, beat then-No. 8 Solon, 52-48; lost to No. 4 Magnificat, 58-42.

This week: Dec. 27 vs. Streetsboro; Dec. 29 at Stow.

11. Fairland (8-0)

Previous: beat Dayton Carroll, 66-59; beat Gallipolis Gallia Academy, 82-16; beat Ironton Rock Hill, 73-25; beat Reynoldsburg, 87-59; beat Ironton, 76-23; beat South Point, 71-23.

Last week: ranked No. 11, beat Chesapeake, 44-9; beat Parkersburg (West Virginia), 60-45.

This week: Dec. 27 vs. Marietta; Dec. 28 vs. South Charleston (West Virginia).

12. Africentric (7-1)

Previous: beat Shaker Heights Laurel, 49-45; beat Columbus Briggs, 79-1; beat Columbus Eastmoor Academy, 72-2; lost to Cincinnati Purcell Marian, 64-54; beat Columbus Walnut Ridge, 59-13; beat Columbus South, 73-23; beat Reynoldsburg, 79-35.

Last week: ranked No. 12, beat Columbus Independence, 95-8.

This week: Dec. 30 vs. Detroit (Michigan) Edison Academy.

13. Solon (6-1)

Previous: beat Macedonia Nordonia, 77-44; beat Toledo Start, 56-29; beat North Royalton, 81-35; beat Twinsburg, 69-34; beat Brecksville-Broadview Heights, 54-37; beat Wadsworth, 60-43.

Last week: ranked No. 8, lost to then-No. 18 Copley, 52-48.

This week: Dec. 29 at No. 14 Marysville.

14. Marysville (7-1)

Previous: beat Hilliard Bradley, 50-18; lost to Lewis Center Olentangy, 59-49; beat Sunbury Big Walnut, 51-32; beat Hilliard Darby, 52-19; beat Hilliard Davidson, 54-33; beat Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, 52-48.

Last week: ranked No. 13, beat Columbus Watterson, 51-47; beat Dublin Jerome, 56-38.

This week: Dec. 29 vs. No. 13 Solon.

15. Mason (7-2)

Previous: lost to Beavercreek, 52-51; beat Lebanon, 59-51; beat Cincinnati Colerain, 86-34; beat Fairfield, 69-48; beat West Chester Lakota West, 55-35; beat Cincinnati Oak Hills, 48-18; lost to Cincinnati Princeton, 72-69.

Last week: ranked No. 14, beat Middletown, 63-36; beat Bellbrook, 60-52.

This week: no games scheduled.

16. Lakota East (7-4)

Previous: lost to Springboro, 38-37; beat Hamilton Badin, 58-40; lost to Kettering Alter, 46-39; lost to Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame, 55-45; beat Fairfield, 64-40; lost to Pickerington Central, 51-46; beat West Chester Lakota West, 46-39; beat Hamilton, 63-29; beat Cincinnati Sycamore, 64-15; beat Middletown, 67-41.

Last week: ranked No. 15, beat Cincinnati Oak Hills, 69-21.

This week: no games scheduled.

17. Brush (8-0)

Previous: beat Cleveland Heights, 62-29; beat Amherst Steele, 64-27; beat Painesville Riverside, 65-42; beat Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, 57-46; beat Toledo Rogers, 51-36; beat Akron Garfield, 78-24.

Last week: ranked No. 20, beat East Cleveland Shaw, 71-4; beat then-No. 17 Gilmour Academy, 51-40.

This week: Dec. 27-28 at Jingle Jam at Cedar Point.

18. St. Vincent-St. Mary (6-0)

Previous: beat Dublin Coffman, 62-30; beat Youngstown Ursuline, 67-21; beat Elyria Catholic, 56-43; beat Anaheim (California) Fairmont Preparatory Academy, 53-34.

Last week: ranked No. 19, beat Chippewa, 70-29; beat Lutheran East, 62-24.

This week: Dec. 27 at Shaker Heights; Dec. 30 vs. Toledo Start.

19. Anthony Wayne (6-2)

Previous: beat Sylvania Southview, 61-21; beat Fremont Ross, 75-33; lost to Cincinnati Purcell Marian, 62-50; beat Findlay, 64-41; beat Bowling Green, 62-33; beat Toledo Whitmer, 54-32; lost to Marysville, 52-48.

Last week: ranked No. 16, beat Dublin Coffman, 79-49.

This week: Dec. 29 vs. Liberty Center.

20. Toledo Central Catholic (4-2)

Previous: beat Toledo Start, 66-33; beat Toledo Bowsher, 41-38; lost to North Allegheny (Pennsylvania), 64-48; lost to Archbishop Hoban, 57-49; beat Toledo St. Ursula, 52-15.

Last week: ranked No. 21, beat Dearborn (Michigan) Divine Child, 63-33.

This week: no games scheduled.

21. Gilmour Academy (3-2)

Previous: beat Shaker Heights Laurel, 58-50; beat Stow-Munroe Falls, 39-36; beat Warrensville Heights, 55-52; lost to Archbishop Hoban, 51-44.

Last week: ranked No. 17, lost to then-No. 20 Brush, 51-40.

This week: Dec. 28 vs. Reynoldsburg at Canton GlenOak.

22. West Branch (9-0)

Previous: beat Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 51-24; beat Minerva, 56-20; beat Marlington, 51-21; beat Alliance, 53-30; beat Carrollton, 65-36; beat Salem, 49-23; beat Louisville, 41-28.

Last week: ranked No. 22, beat Youngstown Ursuline, 57-42; beat East Liverpool, 42-15.

This week: Dec. 28 vs. Olmsted Falls at Canton GlenOak; Dec. 30 vs. Canfield.

23. Badin (6-2)

Previous: lost to  Lakota East, 58-40; lost to Cincinnati Country Day, 48-36; beat Dayton Chaminade Julienne, 51-43; beat Middletown Fenwick, 70-29; beat Dayton Carroll, 67-52; beat Trenton Edgewood, 64-34.

Last week: ranked No. 23, beat Cincinnati Mercy McAuley, 60-34; beat Cincinnati St. Ursula, 83-40.

This week: Dec. 27 at Oxford Talawanda; Dec. 29 at Fairfield.

24. Kettering Fairmont (7-2)

Previous: beat Tecumseh, 62-33; beat Northmont, 52-39; lost to Springboro, 48-43; beat West Carrollton, 52-35; beat Springfield, 52-33; beat Miamisburg, 59-53; beat Centerville, 52-42; beat Huber Heights Wayne, 40-33.

Last week: ranked No. 24, lost to Beavercreek, 36-33.

This week: Dec. 30 vs. Cincinnati Western Hills.

25. Centerville (6-2)

Previous: beat Springfield, 70-52; beat Miamisburg, 54-36; beat Beavercreek, 50-34; beat Clayton Northmont, 63-37; lost to Kettering Fairmont, 52-42; lost to Springboro, 53-34.

Last week: ranked No. 25, beat Huber Heights Wayne, 52-42; beat Columbus Hartley, 59-27.

This week: Dec. 28 vs. Elyria Catholic at Canton GlenOak; Dec. 29 vs. Olmsted Falls at Canton GlenOak.

Teams to watch (listed alphabetically): Beavercreek, Berlin Hiland, Laurel, Miami East, Norwood, Ottawa-Glandorf, Portsmouth, Toledo Christian, Unioto, Waynedale.