The Panthers’ 44-point win over Campus on Tuesday night was an opportunity for coach Jodie Karsak to use some psychology.

“Your players can get bored so you have to challenge them to get better,” she said. “I could have let them get away with not being focused, but if I let them get away with it just one time, they will try and get away with it again.”

Derby, which beat Campus 68-24, has not lost to the Colts in more than a decade.

One of the ways the Panthers continue keeping their focus is working to fulfill the goals Karsak gives them in pregame.

Karsak challenged them to play good defense and hold the Colts under 30 points.

Campus didn’t have a first-half offensive rebound and only scored four points in the second half.

But what happens on the court is only one of the ways the Panthers have started the season 7-0.

Karsak watches film on the opposing team and uses practice to teach Derby’s opponents’ weaknesses instead of continuously running drills.

The Panthers are driven by competition.

“I put the pressure on myself to get them to compete, whether it’s counting turnovers or offensive rebounds and putting the pressure on them to perform better to make it more of a competition,” Karsak said.

And now they’re focused beating the next team on the schedule.

The next team on the list is Wichita Heights, which is undefeated.