Washburn Rural defeated the Panthers girls basketball team 40-23 in Saturday’s Class 6A title game at Koch Arena. 

The Panthers got within 15-14 early in the third quarter, but Washburn Rural went on a 16-3 run in the period. The Panthers scored four fourth-quarter points.

Junior Addy Brown led the Panthers with 11 points and eight rebounds. 

The Panthers shot 9 of 42 as a team, 1 of 11 from three.

“When we were good, we were really good,” coach Dan Harrison said. “There were 4-5 possessions where it looked like we didn’t know what we were doing. I think it got in our heads.

“We took good shots and missed them, (started) pressing a little more. It propagated itself.”