Morton hands top-ranked Washington first loss of season in defensive battle
- Jonathan Michel
- 6 days ago
- 5 min read
MORTON — Elation.
That feeling swept over everyone wearing red and white — or pink — at the Potterdome on Tuesday night, where the Morton girls’ basketball team ended Washington’s bid for a perfect season with a 41-37 win.
They saw a matchup between two teams that have dominated the conversation of girls basketball in Central Illinois and represented two-thirds of AP Class 3A statewide rankings’ top trio.
Potters fans remembered dashing Washington’s hopes of an undefeated season last season. Panthers fans remembered it too. They also remembered Washington knocking Morton out of the playoffs in 2025.
This win over Washington — ranked No. 1 in Class 3A — wasn’t quite like the others.
The Panthers were playing like the Monstars from “Space Jam” and laying waste to everything in their path, even powers such as Richwoods, Kankakee, DePaul College Prep and Loyola Academy. But the Potters’ defense — tried and true through the first 17 games of the season — came up big once again.
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