The Ellsworth girls varsity basketball team turned the table on R-T-R Friday in Tyler by defeating the Knights 59-49 in Camden Conference action.The Panthers outscored the host team 25-12 in the first half by playing tough, aggressive team defense to set the tone for the second half.R-T-R came out smoking the third quarter by outscoring Ellsworth 20-16 with three treys, four two-pointers and shot three for five from the line. Ellsworth still led 41-32 at the end of the third stanza.The Knights kept creeping closer in the fourth quarter and came within five counters, but they were forced to foul the Panthers to stop the clock to no avail as the winners cashed in eight for 10 from the charity stripe.Ellsworth shot 59.5 percent (25 of 42) from the field compared with R-T-R’s 33 percent (16 of 49) due to the Panthers’ defense. The Knights were nine of 14 (64 percent) to the Panthers’ 80 percent (eight of 10) from the foul line.Laurel Drenth and Amy Tiesler paced the winners with 18 and 12 counters respectively, followed by Rosie Lewis’ nine, and Rachel Kvaale and Amy Timmer each scored six to round out the top scorers.The winners won the battle of the boards 26-20 with Laurel Drenth and Amy Tiesler leading the way with eight and six.Brittney Kramer was charted with four assists, three steals and two rejections.Laurel Drenth again led the way with five assists, five deflections and five steals.Each team turned the ball over 16 times, a much-improved category for the Lady Panthers.The Panthers are 6-3 and 4-1 in conference play, tied with Lincoln-Hi and Lakeview for top honors.