MONTGOMERY --- The third time turned out to be the charm for the Pike County girls basketball team.
After two straight unsuccessful trips to the regional postseason tournament the last two years, the Bulldogs are on their way to the state tournament in Birmingham.
“Progress,” second-year Pike County head coach Melissa White said. “We wanted to continue to build from where we started when I came in. We made it to the first round, but were not fortunate to win, so this year, our eyes have been on that prize. This year, if we got back here, we wanted to complete the task and be regional champions.”
“We went through a lot of adversity with this team, but we grew a lot from the beginning of the season to now,” Pike County senior Amity White said. “We are playing a lot better, being more physical and we team bonded a lot more and you can tell on the court.” Most of the game was a struggle for both teams on offense. At one point in the fourth quarter, the teams were a combined 17-of-85 from the floor – an icy cold 20.0 percent.Leading 24-19 with just under five minutes left, Pike County scored 18 points in the final 4:49 to break away, hitting eight of its last 10 shots – mostly fastbreak layups or shots down low after penetration forced the defense to shift away from a Bulldog player.
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