SHERIDAN — With Pine Bluff losing its last six games, coach Loy Moore could have a whole different team on Tuesday against Little Rock J.A. Fair.
The Fillies dropped a 47-36 contest to Sheridan on Friday, losing for the same reasons it has lost all six, Moore said.
“Turnovers and lack of rebounds,” he said. “We are not going to win until we correct those two things, and we aren’t correcting them.”
Pine Bluff started the 6A-South Conference season with a 3-0 record and has since fallen to 3-6 and 11-11 overall. Moore is not frustrated with the losing streak, though.
“The losing is not as frustrating as not getting any better at the things we work on everyday,” he said.
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With Jack Robey’s season coming to a close, Moore is going to bring the freshmen in to compete for spots on the team.
“We have a bunch of new people coming in Sunday to practice and they will have a chance if they rebound and take care of the ball,” he said. “Anyone can earn a position at practice. They had a great season.
“If they rebound and take care of the ball, you will see them on the floor Tuesday night.”
Victoria Broady led Pine Bluff with 12 points and Brittany Wright and Aija Richardson each scored eight points.
Pine Bluff trailed 23-21 going into halftime. The Fillies were down 19-11 in the second quarter before going on 10-0 run to take a 21-19 lead with 1:40 left in the period.
But from that point on, Sheridan (7-15, 4-5) went on a 13-0 run that extended into the third quarter. Pine Bluff only scored three points in the third quarter and trailed 36-24 at the end of the period.
Sheridan coach Brian Davenport said the team made an adjustment at halftime to get the ball inside more.
“I knew they were pressing us outside more, so we wanted to drive the ball and get it inside more,” he said. “With the way the game was being called, we thought we could get to the line more by challenging the basket instead of relying on the jump shot so much.”
Sheridan also caused Pine Bluff to turn the ball over with its pressure defense on the perimeter.
“We like to keep everything up top so we can see it and talk about it,” Davenport said. “We like to get it out of the corners because the baseline is vulnerable for us.”
Alli Wilkins and Hannah Schultz each scored nine points for Sheridan, and Josey Love had eight points.