[sprucepinetiger]

Agree. Don't use the excuse that they are young. Every team in the region is young this year. It gets old always hearing that a team is young.

A lot of the teams in the region are young and this late in the seaon it's probably not a good idea to continue to use that excuse. Pike Central's schedule has not been stellar but they have improved from 6 wins last year to 12 as of this writing. They have played Pikeville tough twice, but lost. Lost to Betsy Layne at B.l. another close game. Lost to East Ridge at East Ridge in a close game. Bottom line is this, if they hit their free throws in some of these games, they win. They need a consistant outside shooter/shooters to go with their inside game and must get better at shooting free throws to get to the next level. We'll see how this season finishes out and what happens next year.