In a low-scoring affair, Pine Bluff High School picked up the pace in crunch time. Pine Bluff outscored Sheridan 14-8 in the final 8 minutes to take a 49-38 win Tuesday night in boys basketball at McFadden Gymnasium.
White Hall has enjoyed no lack of offense this week, and the Bulldogs can only hope that will carry over into a big showdown in northern Arkansas today.
Marcus Strong had made back-to-back three-point shots to give Watson Chapel its largest lead against longtime archrival White Hall in the first half, but his biggest basket was yet to come.
Jai Chaunn Hayes scored 43 points and totaled 7 rebounds Thursday as White Hall took a 97-52 boys basketball victory over Southwest Christian Academy in Little Rock.