Pearl River’s ready to get to work with blue collar mentality

POPLARVILLE, Miss. — With the 2019-20 basketball season only days away, Pearl River’s women’s basketball team is ready to break out their hard hats. The Wildcats have already laid the foundation and started to hoist the walls on their project in preparation for Monday’s 5:30 p.m. season opener against Delgado at Marvin R. White Coliseum.

Now, under the guidance of fifth-year head coach Scotty Fletcher and assistants Chelsee Black and Caroline Lumpkin, it’s time for the hard work to really get underway.

“I have said from Day 1 that this year we’re under construction. Come March and April we’ll be done with our construction project, so what do we want it to look like?” said Fletcher, who’s entering his fifth season at the helm of PRCC’s women’s program. “We’re in control of it. We have unlimited access and means. We’re in charge of what we’re building, so why not build something we’re proud of.”

The Wildcats have seen a strong progression every season under Fletcher’s leadership and qualified for the MACJC and Region XXIII tournaments last season.

With seven players back from last year’s 16-9 squad, Fletche