Yes. But a QUALIFIED yes.
But you are adding on a mimimum of 3 weeks to the time it takes to do this, and you will need more light as well, because fewer plants will fit under your lamp's footprint if you prune them into wider tops. And you'll need a larget pot.
And each of the resultant bud sites will not produce the same bud mass as your unpruned single cola plant would have.