Arts & Sciences had two days away from a gym heading into Saturday morning’s first-round game in the Times Free Press Best of Preps basketball tournament.
While the Lady Patriots improved to 8-1, the disruption of their routine showed.
“The only good thing I saw was when we walked into the locker room and the girls knew how badly they had played,” CSAS coach Zach Dragoo said.
Still, the Lady Patriots strolled away from Chattanooga State with a 20-point victory, 50-30 over Notre Dame.
“There was just a total lack of attention to detail, and to be successful we have to have that,” Dragoo added, noting that he has four starters returning from a district championship team. “You could tell by watching that they know what to do. They just didn’t do it.”