For the App State women’s basketball team, Sunday’s first official basketball practice had a Christmas morning feel with the excitement and eagerness that built up to it.
Coming off of a 10-20 season and 7-13 record in the Sun Belt conference before falling to top-seeded Arkansas State in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament, the Mountaineers had the first day of practice circled on their calendar for a while.
“Is a motivation because we don’t want to finish the way we did and our goal is to win the tournament and get to the NCAA tournament,” senior guard Joi Jones said.