Arena #107: Vadalabene Center - SIU-Edwardsville vs. UT-Martin

Decent weather on a mid-January weekend where 2 teams in southern and western Illinois had home games means you take advantage of the opportunity to check both off the list.  The Vadalabene Center on the campus of fairly new to DI SIU-Edwardsville, was also fairly new and a good size for a school and fanbase up and coming in DI.  The crowd wasn't big, but the Cougars were on fire early and often from 3 in the contest leading to lots of "3 for the E" calls from the announcer...

Outside of the Vadalabene Center, including a rather interesting sculpture

Opening tip between the Cougars and Skyhawks

One of the plentiful 3 point attempts for SIUE in the first half

Final chance for SIUE to win the game (the shot did not go in)