Arena #109: Allen Arena - Lipscomb vs. North Florida

Second time to Tennessee during this season, this time starting in Nashville to complete the triumvirate of schools in the city with a visit to Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University.  Lipscomb hosted the fairly overmatched North Florida Ospreys in this Atlantic Sun contest.  Lipscomb, like it's Nashville rival Belmont, has a beautiful campus with lots of southern architecture and brick buildings that justify the $50k/yr or more students pay to attend.  Allen Arena fits well into the landscape of campus being fairly modern both inside and out, while having a capacity of a few thousand that seems a perfect size for the school.  The crowd wasn't full but any means for this one, but UNF brought more fans from Jacksonville than I expected and there were lots of students (many late-arriving...) helping to create a pretty solid atmosphere for this matchup.

Main entrance of Allen Arena

Impressively nice arena on the inside; just as nice as local rival Belmont

Opening tip between the Bisons and Ospreys

The Bisons love the 3 ball