Arena #106: Hawkins Arena - Mercer vs. East Tennessee St.

Final stop of this year's post-Christmas trip to the Southeast took us to Macon, GA for another Southern Conference matchup, this time between the Mercer Bears and the East Tennessee St. Buccaneers.  Once again, this seemed to be a fairly affluent, southern campus, but I also liked how this arena had a bit of an atrium with historic moments in program history, including the massive upset of Duke in the NCAA tournament in 2014.  Surprisingly, the game was reasonably well attended for a Sunday afternoon contest on New Year's Eve though the crowd thinned out into the second half as ETSU controlled this contest throughout.

Outside of Hawkins Arena on Gameday...including a giant inflatable bear!

Memories from the biggest win in program history!

Pregame entrance for the team and cheerleaders

ETSU taking it strong to the hoop