Arena #121: Kirby Sports Center - Lafayette vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn

For the ninth and final game of our east coast road trip we headed back over to Pennsylvania to catch some non-conference action between the Lafayette Leopards of the Patriot League and the Saint Francis-Brooklyn Terriers from the Northeast Conference.  The Kirby Sports Center, which served as Arena #121 of Mission 351, was laid out like a standard high school gym including movable bleachers behind the baskets to allow for the court to be used in different layouts.  The crowd wasn’t full by any means, but there was better than expected support for a Sunday afternoon non-conference game.  Sadly for the home fans, they saw their Leopards struggle throughout the game, especially on the defensive side of the ball.  This led to a pretty comfortable halftime lead for the Terriers, a lead they would not relinquish in the second half in taking the win back to BKN.

The nondescript entrance to the Kirby Sports Center 

Seating area of the Kirby Sports Center pregame

Opening tip between the Leopards and the Terriers

St. Francis-Brooklyn with a nice block on a Lafayette drive to the hoop