The outage happened with just over six minutes left in the game during a timeout. All the lights and scoreboards went dark. Power began returning soon with the exception of the scoreboard on the north end.
There was a slight delay at the end of the timeout. Wright State was leading and went on to win 93-82.
AES had crews on standby for the tournament and were able to transfer the arena to a secondary feeder to ensure no further disruptions. The affected scoreboard returned to service for the second game.
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