A series of power outages have hit Eugene, knocking the lights out at Matt Knight Arena during the women’s basketball game against Northern Arizona.
The lights went off in the arena during halftime, and the game has been delayed until power is restored, said women’s basketball spokesman Joe Waltasti said.
“There’s nothing we can really do until the power comes back on,” he said. “We just have to wait and see when the city can get power back.”
In the meantime, women’s basketball head coach Kelly Graves and Northern Arizona head coach Sue Darling have been playing hoops with Puddles.
Twitter has been abuzz since the power went out at approximately 3 p.m.
Power was restored to Matt Knight Arena and the game resumed at approximately 4:30 p.m.
The Eugene Water and Electric Board tweeted that the cause of the outage is still unknown but power was restored in the University of Oregon area with a substation at approximately 4:30 p.m..
Employees at the Duck Store were grateful that power at the store was restored less than an hour after it went out. Though the basement level was shut down, the store’s backup lights came on but went out again five minutes before power was restored.
Fortunately, power was restored in time for the Duck Store’s Heisman Trophy ceremony watch party at 5 p.m.
“We’re able to get our customers back in and getting their Rose Bowl and Heisman gear,” Marketing Director Katie Conway said.