It was the home of Ohio State basketball for more than 40 years, but the semi-functional scoreboard has now been removed from St. John Arena.
was in perfect position as Carton drew his defender and dropped the ball off for a two-handed, powerful dunk with 38.8 seconds remaining as Ohio State finished off an upset challenge from Kent State on Nov. 25, 2019.
Within a minute, the scoreboard hanging over center court bore witness to the final points of a 71-52 win for the No. 10 Buckeyes. Now, Liddell’s dunk can also be remembered as the last points in the history of the longtime former home for Ohio State basketball.
Like the arena itself, the scoreboard weighing 14,000 pounds was no longer fully operational. A water main leak last December has made the playing surface unusable for any further athletic competitions at St.
All but 3,000 pounds of the scoreboard’s materials are expected to be able to be recycled. But while the center scoreboard will be destroyed, the same isn’t true for two of the corner scoreboards. Those will be kept, one at Value City Arena and the other at the Covelli Center, to retain part of the histories of the basketball, gymnastics, wrestling and volleyball programs.
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