This season the O’Rena has been host to a number of new additions. 

The basketball teams feature several freshmen who have made an instant impact.

There is a new mascot, Clawzz, who was brought in to excite and enthrall any students dissatisfied by Grizz’s performance.

But most noticably, there is the recently installed scoreboard on the south end of the O’Rena.

The new addition, made by Daktronics, Inc., is a state-of-the-art 10 by 30 foot LED scoreboard featuring 10 millimeter resolution. 

According to Scott MacDonald, director of athletic communications, the scoreboard was brought in to enhance the fan experience.

“The board is just a step below hi-def and has the ability to go wide or small,” MacDonald said. “The board has the ability to grab stats directly from our stats computer on press row, so we can have those ‘hustle stats’ you see during timeouts and team stats at halftime, something that was not possible with the old board. It also allows us to step up our production of the web stream on

ougrizzlies.com.”

MacDonald also added that instant replay should be in place by the homecoming games Feb. 6, something that will come in handy the next time Drew Maynard catches an alley-oop pass from Johnathon Jones.

The board has received high praise from fans and alumni since its installation.

“The (scoreboard) committee spent countless hours on figuring out what we wanted and how we were going to go about getting it,” MacDonald said. “After months of discussions and recommendations, we decided to go with Daktronics because they could provide us with a one turnkey solution, along with having customer service right in our backyard.”