SALEM, Va. (WFXR) – The Roanoke College athletic department will be without the use of the Cregger Center Arena for quite some time, due to a burst pipe. The water damage affected the basketball court. The incident happened during the holiday break. For maroons Athletic Director Scott Allison the men and women’s basketball teams along with the men’s volleyball squad will be playing the remainder of the games at the Bast Center.

“I mean we are disappointed to be out of the Cregger Center. I feel bad for our student athletes. Especially the seniors maybe playing in their last year and in the Cregger Center. They’re blessed and we are blessed to have a quality facility like the Bast Center. We use the Bast Center a heck of a lot.”

Allison told WFXR News that the repairs could take up to 4 to 6 weeks.