A battle within the stands at Chaifetz Enviornment in St. Louis on Tuesday evening delayed the top of a faculty basketball recreation between Virginia Commonwealth College and St. Louis College.
It’s unclear why the battle began, nevertheless it shortly sprawled over a number of rows close to the VCU bench throughout a timeout with about 70 seconds left within the recreation.
A brawl breaks out within the stands throughout VCU-Saint Louis 😬 pic.twitter.com/Xx3I1gQFKj
“You don’t often see this in college basketball, but there is a heck of a brawl going on in the stands,” play-by-play announcer Tom McCarthy mentioned on the CBS Sports activities Community.
Safety was seen escorting a number of individuals out of the sector earlier than play resumed after a roughly seven-minute delay, in accordance with The Related Press.
St. Louis in the end gained the sport 78-69 behind 26 factors from Gibson Jimerson. The groups are actually tied in second place within the Atlantic 10 Convention, behind George Mason.