The women's basketball game between Michigan and Maryland was briefly suspended Wednesday night after a fight over a loose ball escalated into an on-court brawl.
Michigan's Lauren Hansen and Maryland's Bry McDaniel caught a loose ball with less than four minutes left in the third quarter, with the Terrapins leading the Wolverines 52-44 at Chrysler Center in Ann Arbor. They got tangled while fighting.
The situation became physical and punches appeared to be thrown as shown. brawl videothis was posted on YouTube by Women Hooping.
The referee blew his whistle, but Hansen and McDaniel continued to play.
Players from both teams tried to separate the two men, and the referee was seen escorting McDaniel to the sideline.
“It looked like some hands were thrown,” one broadcaster said when replay video showed the scuffle from a different angle.
McDaniel and Hansen were given technical fouls and ejected after review.
Hansen, who had played the majority of the game up to that point, had 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting at the time of his ejection.
The University of Michigan defeated the University of Maryland 79-77 in overtime.
After Maryland went cold offensively, Michigan rallied and went back to overtime, but had just nine shots in the fourth quarter.
A botched inbounds play that led to a turnover ruined Maryland's chances to win in overtime.
Maryland coach Brenda Frese was surprised the skirmish didn't inspire her team.
“I thought [the ejection] It will motivate us.” Mr. Frese said.. “But it didn't really inspire us in any way. I thought Michigan was more inspired. [after the ejections]”
Kyla Evans had 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Wolverines, while Jakia Brown-Turner had 12 points, six rebounds and seven points for the Terrapins.
Maryland (12-7) will travel to State College to take on Penn State (14-5) Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
The Wolverines (14-6) will visit Michigan State (14-5) on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET.
