Some fans also participated and benefited.
A violent on-court scuffle between the Arkansas State University and Southern Miss basketball teams on Thursday night resulted in five players being ejected and three fans left at the mercy of the Lady Eagles’ 57-46 victory. Ta.
It all started when Arkansas State’s Emma Imebole and Southern Miss’ leading scorer Domonique Davis competed for a rebound late in the second quarter with the Lady Eagles leading 30-26.
Imebboa’s push after the whistle put two of Davis’ teammates on defense, with Noelani Kornfield pushing Imebboa.
At that moment, the commotion in front of the Southern Miss bench escalated, and Davis was knocked to the ground by Imebubore.
Imebuboa and Southern Miss’ Brikaila Gray tried to exchange blows, but a Lady Eagles player grabbed Imebuboa from behind and pulled her away from the scuffle.
When the player pulled her, she fell and Southern Miss assistant coach Jessica Barber fell.
Barber was helped to the locker room and had to return on crutches after halftime. According to Hattiesburg Americans.
The referees tried to break it up, but the situation was already getting out of hand.
“This could get ugly, it’s gotten ugly,” one announcer said.
As the players got up from the court, three fans descended on the court, one of whom even tried to get the referee out of the way so he could attend to the players.
The fan started screaming (I don’t know who she was yelling at) and started moving forward until a Southern Miss player stopped her.
The scuffle ultimately resulted in the ejection of Imebuboa, Cornfield, Davis, Gray and Southern Miss’ Ashuja Leake.
Despite trailing by four in the second half, the Lady Eagles managed to pull out the win, improving to 14-10 overall and 7-6 in Sun Belt play.
“I can’t really comment because I have to follow the conference guidelines.” Southern Miss coach Joy Lee McNelis said. After the match. “I think that’s very, very, very unfortunate.
“I believe you learn from everything that happens in your life. You may not like the outcome, but you learn from it.” I don’t think I should have done that. , I don’t think something like this will ever happen again. It won’t happen again. We need to understand that no matter where we are in life, every decision we make, whether it’s tomorrow or the day after, will determine our future. ”
