College basketball game ends in all-out brawl at handshake line
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Brawl is an understatement of what occurred after the Texas A&M-Commerce and Incarnate Word matchup on Monday night.
Texas A&M-Commerce defeated their Southland Conference rival on the road, 76-72, and the ESPN+ broadcast started showing the customary handshake line after the game.
However, the single-file line quickly turned into a frenzy, as players, coaches and staff were seen trying to break up a massive fight that started on the court.
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Southland Basketball Championships logo at the Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. (Scott Clause-USA TODAY Sports)
Jerome Brewer Jr., a 6-foot-9-inch sophomore forward who played at Camden High School in New Jersey, one of the best teams in the country, was seen in the middle of the melee fighting his coaches, who were trying to hold him back.
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As Brewer continued to fight his way through his own team, the scrum continued to move across the court and Brewer eventually fell on top of his own people.
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While it looked like things were going to clear up, players from both teams started fighting off to the side, chasing each other down to throw more punches.
Incarnate Word’s Marcus Glover, a 6-foot-8-inch forward from Chicago, was seen sprinting across the court to confront Commerce players, though no physical contact was made other than coaches hugging him to keep him in place.
An all-out brawl broke out at the end of the Southland Conference game between Texas A&M-Commerce and Incarnate Word, lasting several minutes