- Jacksonville and Robert Morris faced off in the Urban-Bennett Memorial Classic
- And the matchup turned violent late in the second half in Pennsylvania
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A Black Friday basketball game between Jacksonville and Robert Morris turned violent when the teams began brawling late in the second half.
With Jacksonville leading 53-52 during a media timeout with 6:22 remaining, their head coach Jordan Mincy and Robert Morris head coach Andy Toole appeared to exchange words.
And from there, chaos ensued as both benches cleared and punches were thrown, as seen in the video of the incident.
According to FanSided’s Tristan Vrijman17 players were removed from the match.
This left only the 10 players who were in the match at the time of the incident to complete the Urban-Bennett Memorial Classic clash.
Players from Robert Morris (white jerseys) and Jacksonville (green) collided on Friday
The parties were eventually separated as the incident subsided
Jacksonville would win the game 74-65.
After the match, Mincy complained that the violence would be the dominant memory of his team’s victory.
‘You get so caught up in the emotions of the game. “We talk to our guys every day about emotional intelligence, but at the same time we also caution them to support each other, so there’s a fine line,” he said. reporters.
“It was a good basketball game; I hate that this is going to be the highlight of the game. They have a great coaching staff, they play really good games and it’s a blessing to be here and a great tournament to play in.”
Meanwhile, Toole by Robert Morris said‘Emotional play, boys are competitive, chippy.
“Unfortunately, at the wrong time, the media timeout, all of a sudden we cross paths and hit a few bumps, and then it just kind of becomes nonsense. Not how we want to behave.’
With the result, Jacksonville improved to 3-2 on the year, while Robert Morris is now 1-4.