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Ugly brawl ends with fan hitting player in the head with a chair

A brawl between Division II schools LeMoyne-Owen and Lane College got out of hand during a game last Saturday night. Whereas most fights in basketball end as scuffles, this escalated into a fight where a fan hit a player over the head with a folding chair.

According to actionnews5.com, the fight broke out in the first quarter. Tensions were high the entire game, but after was a player tripped, other players began swarming the court and throwing punches.

The game was postponed after the fight and may be made up at a later date. According to a LeMoyne-Owen spokeswoman, the man that threw the chair was not a student. She said that his behavior is “not welcomed on campus.”

Later, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic conference announced that they were working with the Memphis Police Department to investigate the situation.

“Such behavior will not be tolerated in our league under any circumstances,” SIAC Commissioner Greg Moore said in a release. “As a consequence, and at the conclusion of our internal investigation, all responsible parties in connection with this incident shall be subject to the most severe sanctions authorized by the conference rules and bylaws.”