Referee knocked to the floor, injured in South Alabama-Coastal Carolina women’s basketball brawl

Tensions boiled implicit successful a second-round Sun Belt Conference women’s hoops tourney crippled betwixt South Alabama and Coastal Carolina.

A combat erupted with conscionable implicit 5 minutes near successful the 4th quarter, and a referee was inadvertently knocked to the floor. The authoritative remained connected the tribunal successful disposable discomfort for respective moments arsenic aesculapian unit provided aid.

The game’s different referee assessed a treble method foul, starring to 8 ejections, astir of them from South Alabama's roster.

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The Sun Belt logo astatine mid-court during a crippled betwixt Arkansas Little Rock and South Alabama astatine the Lakefront Arena successful New Orleans March 12, 2015. (Stephen Lew/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

South Alabama’s Amyah Sutton, Daniela Gonzalez, Saneea Bevley, Terren Coffil, Princess Okafor Nweze and Jeriyah Baines were reportedly among the Jaguars ejected, portion Coastal Carolina’s Tracey Hueston was besides tossed.

The altercation began aft Coastal Carolina’s Hueston and South Alabama’s Cordasia Harris exchanged words successful the paint. The concern escalated erstwhile Hueston appeared to propulsion a punch toward Harris, prompting coaches and players from some teams to unreserved onto the court.

"Well, archetypal of all, our program, we ne'er privation to beryllium enactment successful that situation. And we ne'er privation to enactment retired similar that. So, we don’t condone that, what happened today. It’s a precise unfortunate concern for 2 talented hoops teams that person played successful Pensacola successful the tournament," South Alabama manager Yolisha Jackson told reporters aft the game.

A shot drops done the nett during an SEC women’s hoops tourney crippled betwixt LSU and Texas March 8, 2025, astatine Bon Secours Wellness Arena successful Greenville, S.C. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"With young people, sometimes emotions tally high, and arsenic they spell done their maturation process and their maturity, sometimes things happen. But we ever effort to look astatine it arsenic a acquisition learned and marque definite the adjacent clip that if we are enactment successful a akin concern that we conscionable respond a small differently. And, so, that’s what we’ll speech astir astatine the edifice tonight."

Coastal Carolina manager Kevin Pederson described the concern arsenic "unfortunate," adding, "I cognize Tracey Hueston regrets that. She’s an unthinkable exemplary national disconnected the floor, and she knows she can’t enactment that way. That was highly frustrating for everybody, surely thing we don’t o.k. of successful this program. It’s thing you privation to see. You hatred to spot that successful your past game."

Fox News Digital contacted the Sun Belt Conference for remark but did not instantly person a response.

The Sun Belt Conference logo during a crippled betwixt Arkansas Little Rock and South Alabama astatine the Lakefront Arena successful New Orleans March 12, 2015. (Stephen Lew/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

South Alabama won Wednesday’s game, 80-70, advancing to the 3rd circular for a matchup with Texas State.

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Ejected players could look a one-game suspension, but their presumption for Thursday remains uncertain.

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