Basketball enthusiasts are currently having the best time of the year as the race for a playoff spot in the NBA coincides with the March Madness action. Fans are busy betting their odds, cheering for their colleges, and eyeing potential NBA prospects. However, a recent incident from the Women’s NCAA tournament has cast a shadow on the exciting gala.
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Last night, the Bowling Green Falcons and the Memphis Tigers locked horns in the WNIT super sixteen games, where the Bowling Green Falcons emerged victorious. However, a bizarre incident that took place after the game is now spreading like a wildfire on the internet and fans are going completely berserk over it.
Fans go wild over this March Madness incident
The BGSU team defeated the Memphis Tigers 73-60. As the game ended and the two teams gathered to shake hands, BGSU’s Elissa Brett started talking to the Tigers’ Jamima Shrute. Moments into the exchange, Jamima Shrute threw a punch at Elissa Brett, sending the latter to hit the floor.
The punch prompted other teammates and personnel to rush in for her help. Moreover, on the back of the brutal incident, Jamima Shrute and her team have triggered an investigation from the BGSU police department.
BGSU women’s basketball moving on to the final 8 of the WNIT after beating Memphis — but this will steal the headlines unfortunately. Ugly, ugly scene in the handshake line. A Memphis player punched Elissa Brett. Just brutal.
A footage of the unfortunate incident is now viral on the Internet after the sports commentator Jordan Strack tweeted on the same. Throwing things further out of the kilter, fans are going mad at the Memphis player.
Fans are demanding Elissa Brett to press charges against Jamima Shrute. A fan wrote on Twitter, “Press charges, this is unacceptable”. Many of the Twitteratti have also opined that the authorities should keep the players from shaking hands after the game. Some fans have even demanded that the Tigers’ player should be jailed. Agreeing to the ones that called out the Tigers’ player, a fan said, “I agree. Toss her in jail. Unreal.”
These are some of the reactions from the fans.
Press charges, unacceptable. #AyZiggy
More calls for arrest.
I agree. Toss her in jail. Unreal.
Others wanted her out of the NCAA.
Kick her out of the NCAA. If she’s a senior press charges.
Her career should be over
Meanwhile, some fans pointed out the fact that the reactions seem a little too harsh for the action concerned.
What if it was the other way around? 🤔
No she’s a college athlete, give some lenience. Press charges to every NHL player too. Right?
As the bizarre event has prompted an investigation, fans wait to see what the authorities conclude.
A season of college basketball fights
Prior to March Madness, a huge brawl broke out during a SEC women’s tournament game that involved Florida Gators and Kentucky Wildcats. The game started, only to have eight players ejected after they indulged in a 20-minute brawl as Kentucky’s Ajae Petty put the ball in the face of Florida’s Tatyana Wyche.
After the BGSU- Memphis incident, March Madness for a moment has become literal.
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