A Big East game between the Providence Friars and St John’s Red Storm created a huge scene after a blatant foul got players on the court deeply aggravated. The situation turned nasty when Friars’ forward Duncan Powell made a swing for the ball as St John’s Bryce Hopkins was about to make a certain basket.

Duncan Powell came in from behind and made a swift jump, but apart from taking away the ball, he also struck down Hopkins, who went down on the floor. Hopkins immediately got up to confront Powell as the other players on the court rushed in to save the situation. But by then the damage had already been done.

Powell also didn’t seem to hold back and went charging towards the St. John’s players in what looked like a fake swing as all hell seemed to break loose. Many are of the firm belief that Duncan did go overboard when he made that irrational challenge.

It could have been worse for Hopkins, who could have suffered a serious injury in the process. More so when the collision occurs mid-flight, as that can seriously affect the way you land from heights. A brutal fall and you miss the next couple of games but something more severe happens, and you miss out the rest of the season.

Hopkins surely can’t afford to do that, as he is the second top point scorer of the team after Zuby Ejiofor. Bryce averages 13.8 ppg, 5.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and a 46.4 FG%, and that tells you the effect he has on Rick Pitino’s team.

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And Duncan Powell’s enforcer attitude was about to put an end to all that, flattening him on the ground as Hopkins went for the layup. Powell was, as a result, given his marching orders from the court for his main role in the melee, but he wasn’t the only one who got the boot.

Providence-St John’s Brawl Leads to Six Ejections

Well, when such chaos happens, many people find themselves drawn to its clutches, and this Duncan Powell and Bryce Hopkins duel also brought along many associates who found themselves on the wrong end of the “law”, per se.

A total of six ejections happened on the spot, which delayed the game for 20 minutes as officials found themselves entangled with the ongoing pandemonium. Assistant coaches got involved along with officials, while the players slugged it out under the baskets.

“There were elbows flying everywhere,” said the commentators as the fight was eventually broken up, making it seem more like a pro wrestling match rather than a basketball game.

The game got paused for so long that the officials had to go through the ejections to be assessed, while the players took the time to get some warm-up done after the dust had settled. Alongside Duncan Powell, teammate Jaylin Sellers also got evicted from the game but the majority of the players were from the St John’s side.

Dillon Mitchell, Kelvin Odih, Ruben Prey, and Sadiku Ibine Ayo all faced the consequences of their actions as they got physical with Powell and came to the aid of their fallen friend.

Ironically, Bryce Hopkins also has a history with Providence, where he played three seasons and called the Amica Mutual Pavilion his home, but his limited number of appearances in the last two seasons didn’t help matters with the Friars fans following his ultimate departure from the program, turning their offer down to join up with St John’s.

Hopkins has already been on the receiving end of boos from the Providence fans during a Jan. 3 loss to the Friars at Madison Square Garden, and that didn’t change in this game either, as they kept on jeering the St John forward.

So did Duncan do the deed for the fans? Well, only he would know what made him do it, but at the end of the day, all this commotion couldn’t help Providence to a victory as they lost to the Red Storm (79-69)