A wild scene unfolded towards the top of Saint Louis’ win over VCU on Tuesday evening, as a brawl broke out within the stands with simply over a minute left within the recreation.
The CBS Sports activities Community broadcast captured the melee proper behind the VCU bench with 1:10 left within the second half, with plenty of followers concerned as safety tried to regain management of the state of affairs at Chaifetz Area.
There was no clear purpose for what began the combat, however the chaos might be seen occurring within the stairwell in a piece close to the ground, and it delayed the sport for about seven minutes.
At one level, a person with a white mustache seemed to be pushed down by one other spectator amid a scrum.
Others might be seen making an attempt to become involved within the state of affairs.
Because the CBS cameras panned away, VCU was huddled away from the bench as workforce staffers saved an eye fixed on the state of affairs whereas sustaining a buffer in case the scrap made its manner close to the gamers.
At one other level within the fracas, a person carrying a blue hoodie was faraway from the sport.
At a number of factors, as safety tried to take away him, the person stopped to start yelling at a number of individuals.
A separate video of the combat shot by KSDK Information appeared to point out an “older SLU fan” lined in blood from the combat.
The second was made even wilder by an unseen individual, who had been positioned close to one of many community’s crowd mics, was heard loudly booing — seemingly perturbed — about what was happening.
In one other second of hilarity, somebody might clearly be heard shouting “Get out” as Icona Pop’s hit “I Love It” performed over the general public tackle system.
Ultimately, Saint Louis got here up with a giant win over VCU, toppling the Rams 78-69 and shifting the Billikens to 6-2 in Atlantic 10 play.