An important men’s basketball game between a pair of fierce intrastate rivals turned ugly Tuesday night, as a scuffle between Texas and Texas Tech players led to a delay when Red Raiders fans began throwing objects onto the court.
Midway through the second half in Lubbock, Longhorns forward Brock Cunningham and Red Raiders guard Darrion Williams chased after a loose ball. As Williams went to recover it, Cunningham delivered a linebacker-like blow right in front of ESPN commentators Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla.
The two sides needed to be separated, and the game was stopped as Texas Tech fans threw debris onto the floor—the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports that at least one “fairly full can of beer” and a number of water bottles were thrown onto the court.
