Ugh. Really?
What was supposed to be a friendly exhibition match turned into all out war as both the Georgetown basketball team and a Chinese pro team threw punches and chairs at each other.
According to the Washington Post, the benches-clearing melee erupted in the fourth quarter as Georgetown played the Bayi Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association.
The game was unusually physical, with 28 fouls assessed to Georgetown and 11 to the Rockets, according to the report. When Georgetown guard Jason Clark was fouled hard by Rockets forward-center Hu Ke, the two got into a shoving match, and the bedlam began.
Tensions were reportedly building throughout the contest. Earlier in the game, a Rockets player yelled at Thompson during a timeout, and later in the second half Georgetown forward Nate Lubick exchanged words with a Rockets player.
“Tonight two great team played a very competitive game that unfortunately ended after heated exchanges with both teams,” Thompson said in a statement obtained by the Post. “We sincerely regret that this situation occurred.”
At the time of the fight, the game was tied at 64 with nine minutes remaining.
Whatever happened to sportmanship??
Especially during a trip that was hailed as a goodwill tour that was supposed to strengthen citizen relationships between our two countries.
Terrible and childish.
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