Georgetown Wild Brawl Game Ends Early Shows In China
At the same time as the Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Beijing in hopes of improving relations between the U.S. and China, another group of good will trip to Washington, met unexpected diplomatic hiccups.
Georgetown had to leave the court during the fourth quarter of their match against the Bayi Rockets on Thursday night in Beijing after two benches emptied and a wild fight broke out between the two teams. None of the Hoyas were seriously injured, despite trade blows with opponents and having to dodge the thrown chairs on bottles of the court and the water thrown from the stands.
The best description of what led to the charge comes from the Washington Post Gene Wang, apparently the only American journalist in attendance.
Wang wrote that the game has been strained from the start and had to be terminated earlier than the two players exchanged words. At some point, even barked Rockets player John Thompson III, Georgetown coach shouted instructions to his players.
Gardening fights hard and then moved to the Bayi Hu Ke Bedlam great man had called a foul against Georgetown guard Jason Clark. Elder has made it clear that he appreciated the hard foul, sparking the first exchange to inject that led to both benches players perform on the courts to defend their teammates.
Shuffle video can be found at the bottom of this post and this Sina.com Photo Gallery also offers several more scenes of chaos. It was bad enough, the Georgetown coach John Thompson III, a Yankees team off the field made a hasty exit out of the arena with a score of 64 and then released the following statement about the incident shortly after.
"Tonight, two great teams played a very competitive match, which unfortunately ended after heated discussions with both teams," said Thompson. "We sincerely regret that this situation has occurred. We are grateful for the opportunity for our student athletes are expected to participate in a sport they love here in China, while strengthening the understanding of a nation's respect and admire Georgetown University ".
It is unclear whether Georgetown continue its journey of 11 days of exposure to China or not, but the Hoya certainly had a memorable trip to date.
Sudden Biden on Wednesday to meet once seemed the most exciting part of the journey. It is now in second place.
Georgetown had to leave the court during the fourth quarter of their match against the Bayi Rockets on Thursday night in Beijing after two benches emptied and a wild fight broke out between the two teams. None of the Hoyas were seriously injured, despite trade blows with opponents and having to dodge the thrown chairs on bottles of the court and the water thrown from the stands.
Wang wrote that the game has been strained from the start and had to be terminated earlier than the two players exchanged words. At some point, even barked Rockets player John Thompson III, Georgetown coach shouted instructions to his players.
Gardening fights hard and then moved to the Bayi Hu Ke Bedlam great man had called a foul against Georgetown guard Jason Clark. Elder has made it clear that he appreciated the hard foul, sparking the first exchange to inject that led to both benches players perform on the courts to defend their teammates.
"Tonight, two great teams played a very competitive match, which unfortunately ended after heated discussions with both teams," said Thompson. "We sincerely regret that this situation has occurred. We are grateful for the opportunity for our student athletes are expected to participate in a sport they love here in China, while strengthening the understanding of a nation's respect and admire Georgetown University ".
Sudden Biden on Wednesday to meet once seemed the most exciting part of the journey. It is now in second place.
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