Man Allegedly Strikes HS Player in On-Court Brawl

An on-court brawl between the members of two girls’ basketball teams resulted in a man allegedly punching a teenage girl. 

According to 7News Miami, a 17-year-old girls’ basketball player alleged that tensions between the teams had caused the game to end early, but that a fight broke out shortly thereafter. 

“There was a bunch of girls pulling me by my hair, so once I got loose, I hit one of the girls that hit me,” the player said, adding, “Out of nowhere this big guy that I don’t even know grabs me by my hair, cocks his arm back and completely just hits me, and that’s when I fell out.”

Cell phone video appears to capture the incident.

BASKET-BRAWL - A teenage girl said a man wearing a Broward County Schools employee shirt punched her after a fight broke out between members of two girls' basketball teams during a game at Washington Park in Hollywood. https://t.co/kiBDlHVOsn

— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) September 21, 2019

Police were called to the scene, but by the time they arrived the alleged attacker was already gone, according to the player. 

“I feel like, as a parent or as an adult, you should be mature enough to be able to stop a fight or try to break up a fight rather than choosing to hit another student, and a female at that,” the player told 7News Miami.

Local police are reportedly investigating the incident.