School official: Sanctions 'necessary and fair' after brawl

(AP) — Representatives for the schools involved in a brawl during a Division II basketball game last week have issued statements expressing their disappointment in the behavior that led to the incident.

LeMoyne-Owen College President Andrea Lewis Miller said in a statement that "the behavior exhibited by our student athletes and those members of the audience who engaged in the conflict is unfortunate and unacceptable."