[petersalas]

No, I completely disagree that Stanford fans would have reacted the same way. USC fans were terrible at the last PAC 12 tournament. I was just cheering Stanford on and I was trash talked the entire championship game. Their fans made me experience something I have never before and it made uncomfortable. And this was with their team winning. JuJu is their star and deservedly so and hope the fans support women’s basketball long after she’s graduated and moved on, but regardless of what happened the other night, they would have treated Miss State the same way they did after what happened, but maybe not to the extent. I could clearly hear them calling for a flagrant and the play looked nothing like a flagrant from the replays. I’m disappointed in how her season ended because we’ve been part of too many season ending injuries and part of the wrong side of history that I never want this for anyone else. It’s just my opinion and take from how I was trash talked for cheering on Stanford. 

It was not an isolated incident. MS was very physical throughout the game, probably excessively and purposeful. They seemed to be trying to bully SC to get in their heads or intimidate them. I think the fans reflected the teams attitude that they were not going to back down. MS continued to be extra physical knocking down other players right before and soon after JuJu went down. Just before JuJu MS 6’6” post player fouls Kiki and throws her body and brings her arms down on Kiki’s head to knock her down. Didn’t even touch the ball.

The MS player that fouled JuJu did not play the ball - she ran through JuJu and caused the injury by pushing her as JuJu was planting her foot.

I think we would have reacted the same way.

[petersalas]

No, I completely disagree that Stanford fans would have reacted the same way. USC fans were terrible at the last PAC 12 tournament. I was just cheering Stanford on and I was trash talked the entire championship game. Their fans made me experience something I have never before and it made uncomfortable. And this was with their team winning. JuJu is their star and deservedly so and hope the fans support women’s basketball long after she’s graduated and moved on, but regardless of what happened the other night, they would have treated Miss State the same way they did after what happened, but maybe not to the extent. I could clearly hear them calling for a flagrant and the play looked nothing like a flagrant from the replays. I’m disappointed in how her season ended because we’ve been part of too many season ending injuries and part of the wrong side of history that I never want this for anyone else. It’s just my opinion and take from how I was trash talked for cheering on Stanford. 

It was not an isolated incident. MS was very physical throughout the game, probably excessively and purposeful. They seemed to be trying to bully SC to get in their heads or intimidate them. I think the fans reflected the teams attitude that they were not going to back down. MS continued to be extra physical knocking down other players right before and soon after JuJu went down. Just before JuJu MS 6’6” post player fouls Kiki and throws her body and brings her arms down on Kiki’s head to knock her down. Didn’t even touch the ball.

The MS player that fouled JuJu did not play the ball - she ran through JuJu and caused the injury by pushing her as JuJu was planting her foot.

I think we would have reacted the same way.