Moment mass brawl erupts at women's college basketball game between TCU and George Washington

This is the shocking moment a mass brawl erupts at a women's college basketball game after one player accidentally pulled another's hair.

The fight broke out during a regular-season game between TCU and George Washington University Monday night - and saw eight players ejected.

Transpiring in the game's second quarter, the sudden melee stemmed from a play when Washington's Essence Brown appeared to get tangled in the hair of TCU's 22-year-old senior Bella Cravens.

As Cravens goes up to retrieve a rebound, Brown, whose arms had been outstretched to obstruct any passing lanes, gets ensnared in her larger opponent's also lengthy tresses - at which point all hell breaks loose.

The resulting frenzy saw several punches thrown, with multiple other players pulled in to the mayhem. Officials quickly put the kibosh on the unannounced scrimmage, and Cravens' Horned Frogs managed a 70-56 win. 

Aside from the ejections, repercussions for the eight players involved have yet to be handed out. The fight has since gone viral, as the midseason matchup was televised.

Punches were thrown on the court of a Division-1 Women's Basketball game Monday night, after one player looked to accidentally pull another's hair

Transpiring in the game's second quarter, the sudden melee stemmed from a play when Washington's Essence Brown (in blue at right) appeared to get tangled in the hair of TCU's 22-year-old senior Bella Cravens

It happened when Cravens (circled) went up to retrieve a rebound. Brown, whose arms had been outstretched to obstruct any passing lanes, gets ensnared in her larger opponent's also lengthy tresses

Things got chippy soon afterwards, with Craven apparently incensed over the seemingly accidental hair grab 

Apparently unsatisfied by the call on the court, Cravens, a 6'3' forward, pointed to her hair while yelling at Brown, waltzing intimidatingly to the 5'11'' guard

As the pair converged at center court, punches were thrown from parties - though most looked to be glancing blows thrown off-course by teammates who tried to break up the brawl before it burgeoned any further

Cravens and Brown, both seniors, were among the eight ejected following the flareup, as well as two other players from TCU - Lucy Ibeh and Roxane Makolo - and Nya Robertson, Nya Lok, Jayla Thornton, and Caia Loving from George Washington.

Players from both schools, situated in Texas and Washington, DC, respectively, had attempted to separate Brown and Cravens, who got into each other's faces after Craven appeared to become incensed by the hair-pull, which was ruled a foul.

Apparently unsatisfied by the call on the court, Cravens, a 6'3' forward, pointed to her hair while yelling at Brown, waltzing intimidatingly to the much smaller guard.

As the pair converged at center court, punches were thrown from parties - though most looked to be glancing blows thrown off-course by teammates who tried to break up the brawl before it burgeoned any further.

At one point, the struggle spilled over onto the sideline, threatening to pull in onlookers who appear awestruck in clips being circulated on social media.

In the footage, the mass of players moves toward where two cheerleaders had been standing, with the two women forced to duck for cover as the skirmish continues.

Standing at 6'3', forward Cravens (pictured here), looked to instigate the unannounced action

George Washington Guard Essence Brown (pictured) appeared to get tangled in the hair of TCU's 22-year-old senior

After the players involved were successfully separated, all eight were sent to the showers just ahead of the half.

Following a hard-fought second half, TCU's head coach, Raegan Pebley, addressed the incident in a postgame interview.

'We never want to be a part of anything like that. It doesn't matter to me one bit who started it, who said what, it doesn't matter, we don't ever want to be a part of anything like that,' the coach told reporters when asked about the lasting repercussions of the fight.

Pebley, whose team's record improved to 4-4 with the victory, went on to downplay the incident, stating that it stemmed from the competitive nature of 'high-character kids.'

He said: 'The moment got away from all of them.'

DailyMail.com reached out to reps from both schools to gain more insight on the fallout surrounding the incident. As of now, all eight players are cleared to play their next games.