Reports: Auburn basketball team's plane turns around after teammates fight onboard

Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A plane carrying the Auburn men's basketball team to a game in Houston turned around and headed back to Alabama on Friday due to an onboard fight between players, according to multiple reports.

The flight took off Friday afternoon from Auburn, Ala., and was heading to Texas where the 11th-ranked Tigers were to play the No. 4 Houston Cougars on Saturday when the pilot decided to turn the plane around, according to sources cited by ESPN.

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