The biggest boys basketball event of the season won’t be happening.

Breakdown Sports USA announced Wednesday that its 21st annual Boys Tip-Off Classic on Saturday at Edina High School and Edina Community Center is called off.

“Breakdown Sports is very sorry to announce that the Breakdown Boys Tip-Off Classic is cancelled,” Justin Hegna, Breakdown’s president and founder, said in a statement. “We are working with all the teams to make sure we assist them in getting their games [rescheduled] and support them in any way possible. We will offer more details as well in the coming days.”

The cancellation of 18 varsity games impacts 36 high school teams. Hegna said the event was canceled because of the host school’s safety concerns.

At last weekend’s Breakdown Big Stage Classic event at Hopkins, the featured game between Tartan and Hopkins was suspended in the second half after a fight broke out between fans. Police were already present for crowd control. More officers were called to the scene after the fight to clear the facility.

“It was due to the unfortunate incident at Hopkins,” Hegna said. “With the closeness of that situation and this being the following week, it was just [Edina school officials] taking more of a safety precaution.”

In a statement to the Star Tribune, an Edina spokesperson said a commitment to safety “will always guide our decisions.”

“Edina Public Schools places the highest priority on the safety and well-being of everyone in our facilities,” Edina Public Schools spokesperson Daphne Edwards said in a statement. “Each request to use district spaces requires a comprehensive safety plan, which is carefully reviewed before approval.

“In light of recent incidents across the state and nation that have, at times, resulted in unsafe situations at large events, we conducted a thorough evaluation of the request to host the tournament and determined that we could not ensure the level of safety necessary for this event.“

Breakdown had organized 156 events over 25 years without having a basketball game suspended or cancelled for non-weather-related reasons until Saturday, Hegna said. He said the company hires law enforcement for events, and event staff consists mostly of current and former educators, administrators and coaches.

Tartan was leading Hopkins by 10 points with nine minutes remaining in the game. Administrators for each school are determining whether the rest of the game can be replayed at a later date.

Earlier this week, Wayzata and Cretin-Derham Hall pulled out of their game Saturday night in the Tip-Off Classic because of security concerns. The rematch of last season’s Class 4A title game will now be held Saturday night at Cretin-Derham Hall.