FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference has reprimanded the Texas State and Southeastern Louisiana men’s basketball teams for a bench-clearing incident during the team’s game on Feb. 4, at San Marcos, Texas.
In addition to the team reprimands, Southeastern Louisiana student-athlete Chris Cyprian and Texas State student-athlete Brent Benson were given subsequent game suspensions. Mr. Cyprian was withheld from SLU’s game versus Texas-San Antonio on Feb. 7. An appeal hearing before the Southland Conference Executive Committee was conducted Tuesday, and the decision of the Conference was upheld. Thus, Mr. Benson’s suspension will occur Wednesday, Feb. 11, against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Benson's suspension was to be expected after his actions in the bench-clearing brawl. Texas State will now be without its leading scorer against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Brandon Bush will need to continue his strong play, as will John Rybak. The Bobcats need a third scorer to step up and most likely, it will be Cameron Johnson. But if he doesn't?
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