NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 3, 2019–The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has announced the suspension of six student-athletes, following an altercation involving the Norfolk State and Howard University men’s basketball teams on Saturday.
Following a thorough review of the postgame video footage, three Norfolk State student-athletes (Jordan Butler, Kyonze Chavis and Nic Thomas) and three student-athletes from Howard (Princewill Anosike, Jalen Jones and Andre Toure’) violated conference policy, Chapter 3, Section 5, Article 5 of the 2018-19 MEAC Constitution & By-Laws, concerning the role of student-athletes and sportsmanship, which reads, in part, “Student-athletes are expected to treat opponents with respect. They must be aware significant penalties will be applied for fighting, taunting an opponent, or other unethical conduct.”
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Thus, the Norfolk State student-athletes have been suspended for the Spartans’ next game, which is Saturday, Feb. 9, at Bethune-Cookman. The Howard student-athletes are suspended for Saturday’s game at Florida A&M.”
It’s an especially big blow for Norfolk State as Thomas leads the team in scoring (14.5 ppg) and Butler leads the team in rebounding (6.7
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