According to the Sylva Herald, Trey Sumler and Josh Mendenhall have now been suspended from the WCU basketball team indefinitely.
Sumler and Mendenhall were initially suspended for the first game of the season, based on simple assault charges, but those charges have now be upgraded to "assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury". With the new charges, comes the indefinite suspension of the two.
According to the newspaper, "they are charged with assaulting Joshua Gibson “by striking (him) with brass knuckles and punching the victim in the right eye causing a fractured orbit,” according to warrants on file with the Jackson County Clerk of Court’s office.
This results in a major blow to the hopes and expectations for the 2013-14 Catamount Basketball team. The Cats were picked to finish third in the preseason rankings by both the coaches and media, but many felt that they could seriously contend for a regular season championship. Without player of the year candidate Sumler and an improved Mendenhall, expectations must be lowered considerably.
Two WCU basketball players are suspended indefinitely
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