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Last Updated: March 12, 2024, 00:01 IST
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The brother of LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson was arrested and charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct by the Greenville Police Department for his position in a struggle after his sister was shoved to the courtroom by South Carolina ahead Kamilla Cardoso throughout a Southeastern Conference Tournament recreation.
GREENVILLE, S.C.: The brother of LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson was arrested and charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct by the Greenville Police Department for his position in a struggle after his sister was shoved to the courtroom by South Carolina ahead Kamilla Cardoso throughout a Southeastern Conference Tournament recreation.
Trayron Milton, 24, jumped over the scorer’s desk to succeed in the courtroom. Police say Milton made his option to the courtroom Sunday by pushing down an SEC worker and stepping on her shoulders to get previous.
Milton briefly made contact with Cardoso earlier than he was led away by police.
Online Greenville Police information present that Milton remained in jail on Monday.
College basketball has come beneath hearth, each the boys’s and girls’s video games, for courtroom-storming the place followers rush the courtroom to have fun their workforce’s success — even earlier than the opposing workforce’s gamers, coaches and personnel can exit to the locker room.
NCAA all-time main scorer Caitlin Clark of Iowa was knocked down after colliding with a fan after the Hawkeyes fell at Ohio State in January. Duke ahead Kyle Filipowski needed to be helped off the courtroom after getting caught in a swarm of Wake Forest followers celebrating the Demon Deacons 83-79 victory final month.
Calls for change and tighter safety for opposing groups have come after every of these incidents. Duke coach Jon Scheyer needed fast motion after Filipowski was harm.
“You can try to do a zero tolerance policy but how are you going to enforce that?” stated Brandon Allen, director of analysis for the National Center for Sports Safety and Security. “And what does that look like?”
Of the six main basketball conferences, 4 advantageous host colleges for a primary offense of failure to maintain followers off the courtroom. The ACC doesn’t levy fines and the Big Ten waits till a 3rd offense.
In Greenville, police and safety labored rapidly to de-escalate the state of affairs. Milton made it over the barrier and scorer’s desk and shoved Cardoso’s again earlier than the officer stepped in to guide him away.
The police assertion stated two different folks made it over from the stands to the scorer’s desk, however have been rapidly confronted by authorities and prevented from going additional.
Cardoso was ejected for preventing and three of her teammates have been thrown out for leaving the bench space. Two LSU gamers who logged minutes within the recreation have been additionally despatched off. South Carolina completed the sport with six gamers and LSU 5.
Afterward, the six Gamecocks celebrated their eighth championship up to now 10 years with out the 4 despatched to the locker room.
According to NCAA guidelines, Cardoso will miss South Carolina’s subsequent recreation, which might be its opener within the NCAA Tournament.
Both of Milton’s expenses are categorized as misdemeanors beneath South Carolina legislation. Online information present a bond of $1,087.50 is due on every cost.
Each cost carries a possible penalty of 30 days in jail, a advantageous or each.
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AP girls’s school basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
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