Memphis Women’s Basketball Player Charged W/ Assault Over Handshake Line Punch

The Memphis ladies’s basketball participant who socked an opponent within the face throughout a handshake line following a recreation Thursday evening has been charged with assault, TMZ Sports has realized.

According to Bowling Green State Univ. officers … Tigers senior guard Jamirah Shutes was hit with the felony cost on Friday morning — roughly 12 hours after she punched BGSU participant Elissa Brett throughout an incident following their recreation within the ladies’s NIT.

The two had gotten right into a verbal argument after BGSU’s 73-60 win … which led to Shutes sucker-punching the woman within the face.

Brett crumpled to the court docket in ache, and was later seen in tears. According to police paperwork, cops observed swelling in her proper eye. The college stated Friday, although, she is “recovering and doing well.”

It’s nonetheless unclear what sparked the altercation. A police investigation is ongoing, the college stated.

BGSU added in an announcement that it is also “conducting its own review” into the matter … saying, “Violence is never acceptable and our priority remains the health, safety and support of our student-athlete.”

Neither Shutes nor Brett has publicly commented on all of it.

Memphis Univ. did launch an announcement on the matter on Friday morning, calling the incident “extremely unfortunate and certainly not consistent with, or representative of, our expectations for our programs and student-athletes.”