Oregon State’s Jarmal Reid suspended at minimum four games for tripping ref

Oregon State forward Jarmal Reid was ejected late in last night’s game against Utah for intentionally tripping referee Tommy Nunez. After flipping the ball to teammate Gary Payton, Reid looked up at Nunez – a Valley resident – and stuck out his right leg and tripped Nunez as the official ran up court.

Utah closed out the game on a 7-1 run after Reid was ejected and came away with a 59-53 victory. When the referees did not call a foul on Poeltl, Reid was like, “fine, I’m going to trip this here referee”.

“I don’t know”, he said when asked his thoughts on it. “I haven’t seen it. I thought, because of the sweat on the floor, that the official slipped”.

A game isn’t won or lost on a single play, but Sunday night one play certainly seemed to turn the game in the Utes’ favor. The Utes finally snapped their scoring drought with a pair of free throws from guard Lorenzo Bonam.

Southern Illinois 81, Drake 76: Anthony Beane scored 26 points, Bola Olaniyan had 11 points and 14 rebounds and Southern Illinois beat Drake 81-76 on Sunday to remain unbeaten on the road.

Utah was 41.9 percent from the floor and 23.8 percent from three-point range.

Oregon State: The Beavers are now 23-5 when leading at halftime under coach Wayne Tinkle….

“We commend Oregon State University and its leadership for taking swift and decisive action in response to this incident”, said Scott.

Utah is 2-6 against the spread against a team with a winning record, 1-4 against the spread against the Pac-12, and 42-19-2 against the spread in their last 63 home games.

ESPN college basketball commentator Corey Williams was appalled by Reid’s actions.

Soon after, Duvivier picked up his second personal foul and was limited to just five minutes in the first half. Tucker soon drained a corner three to make it a three-point game with the score at 48-45. Utah endured another slow start – a familiar trend for the Utes since entering Pac-12 play.

Utah: Loveridge, the team’s second-leading scorer this season, was held scoreless in the first half on 0-for-5 shooting….