Early in the second half of Colorado State’s 92-87 win at Air Force Saturday afternoon there was a brief skirmish, with Colorado State’s J.J. Avila placing Air Force’s Zach Kosur in a headlock and Air Force freshman guard Matt Mooney punching Avila in the back.
For their roles in the incident, Avila and Mooney have been suspended for their respective teams’ next game with the Mountain West announcing the news Sunday night.
The “fighting” ruling on Mooney is an important one, as per NCAA rules if he were to be involved in another fight he would be suspended for the remainder of the season. Mooney, who’s averaging 7.0 points, 2.4 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 19.7 minutes per game, will miss the Falcons’ game at New Mexico Wednesday night.
As for Avila, the Rams will be without one of the best players in the Mountain West when they host Nevada Wednesday night. Avila, who averages 15.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, leads Colorado State in all three of those statistical categories.
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