The University of Kentucky will be without four players on Saturday for its matchup with the South Carolina Gamecocks. Four freshman players were involved in an incident with a BB gun that eventually led to law enforcement shutting down the entire Lexington campus Sunday night. Dorian Baker, Drew Barker, Tymere Dubose and Stanley Williams will be serving a suspension for the SEC matchup with Spurrier’s Gamecocks. Head coach Mark Stoops issued a brief statement regarding the incident.
“Proper conduct is emphasized as a core value of our program,” Coach Mark Stoops said. “If we have a situation in which someone who does not act according to our standards, we hold him accountable…
Today, University of Kentucky Police continued its investigation into Sunday’s incident on campus. We have been able to identify all of the people in a picture from last night’s incident captured on security cameras. Moreover, three BB guns connected with the incident were recovered as part of our investigation. UK Police officers also have interviewed those identified in the picture and worked closely with the Office of Student Affairs and the Department of Athletics on the appropriate next steps. To that end, we will be meeting tomorrow with the Fayette County Attorney’s office to determine what actions should take place. Once that investigation is completed, that information will be turned over to the Office of Student Affairs as dictated by university policy to investigate whether any violations of the code of student conduct have taken place.”
Baker and Williams are the only two of the four freshman that have seen any action on the field this year. However, the details of exactly what happened Sunday night are still very sketchy.
[h/t College Spun]