Vicious Cheap Shot Crumples Christian University Basketball Player, Leads to Instant Ejection

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A New Mexico State University basketball player was ejected Thursday from his school’s game with Liberty University after he punched an opposing player in the face.

Aggies forward Robert Carpenter was tossed out after the punch sent Liberty forward Shiloh Robinson to the floor at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, according to ESPN.

NMSU coach Jason Hooten said Carpenter — a junior forward from Detroit — will sit out at least one game because of the incident.

Video showed the two men jostling for position under the basket as an Aggies player tried a 3-point shot that bounced off the rim far from either player.

As the Flames took possession of the ball and both teams began to move down the court, Robinson appeared to bump Carpenter.

Carpenter, without breaking stride, threw a right hand that caught the senior forward in the face. Robinson went to the floor as play stopped.

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