Jamirah Shutes’ team not only lost the game, but she made things even worse for herself with her actions after a recent game.
The Memphis Tigers women’s basketball player is now charged with assault after a confrontation in the postgame handshake line following Bowling Green’s win over Memphis on Thursday night in the Women’s NIT.
Bowling Green State University athletics released a statement saying Memphis’ Jamirah Shutes has been charged with assault.
“Following Thursday’s unwarranted physical incident after the WNIT home game, the Bowling Green State University Police Department has charged a member of the Memphis Women’s Basketball team with assault,” the statement reads. “Additionally, BGSU Athletics is conducting its own review. Violence is never acceptable and our priority remains the health, safety and support of our student-athlete, who is recovering and doing well. This is an active investigation in conjunction with the City of Bowling Green Prosecutor, and no further comment is available at this time.”
Shutes and Elissa Brett exchange words during the handshake line. Shutes would then be seen punching Brett in the face.
Memphis’ athletics department said Friday that the incident was “extremely unfortunate and certainly not consistent with, or representative of, our expectations for our programs and student-athletes.”
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The Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper reported that Shutes took an elbow to her face with 24 seconds left in the opening quarter.
Shutes, a fifth-year player who finished with 13 points in her final game with the Tigers, was a second-team All-AAC selection this season.
Brett scored 15 points in the win.
