Robert Carpenter is certainly going to be suspended for a few games and it is rightfully deserved.
Thursday night’s basketball game between New Mexico State and Liberty turned ugly when he was ejected for throwing a punch in the middle of the game. Carpenter was tossed after taking a swing at Liberty’s Shiloh Robinson.
The incident happened in the first half when the Flames had just corralled a rebound.
Carpenter and Robinson were jostling for position in the paint when Carpenter turned and threw a nasty right hook at Robinson’s face. Robinson went down, and officials stopped play.
Officials called a flagrant 2 on Carpenter, and he was ejected from the contest.
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After the game, NMSU head coach Jason Hooten said he was surprised by Carpenter’s actions, noting that he is “a really good kid.”
Saying that the punch was “not acceptable,” Hooten went on to explain that this was not how things would be done at New Mexico State University.
Currently a junior, Carpenter played at Mississippi Valley State and St. Bonaventure before joining the Aggies for the first time.
Carpenter is averaging 9.7 points and 3.9 rebounds in 22 games this season, including 16 starts. He is shooting 34.8 percent from outside the arc and 47.7 percent from the field.
