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On-court Conference-USA altercation has local flavor; Clarke scores 24 in return
Published: 1/30/2013 12:53 PM
Last Modified: 1/30/2013 12:53 PM

By now, you may have seen the highlights from one of Conference USA's big men's basketball stories from the weekend.

Thanks to our resident in-office college basketball expert -- designer Ethan Erickson -- I got the chance to see East Carolina's Shamarr Bowden taking swings at a Texas-El Paso player during the teams' game Saturday.

Check out the video below.

Bowden, who apologized Saturday for the incident via Twitter and later in a statement, was suspended for Wednesday's game against Memphis.

(Read a Wilmington, N.C., StarNews blog on Bowden's suspension here).

The player on the receiving end of Bowden's blows was UTEP's Konner Tucker. Tucker, who grew up in Sapulpa, is the son of former Tulsa and Oklahoma State basketball player and Union and Sapulpa High School basketball coach Mark Tucker.

Saturday's news was a little better for another local player -- Butler's Rotnei Clarke.

Clarke returned Saturday after missing three games with a neck injury and scored 24 points in his team's 83-71 win over Temple.

(Read what SportsIllustrated.com had to say about Clarke's injury and his comeback here).

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amron warrior (2 weeks ago)

Clarke's success at Butler shows how he was mishandled at Arkansas. The Porker coach sure blew it.

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