UTRGV basketball player arrested, charged with assault

A player on the UTRGV Men’s Basketball Team was arrested and charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault following a confrontation that started during a game of pickup basketball.

Around 3:30 p.m. April 20, University Police responded to an assault in progress at the University Recreation Center on the Edinburg campus.

The incident began over an argument on the UREC courts, according to UTRGV Assistant Chief of Police Van Slusser. 

“There was a recreational game going on, and some of the participants that were all students there got into an argument and it escalated into a physical confrontation,” Slusser said.

Patrick Gonzales, vice president of University Marketing and Communications, confirmed that Saliou Seye, a junior forward who played 27 games for the UTRGV Men’s Basketball Team last year, was arrested by University Police after two students were assaulted.

“Through investigation [we] did determine that two assaults did occur,” Slusser said. “The suspect, which was a male student, he was subsequently arrested and charged with assault.”

Seye was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault, one class A and one class C, and was booked into the Hidalgo County Jail. 

He was later arraigned on the Class A misdemeanor assault April 22 at the Edinburg Municipal Court.

Records show he was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond April 23.

On Tuesday, The Rider submitted a public information request to UTRGV for the probable cause affidavit. This case remains under investigation.