The Colonial Athletic Association announced Thursday night that Virginia Commonwealth’s Larry Sanders has been suspended for one game for a flagrant foul in Wednesday night’s loss at Drexel.
Sanders, the Rams' leading scorer and rebounder, will serve the suspension when the Rams play Delaware tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Siegel Center.
According to Tim Pearrell’s report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, game tape shows Sanders hit Drexel's Evan Neisler in the head as they were running down the court late in the first half. No foul was called at the time of the incident.
The officiating crew was unable to review the tousle until the start of the second due to a reply malfunction. At that point it was determined that Sanders had committed a flagrant foul but it was determined that is was too late to issue an automatic ejection.
Officials referred the matter to the CAA office and Tom Yeager, the CAA commissioner, issued the suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct after reviewing the tape yesterday.
Sanders is tied for eighth in the CAA in scoring (14.7 ppg), fourth in rebounds (8.1) and second in blocked shots (3.2).
Delaware (5-10, 1-3) has never won at VCU in seven tries.
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