BREAKING: South Carolina guard Rakym Felder will return to school but won’t play this season
December 29, 2017
South Carolina sophomore Rakym Felder will not see the floor for the Gamecocks basketball team at all this season.
Felder has been serving an indefinite suspension since an arrest in July for assault and third-degree assault and battery.
According to a report from Andrew Ramspacher of The State, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin announced the developments in a teleconference on Friday morning.
“I have made the decision that Rakym will not play this year,” Martin said. “There’s certain things that I’m asking Rakym to do before I allow him to be a part of our basketball team again. Those are things that I’m going to keep private for now.”
Despite Martin not allowing the guard to return to the team this year, Felder is expected to return to Columbia to begin classes again during the upcoming semester. He was not enrolled this fall.
“Rakym and I have gotten to a good place,” he said. “Everyone is on board with him becoming a part of our school again, starting here in January. That date has not been set.”
Felder was also arrested during the fall before his freshman season, when he became a valuable member of the Gamecocks squad that Martin led to the Final Four.
Felder averaged 5.6 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game last season and had a big performance in the Gamecocks upset of Duke in the NCAA Tournament.
December 29, 2017
South Carolina sophomore Rakym Felder will not see the floor for the Gamecocks basketball team at all this season.
Felder has been serving an indefinite suspension since an arrest in July for assault and third-degree assault and battery.
According to a report from Andrew Ramspacher of The State, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin announced the developments in a teleconference on Friday morning.
“I have made the decision that Rakym will not play this year,” Martin said. “There’s certain things that I’m asking Rakym to do before I allow him to be a part of our basketball team again. Those are things that I’m going to keep private for now.”
Despite Martin not allowing the guard to return to the team this year, Felder is expected to return to Columbia to begin classes again during the upcoming semester. He was not enrolled this fall.
“Rakym and I have gotten to a good place,” he said. “Everyone is on board with him becoming a part of our school again, starting here in January. That date has not been set.”
Felder was also arrested during the fall before his freshman season, when he became a valuable member of the Gamecocks squad that Martin led to the Final Four.
Felder averaged 5.6 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game last season and had a big performance in the Gamecocks upset of Duke in the NCAA Tournament.