The Western Athletic Conference announced on Monday that New Mexico State's six remaining games have been deemed forfeits in the wake of the men's basketball program canceling the rest of its season.
The New Mexico State administration's decision on Sunday came as the result of a police report that cited three players of false imprisonment, harassment and counts of criminal sexual contact against a teammate.
The Aggies' schedule included games at California Baptist (Feb. 11), home and away vs. Abilene Christian (Feb. 15 and March 1), home vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley (Feb. 18), home vs. Grand Canyon (Feb. 22) and at Tarleton (March 6). Each opponent will be given a conference win in the WAC standings; however, the NCAA will not recognize the forfeited games as part of the teams' overall record.
New Mexico State was 9-15 and 2-10 in the WAC under first-year coach Greg Heiar.
The campus police report detailed the victim telling investigators that Feb. 6, three members of the team held the victim down, "removed his clothing exposing his buttocks and began to 'slap his [buttocks].'" He went on to state that they also touched his scrotum.
The victim told police that he had no choice but to let this happen "because it's a 3-on-1 type of situation.'' The victim also stated that other incidents had been occurring as far back as last July or August, and that inappropriate physical and sexual touching by his teammates had been occurring in the locker room and on road trips.
The report also said that on Friday, the victim went to campus police to report a possible assault but did not want to press criminal charges for the time being.
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