Memphis issues statement regarding postgame incident with Bowling Green in WNIT game

BOWLING GREEN — The University of Memphis athletic department issued a statement Friday morning regarding the postgame incident during which Tigers’ fifth-year senior guard Jamirah Shutes punched Bowling Green State University senior guard Elissa Brett in the handshake line following the Falcons’ Women’s National Invitation Tournament win Thursday at the Stroh Center.

Memphis called the incident “extremely unfortunate.”

“The incident that occurred following Thursday’s women’s basketball game was extremely unfortunate and certainly not consistent with, or representative of, our expectations for our programs and student-athletes,” the statement said. “Because the incident occurred after the…