Men’s basketball senior guard Dante Thorpe, junior guard Eugene German and sophomore guard Zaire Mateen have been suspended indefinitely after being charged with retail theft Wednesday, according to a DeKalb County Police Report.
“We are aware of the incident involving three members of our program and are very disappointed in their actions as they do not reflect the high standards that we have for our student-athletes,” Head Coach Mark Montgomery said, according to an NIU Athletics email sent Monday by Director of Communications Jeremy Reid. “As a result, each of these three student-athletes has been suspended indefinitely from competition.