Jeron Lewis, the center for Southern Indiana’s basketball team, died late last night after collapsing on the court during a game against Kentucky Wesleyan.
According to SI.com, Lewis collapsed underneath the basket with 4:00 to go in the second half. He was rushed to a local hospital wheree he was pronounced shortly before 10:00.
“The play was under the basket. The ball was rebounded, we were on defense, and the next thing I knew — most everyone knew — all of a sudden the officials start blowing whistles, and Jeron was motionless with the trainer from Kentucky Wesleyan,” Simmons told The Associated Press. “They started giving him treatment, took him to the medical center. That is where he passed away.”
Simmons said he had no details about what may have caused his death, and the school scheduled a press conference for Friday afternoon.
