Fitchburg State basketball player who punched opponent suspended indefinitely

A Division III men's basketball game between Fitchburg State and Nichols on Tuesday night was marred by a sucker punch thrown by a Fitchburg State player late in his team's 84-75 loss.

With less than three minutes remaining, Nichols's Nate Tenaglia made a three-pointer from the corner to give the Bison a 76-63 lead. As Tenaglia was watching his shot go through the net, Fitchburg State's Kewan Platt runs towards him, appears to glance at the referee, and then throws his whole forearm into Tenaglia's face.

Here's another look at the whole game from the game broadcast:

As you can see the second video here, the trailing official appeared in the punch and whistled Platt for a foul; he left the court, though the broadcast is not clear about whether he was ejected or merely pulled from the game. Tenaglia remained in the game and made the two free throws that immediately followed his three-pointer. Platt, who led the Falcons with 16 points, had been called to a technical foul early in the first half – from the broadcast, he appeared to get in a Nichols player's face after blocking a shot – and NCAA rules state a player can be ejected for accumulating two technical fouls or one Flagrant 2 foul.

Platt has been indefinitely suspended from Fitchburg State's campus, the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference announced on its Twitter feed. Platt won this week.

Platt's name does not appear on Fitchburg State's online roster or the team's statistics.