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Sam Penrod Reporting One of the star players on this year's BYU basketball squad is out for the rest of the season.
Shaun Brodus is in trouble after being arrested early yesterday morning, just hours after playing his best game of the season.
The arrest comes as a shock to the BYU basketball program, which was starting to see improvement over the last couple of weeks. But now the team will have to play on, without the starting point guard.
This afternoon, the BYU players were informed that they will be without Broadus for the rest of the season. Broadus was pulled over for going 79 miles per hour on I-15 near the University Parkway exit around 5 yesterday morning. The UHP trooper who stopped Broadus smelled a strong odor of alcohol on both Broadus and a female passenger.
Broadus denied drinking, but the trooper suspected he was driving impaired and gave some field sobriety tests. From that he arrested Broadus on drunk driving, and then refused a breathalyzer test. He was released from jail about two hours later. From meetings today with Broadus, Coach Rose suspended him for the rest of the season.
Dave Rose, Head Coach, BYU Basketball Team: "Shaun's behavior this weekend is not in line with the standards we've set for ourselves and so I've decided to suspend Shaun for the rest of the season. And our team will get together this afternoon and will start to move forward from here."
And Broadus will likely face some discipline from the university, if the allegations prove true, because BYU's honor code prohibits students from drinking alcohol. He is a senior and in his last semester.
As far as the criminal case against him, Broadus will have to appear in court on the charges, which are misdemeanors and he could face fines and possible jail time, if he is convicted.
And we'll have more on this, including how it will affect the team on the court, coming up on Eyewitness News at Five.
