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Oklahoma State star Marcus Smart has been suspended for three games for shoving a Texas Tech fan in the final seconds of Saturday's game, Cowboys coach Travis Ford announced Sunday.
Smart tried to block Jaye Crockett's dunk attempt from behind with 6.2 seconds to go but stumbled out of bounds behind the basket. As he was being helped up, he exchanged words with a fan in the front row before lunging for the fan and pushing him with two hands. The fan, wearing a black Texas Tech shirt, stumbled backward but did not fall.
Marcus Smart shoved a Texas Tech fan in the final seconds of Oklahoma State's 65-61 loss on Saturday.
Smart tried to block a dunk attempt from behind and stumbled out of bounds behind the bucket. Smart appeared to exchange words with a fan in the front row before pushing him with two hands.
Referees gave Smart a technical foul and did not eject him.
Smart has claimed to coaches that the fan, identified as Jeff Orr, called him a racial slur.
Smart was "down and remorseful," a team official told ESPN, claiming that the sophomore guard "got caught up in the moment."
Via ESPN