This time one year ago, Zach Price was on the verge of winning a national championship ring as a member of the Louisville basketball team.
On Thursday, he was arrested twice some 380 miles away from Louisville, Ky.
The Kansas City Star is reporting that Price, a 6-foot-10 junior who transferred to Missouri before the 2013-14 season, was arrested twice on suspicion of assaulting his roommate as well as another person.
The 20-year-old Price was arrested for the first time at 2:31 a.m., after an altercation with his 23-year-old male roommate and a 23-year-old female, the report said. Price allegedly followed his roommate at the woman down a street and blocked their car so that they could not leave.
He then punched his roommate and pushed the woman to the ground as she tried to intervene. One of the victims tried to mace Price.
The report said police booked Price in the Boone County Detention Center on suspicion of third-degree domestic assault and third-degree assault. He was released on a $1,500 bond.
Price, who sat out this season under NCAA transfer rules, was arrested for the second time later Thursday in the Boone County Detention Center on suspicion of second-degree domestic assault and second-degree assault for allegedly ramming his car into a car that had the same roommate and 23-year-old female on Wednesday, the Star reported.
Price was released after 7:30 p.m. and had to $9,000 bond.
Needless to say, Price's coaching staff was not too thrilled by the second arrest. The staff suspended Price indefinitely for his role in the altercations.
"We're very disappointed in his actions," Missouri coach Frank Haith said Thursday afternoon about Price. "We're still gathering information - been up all night and we're still working toward finding out what all went on. I can tell that you we're not real happy and we will discipline accordingly."
A Missouri official told the Star that Price's status with the team didn't change after the second arrest.
The Star reported that each third-degree assault charge is considered Class A misdemeanor and carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. A second-degree assault charge is a Class C felony that carries a possible seven-year prison sentence and a $5,000 fine.
Price averaged 1.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in 16 games with Louisville last season. He started seven and played in one game during the Cardinals' run to the championship.
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