after Malik Mack missed a game-tying 3-pointer<\/a> at the buzzer in his team\u2019s 80-77 loss against Xavier on Saturday. <\/p>\nThe bottle struck a child who was being held by a woman sitting a few rows behind the team\u2019s bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am deeply sorry for my actions during last night\u2019s game, and sincerely apologize to the Nyahkoon family, whom I have known for years and regard as my own family,\u201d Cooley said in a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy conduct was unacceptable and does not represent who I am or the leader I strive to be. I want to also apologize to the Georgetown community, team, fans, the league and my family. I take full responsibility for my actions and their consequences. I will learn from this experience to ensure it never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee said Cooley\u2019s actions did not \u201calign with the standards we expect of our coaches, nor does it reflect the values of Georgetown athletics or Georgetown University.\u201d <\/p>\n
Jeff Battle, the associate head coach, will lead the Hoyas against Coppin State on Monday. The Big East also released a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have communicated with Georgetown leadership and support their decision to suspend head men\u2019s basketball coach Ed Cooley for his actions following last night\u2019s game against Xavier,\u201d the league said. \u201cThe safety and security of spectators and participants at Big East events is of paramount importance and fundamental to the enjoyment of our games.\u201d<\/p>\n
Georgetown (8-4) has lost four of its past seven games. Cooley is in his third season in Washington D.C. after spending more than a decade at Providence. <\/p>\n
He will return for his team\u2019s matchup against St. John\u2019s on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A notable college basketball coach has been suspended for throwing a water bottle that struck a child. Georgetown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-365136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}