A student was pistol-whipped and another was punched with brass knuckles March 10 during an argument between team players over a game of basketball on the residential courts north of the Dining Commons.

The argument came to a head between the basketball players when the subject, “Little Shaq,” brandished a handgun at one of the victims and struck him in the face, said campus police Information Public Officer John Hamrick.

Another subject punched a second victim in the face while wearing brass knuckles. The pistol-whipped victim refused campus medical attention. It is unknown whether the victim struck with brass knuckles received medical attention, according to police records.

University police are looking for the two Asian males. The suspects fled the area in a white body Honda Civic with a black hood and gold rims.

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