West Virginia junior guard Joe Mazzulla has been suspended indefinitely after he was arrested and charged with domestic violence. The incident occurred at de Lazy Lizard, a Morgantown, W.Va., nightclub. One of the Mountaineers’ toughest players, Mazzulla missed most of this past season because of a fractured left shoulder. He averaged 5.6 points and 3.7 assists in the seven games he played. The Times West Virginian reports that this incident is not Mazzulla’s first run-in with the law.
This is Mazzulla’s second disciplinary problem in the last year.
He and teammate Cam Thoroughman were arrested at a Pittsburgh Pirates’ game last summer and charged with scuffling with police and underage drinking.
The two were allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness and were fined $222 plus courts each. The record of their arrest was to have been expunged upon paying the fine.
Mazzulla, of Johnston, R.I., was the starting point guard for the Mountaineers when the season started and was coming off a heroic performance against Duke in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. However, at Mississippi, he suffered a serious injury, fracturing the growth plate in his shoulder.
