Diamond Stone Suspended for Technical Foul vs. Wisconsin: Details and Reaction

Maryland Terrapins center Diamond Stone has been suspended one game by the program for pushing Wisconsin Badgers forward Vitto Brown's head onto the court Saturday, per Jeff Goodman of ESPN.

Stone received a technical foul on the play and will miss Thursday's game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers.       

Mike Rutherford of SB Nation's Card Chronicle provided a clip of the incident:

Stone's technical came with two seconds left of the first half in then-No. 2 Maryland's 70-57 home loss to Wisconsin on Saturday. Stone finished with 10 points in 29 minutes.

“I want to apologize to Vitto Brown and the Wisconsin basketball team for my unacceptable behavior during Saturday’s game,” Stone said in a statement, per Roman Stubbs of the Washington Post. “I regret that I let the emotions of the game get the best of me. I let my team down and I accept full responsibility for my actions.”

The Big Ten released a statement, saying it accepts Maryland coach Mark Turgeon's decision to suspend Stone for violating Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01, per Zack Miller of BadgerBlitz.com.

"The Big Ten Conference expects all contests involving a member institution to be conducted without compromise to any fundamental element of sportsmanship," the agreement states. "Such fundamental elements include integrity of the competition, civility toward all, and respect, particularly toward opponents and officials."

Despite losing Stone, it may not impact Maryland on Thursday against a Golden Gophers team that's 0-13 in Big Ten play. Stone is more of a scoring big man, averaging 12.8 points per game, but Maryland has enough size to make up for his absence. 

The Terrapins could go small and start 6'9" forward Robert Carter, their leading rebounder at almost seven per game, at center. Junior forward Damonte Dodd and 7'1" center Michal Cekovsky could also start, should Turgeon not want to make drastic changes to his lineup.

Stats courtesy of Sports-Reference.com.

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