Jaylon Tate Arrested: Latest Details and Comments on Illinois PG

Illinois Fighting Illini point guard Jaylon Tate was arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of domestic battery.

According to Jeremy Werner of Scout.com, Tate was booked into Champaign County Jail in Illinois at 6:15 a.m., and he has a bond hearing set for Sunday. Tate is the third Illinois player to be arrested in the past year.

Mary Schenk of the Champaign News-Gazette passed along details of the incident: 

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Champaign police Sgt. Bruce Ramseyer said the 19-year-old victim, also a UI athlete, confirmed for police that she had been hit once in the face by Tate but declined to give police any other information, including when and where the alleged battery happened.

Ramseyer said police were called by a friend of the woman to an apartment on South Third Street at 1:40 a.m. Saturday.

"The victim didn't want to tell us anything. She admits dating him," Ramseyer said. "Initially she said he hit her once. She didn't want to answer any other questions."

Ramseyer said the officers could see she was spitting blood and had a swollen face. She went to Carle Hospital's emergency room to be checked out, he said.

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The university released a statement on the arrest, per Shannon Ryan of the Chicago Tribune: 

On Monday, Tate pleaded not guilty, via the Associated Press.

Tate's arrest came a day after Purdue trounced the 15-19 Illini, 89-58, in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. The junior guard scored three points in 19 minutes. On the season, he averaged 1.9 points, 2.6 assists and 1.3 rebounds per contest.

Tate, a Chicago native, has primarily been utilized as a reserve during his three-year stint at Illinois.

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