COLUMBIA, SC -
South Carolina head men's basketball coach Frank Martin
announced on Sunday that freshman forward Laimonas Chatkevicius will miss the
first six games of the 2012-13 season.
The NCAA has determined that Chatkevicius received
impermissible benefits from his host family prior to enrolling at the
University of South Carolina, and as a result he will be withheld from the
first six games.
In addition, walk-on freshman forward Brian Steele has
been suspended from the team per athletic department policy.
