(Omaha, NE) -- The University of Nebraska Omaha is mourning the death of a new member of its men's basketball team.
Twenty-two-year-old Deng Mayar, a graduate student who had just transferred to UNO, died over the weekend. Authorities in Utah say his body was recovered from a reservoir in the town of Herriman on Saturday night after he had been struggling in the water.
Mayar had recently joined the Mavericks after playing for two years at the University of North Dakota. In a statement, UNO's chancellor and athletics director said they are devastated and offered condolences to his family, friends, and teammates.
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