Breaking: James Southerland ruled out

The Syracuse University Athletic Department's Communication Office announced Saturday morning that senior forward James Southerland has been indefinitely removed from competetion.

Southerland will not compete in Saturday's home game against the Villanova Wildcats, the begining of his removal from competition.

Southerland was averaging 13.6 points per game, and was always the first man off the bench. In Wednesday's tilt against Providence, Southerland scored 13 points and had seven rebounds in 38 minutes of play.

Due to student privacy rules, no further details have been made available.