Two Indiana University basketball players were cited for illegal alcohol possession early Friday morning, Indiana State Excise Police confirmed Monday.
Freshman Thomas Bryant, 18, who was ranked No. 22 in the ESPN 100 list, and Emmitt Holt, 19, a sophomore forward, were cited at 12:50 a.m. Friday after uniformed officers observed them with bottles of vodka when they were sitting in a parked car.
Police say they were passengers, and no one else in the car was cited.
IU Athletics issued a statement Monday, acknowledging the citations.
"We are aware that men's basketball players Emmitt Holt and Thomas Bryant were each cited Friday for underage possession of alcohol," an IU Athletics spokesman said via e-mail. "We take this matter very seriously and are continuing to gather information."
Holt was also involved in an incident last year where he hit teammate Devin Davis with his car after the two of them had been drinking.
Bryant played for Huntington Prep School in West Virginia before committing to IU.