A junior college basketball player in Oklahoma has died after suffering a head injury during a game last weekend, his school announced.

Ethan Dietz , a 20-year-old sophomore at Connors State College, was pronounced dead Tuesday after suffering the injury on Nov. 22, the school said in a Facebook post.

“Ethan exemplified what it means to be a Cowboy , to value hard work and being part of a team,” the school wrote in its post. “While the team and the Cowboy community are processing our own grief, our hearts go out to his family and friends.”

Dietz and his teammates were competing against Grayson College on Nov. 22 when he spun toward the hoop in the post and went up for a layup, according to video of the game shared by Tulsa CBS affiliate KOTV. As he spins, an opponent jumps and el

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