Arizona Basketball Star Responds to Touching TCU Cheerleader’s Chest

Thanks to Social Media, Bennedict Mathurin now has to talk about something that he probably didn’t even know he did.

Arizona athletic director Dave Heeke issued a statement Wednesday on the postgame incident involving Wildcats star Bennedict Mathurin and a TCU showgirl.

Arizona and TCU have been in contact since Sunday night’s game in which a video clip has circulated on social media that appeared to show Mathurin making contact with the showgirl’s chest.

Hey @MarchMadnessMBB @ArizonaMBB why did Benedict Mathurin have to touch a @TCU cheerleader in the breast? pic.twitter.com/4qe9rP7Oqx

— SportsFanatic (@GivingMyOpinion) March 21, 2022

Here’s the statement below:

“Shortly after returning to Tucson, I was notified that people on social media were claiming a video clip showed Bennedict Mathurin may have made physical contact with a TCU student while walking off the court,” Heeke said in a statement. “I have reached out to TCU’s Athletics Department and I spoke with Bennedict. While he does not recall any contact, he has attempted to reach out to the TCU student through their Athletic Department to apologize.”

Here is Heeke's statement pic.twitter.com/bbTPBHRROW

— Jason Scheer (@jasonscheer) March 23, 2022

TCU has yet to publicly comment on the incident.

Arizona will face 5-seed Houston on Thursday night in San Antonio.

I’m sure Bennedict will keep his celebrating to a minimum, just in case.

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