Garwey Dual throws punch at Dai Dai Ames during play, gets ejected
A scuffle broke out in overtime between Kansas State and Providence on Friday night in their matchup in the Bahamas. Providence’s Garwey Dual and Kansas State’s Dai Dai Ames got into it in the overtime period. Both players were shoving each other back and forth. Then, Dual decided to retaliate by throwing a punch at Ames, which immediately got both players ejected from the game.
Check out the play here.
Both teams were playing in the first round of the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. Kansas State pulled out the win on Friday night, 73-70 in overtime. Dual is a freshman and stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, three rebounds, three assists, before getting ejected. Ames is a freshman, too, and tallied 10 points, four assists, and three rebounds before getting tossed.
According to NCAA rules, ejections for fighting draw an automatic one-game suspension. The Providence Friars will be without Garwey Dual for their matchup against Georgia on Sunday, while the Kansas State Wildcats won’t have Dai Dai Ames in the lineup against Miami. That information was relayed by John Fanta of FOX on his Twitter account.
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Dual is a freshman from Houston, Texas. He played for a number of different high schools. In the 2022-2023 campaign, he averaged 16.0 points per game, 7.0 assists per game, and 3.0 steals per game. In the Chick-fil-A classic in December of 2022, the Texas native tallied 20 points, five assists, and five steals. Dual also attended the Nike Hoop Summit and played for the World Team in April of 2023.
Dai Dai Ames was a very highly regarded prospect when he arrived at Kansas State this year as a freshman. He became just the third Wildcat signee to earn Jordan Brand All-American honors. During his 35 games for Kenwood Academy in 2022-2023, Ames averaged 21.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2.4 steals per game. The Illinois native finished his career there with more than 1,500 career points, including a school-record 65-point eruption in a win over Southland College Prep.
The 6-foot-1, 185-pounder helped lead the Broncos to 54 wins in his final two years there and back-to-back Class 4A Super Sectional titles.
He was rated as a four-star prospect and the No. 68 overall player in America, according to the On3 Industry Rankings for the 2023 cycle. Ames was also rated as the No. 14 overall point guard prospect in the country and the No. 2 overall prospect in the state of Illinois in that class.