Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 | 2:01 p.m.
The suspension of San Diego senior center Gyno Pomare will continue through Saturday afternoon’s game against UNLV at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Pomare was suspended from the team for an unspecified violation of team rules before its exhibition game last weekend against Cal State Los Angeles. He averaged 14.1 points a game last season, second on USD's team.
The Toreros beat CSLA, 71-67, behind 21 points from Brazilian center Roberto Mafra. The junior, a transfer from a junior college in Iowa, went 9-for-10 from the field.
Pomare will be reinstated after the game against the Rebels, according to USD officials.
USD has additional numbers problems, however, as sophomore forward Clinton Houston's suspension, a second infraction, will cost him six games. Sophomore guard Trumaine Johnson, it was revealed Friday, also has been served with an indefinite suspension.
"These suspensions are for unrelated incidents," said second-year coach Bill Grier. "I am extremely disappointed with Gyno, Clinton and Trumaine. As a member of this basketball program and as a student-athlete at USD, there are expected standards of behavior on and off the floor, as well as in the classroom, to be upheld.
"I am hopeful that all three will learn from their mistakes and understand that the decisions they make have a tremendous impact on our team and university."
If that weren't enough for Grier, junior wing De'Jon Jackson, who hit the game-winning shot against UConn in the first round of the NCAA tournament in March, is out with a knee injury.
UNLV defeated San Diego, 66-55, last season in San Diego.
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