Two more suspended over brawl

Two more players were suspended -- one indefinitely -- and two had their suspensions extended Thursday by the Mountain West Conference for fighting during New Mexico’s home win over Wyoming on Tuesday.

The penalties were agreed upon by the schools and the conference.

Wyoming’s Brandon Ewing and Brad Jones -- the team’s top scorers -- and New Mexico’s Jamaal Smith were ejected from the game and automatically suspended from their games Saturday. Wyoming plays at No. 17 Air Force, and New Mexico is at Colorado State.

The conference suspended Jones and Smith for an additional game, and added a one-game suspension for New Mexico’s Darren Prentice. They’ll serve those suspensions when New Mexico visits Wyoming on March 3.

Wyoming suspended Joseph Taylor indefinitely.

“He needed to get out of it and he didn’t,” Wyoming Coach Steve McClain said of Taylor’s punishment. “I felt like all the other guys were trying to stop what was going on and he got involved when he shouldn’t have.”

New Mexico players Daniel Faris, J.R. Giddens and Aaron Johnson received reprimands.

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UCLA’s Darren Collison and Cal State Fullerton’s Bobby Brown were among 17 finalists announced Thursday for the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s top point guard. The winner will be announced April 2 at the Final Four in Atlanta.

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David Spencer will not return this season to the UC Riverside men’s team as head coach. Spencer, already on leave for an undisclosed medical condition, was set back a couple of weeks ago when he fell at his home and suffered a femoral cap break in his leg, requiring surgery.

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Philadelphia University Coach Herb Magee became the winningest coach in Division II history with a 65-60 victory over Wilmington College. Magee earned his 829th victory to move past Winston-Salem State coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines.