Arizona G Allonzo Trier deemed ineligible after failed drug test
Star Arizona guard Allonzo Trier was deemed ineligible by the NCAA on Thursday after testing positive again for a performance-enhancing substance.
Arizona is appealing the ruling.
The school released a statement Thursday that said an NCAA student-athlete drug screening in late January "revealed the reappearance of a trace amount of a banned substance" that Trier tested positive for before the 2016-17 season. He missed the first 19 games of that season as a result of the test.
"The amount detected was miniscule by scientific standards and appears to be a remnant of a substance, which the NCAA agreed, Allonzo had unknowingly ingested in 2016," the school said.
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Trier's scoring average of 19.6 points per game this season is just behind teammate Deandre Ayton's 19.7 that leads the Pac-12. The Wildcats are 21-6 and lead the conference with an 11-3 record.
Arizona plays Oregon State on Thursday night.
--Field Level Media
