UCLA basketball player arrested after appearing to spit at UArizona fan

TUCSON, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY/ AP) — After a Pac-12 rivalry men's basketball game hosted by the University of Arizona (UArizona), police arrested a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) men's basketball player who allegedly spit on a UArizona fan after UCLA lost.

Mac Etienne has been arrested and cited on suspicion of a misdemeanor assault.

According to Tucson's local media outlets, UArizona fans taunted UCLA players as they left the court to their locker room after the 76-66 loss Thursday night.

Etienne was given permission to be at the locker room before he was arrested, cited and released, a police spokesman said.

A spokesman for UCLA says officials were aware of the alleged altercation and are reviewing it, saying UCLA "is committed to and expects the highest level of sportsmanship."