Attorneys say Oklahoma basketball player who died after game wasn't given proper medical care

Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game accused the team of not providing proper medical care before putting him back on the court.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another player’s elbow and accused the team of not providing proper medical care before putting him back on the court.

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Ethan Dietz, 20, died on Nov. 25 after being hit in the head during a basketball game in Texas three days earlier. He was a student at Connors State College in the small town of Warner, Oklahoma.

The school provided few details after Dietz’s death about how he was injured and what care was provided. A spokesperson for the junior college, which has roughly 3,000 students, did not address questions about what kind of medical care Dietz received after his injury in a statement released on Thursday.