Oklahoma junior college basketball player dies following head injury

A junior college basketball player died Tuesday after he sustained a head injury during a weekend game in Texas, his school in eastern Oklahoma said

A junior college basketball player died Tuesday after he sustained a head injury during a weekend game in Texas, his school in eastern Oklahoma said.

Ethan Dietz, a 6-foot-8 forward for the Connors State College Cowboys, "was injured during a men’s basketball game on Saturday" before he died three days later, the school said in a statement.

“The Cowboy family has suffered an unimaginable loss,” the school said. “Ethan exemplified what it means to be a Cowboy, to value hard work and being part of a team. While the team and the Cowboy community are processing our own grief, our hearts go out to his family and friends.”

That initial statement posted Tuesday didn't elaborate on the nature of Dietz's injury or his cause of death.

Connors State spokesperson Shannon Rigsby disclosed Wednesday that "initial reports indicate it was a head injury."