Daniel Webster Basketball Brawl: Player Pleads Guilty

NASHUA, NH — A Daniel Webster College basketball player caught on video sucker-punching an opposing player during a game has pleaded guilty to assault. Marquise Caudill, 23, was charged in connection with the February 18 brawl, which happened in Nashua during the team's final game as a program. Daniel Webster College is shutting down this year.

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The brawl broke out as Daniel Webster played Southern Vermont College in a Division 3 contest with the score 2-0 in the first quarter. The player Caudill hit was Kyle DePollar, a 6-foot sophomore who was coming off a concussion, according to D3hoops.com. Caudill is 6 feet, 7 inches.

Caudill last week pleaded guilty to assault and criminal threatening charges in Nashua District Court and he was sentenced to a year in prison with all but 17 days suspended, according to the Associated Press.

Another Daniel Webster player, Antwaun Boyd, 23, was charged with disorderly conduct after "inciting the crowd" during the brawl, police said. And a fan, Elizabeth Morris, of Malden, Massachusetts, was charged with obstructing police. Morris "stood between (an officer) and Caudill, in essence preventing (the officer) from being able to make the arrest," police said.

Twenty-five police officers were dispatched to the game to restore order.

This video shows Caudill punching the opposing player (warning: graphic):

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Photo: Former Daniel Webster College basketball player Marquise Caudill. (Credit: Daniel Webster College)