PSU players released from Mexican jail

PORTLAND, Ore., April 2 (UPI) -- Two star basketball players from Portland State University have been released from a Mexican jail after being arrested for a near-fatal beating, sources said.

The (Portland) Oregonian reported Tuesday that an attorney for center Scott Morrison and guard Jeremiah Dominguez reached a deal with the victim and the two were released.

Sources told the newspaper Morrison allegedly attacked Kyle Meagher, 23, of Lansing, Mich., early Saturday between two bars, El Squid Roe and The Zoo, in Cabo San Lucas.

The attack allegedly happened hours after Meagher turned Morrison and Dominguez away from a VIP room he was overseeing as part of his work with a company called Horizon Tours.

"You couldn't do damage like this with a baseball bat -- it's worse," said Alejandro Rojas, general manager of Balboa World Class Clinic, the hospital where Meagher was treated.

Rojas said Meagher's lower jaw was broken in several places and he was choking on blood from severe internal bleeding, the newspaper reported.

The two men could still face charges in the United States, it was reported.

"We are surprised and disappointed in the actions and poor judgment our student athletes have shown in this situation," Portland State Athletic Director Torre Chisholm said in a statement.