ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Matrix Midwest) - A former Saint Louis Billiken was named in an indictment in connection with an alleged basketball point shaving scheme.
Bradley Ezewiro is one of 15 NCAA Division I players and 20 total defendants in the indictment.
Ezewiro played basketball at SLU in 2023-24, averaging 12 points per game as a junior forward. He spent his freshman year at LSU, his sophomore year at Georgetown, and currently plays for the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The indictment alleges that “fixers” recruited players in the NCAA and the Chinese Basketball Association to influence scores by point shaving.
Ezewiro is one of the players accused of intentionally underperforming to meet a certain spread that fixers would place large bets on.
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Specifically, the indictment identifies a specific game in February 2024 between SLU and Duquesne. It alleges that Ezewiro and an unnamed player, called “Person #3,″ made sure SLU didn’t cover the first-half spread. Fixers placed a $242,000 bet on Duquesne to cover the first-half spread, and the bet hit.
Ezewiro played 34 minutes that game, finishing with 13 points, three assists, and seven rebounds.
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