Charles Bassey, the 6-foot-10 phenom who led St. Anthony to the cusp of a boys basketball state championship last year, can no longer compete for the Yellow Jackets.

Bryan Bunselmeyer, executive director for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, said Thursday that Bassey and other St. Anthony players were ruled ineligible to compete earlier this fall. Bunselmeyer said Bassey, a sophomore from Nigeria, will not be allowed to play for the Yellow Jackets or any other TAPPS member school for the rest of his high school career.

Bassey, considered the country’s No. 2 college recruit in the 2019 class by ESPN, was one of four St. Anthony players who did not suit up for the team’s 63-61, season-opening win at home Thursday against Austin St. Michael’s.

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