southa basketball star Ashlin Watkins reportedly arrested on assault kidnapping charges Watkins was arrested on Saturday after an alleged incident at a student housing center on South Carolina's campus South Carolina women's basketball star Ashlin Watkins was arrested on on kidnapping and assault charges on Saturday in Columbia South Carolina according to the post and Curry though specifics of the incident aren't clear Watkins reportedly forcefully grabbed the victim's face pulled her arms and pushed her at a student housing center on South Carolina's campus she also allegedly grabbed the victim's head and forced her to walk down the hall thus controlling her movement while preventing her from leaving according to a warrant obtained by du cx19 the woman that escaped and pulled a fire alarm for the report and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries wkins was charged with first-degree assault and battery and kidnapping after the incident she was released on Bond and is due in court in October South Carolina reportedly said it was aware of the arrest and was gathering information but had not released a formal statement Watkins is entering her third season with with the Gamecocks she averaged 9.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per game last season as a sophomore while helping the program to a national championship South Carolina went 38 to0 and Bea in the national championship game to claim its second title in the past three seasons the Gamecocks are set to open their season November 10 against North Carolina state state