it has been officially announced that Ashlin Watkins has been allowed to rejoin the team after being suspended last week South Carolina has not publicly commented on the incident or suspension only acknowledging through a spokesperson for the Women's Basketball team on Saturday that they were aware of the situation and were gathering information Ashlin Watkins was the team's leading scorer in last year's championship game and I'm sure she was sorely missed in practice though coach Staley and South Carolina have stayed silent regarding Watkins new details had emerged about what happened that night the victim who was listed in the report as a minor told officers she was trying to get away from Watkins after they had gotten into an argument the report went on to say the victim said Watkins believed she was cheating on her after she helped a sick friend on the second floor Watkins described the victim as her girlfriend and the report claimed Watkins admitted to grabbing her and walking outside after finding out she was with a friend Watkins said the two then went to her room to let out her dog before the victim ran through the parking garage and lifted herself up onto the ledge Watkins told officers she wrapped her arms around the victim because she thought she was going to jump off the ledge the report said after stating to an officer multiple times Watkins hit her the victim later told officers Watkins did not hit her and she did not want the officer's help the victim also said she was not trying to jump off the parking garage ledge other details in the report claim the victim became cooperative and continued to try to speak with Watkins and move closer to her and Watkins would not let the victim use her phone to call her mother EMS determined the victim was not suicidal and cleared her without transport according to the report as a Colombian native who attended Cardinal Newman the forward was named the South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year in 2022 before committing to the Gamecocks let me know what you think in the comments do you think South Carolina is gaining a bad reputation in college basketball do you think Watkins should have been able to join the team so soon