The players were detained in Hangzhou for questioning following allegations of shoplifting last week before the 23rd-ranked Bruins beat Georgia Tech in their season-opening game in Shanghai as part of the Pac-12 China game. LOS ANGELES—Three UCLA basketball players detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting have been allowed to return home, where they may be disciplined by the school as a result of the international scandal. Ball, Hill and Riley were expected to have an immediate impact as part of UCLA’s highly touted recruiting class. The China Game is in its third year, and while the scandal was developing the league announced that California and Yale will play in next year’s edition. The game is sponsored by Alibaba Group, the Chinese commerce giant that both UCLA and Georgia Tech visited before the shoplifting incident occurred.

Source: thestar November 14, 2017 23:48 UTC