On Thursday afternoon, just hours prior to the final practice before tonight’s season opener, the Binghamton University athletics department released a statement saying a senior player, who remains unnamed, had been reinstated to the men’s basketball team. However, while he can participate in practices and other team activities, the student will serve an additional four-game suspension, starting tonight at Loyola University Maryland.

The student and freshman Jordan Reed were arrested on Oct. 7 outside of Flashbacks on State Street. Both were charged with disorderly conduct, and the unnamed student was also hit with resisting arrest. Reed was reinstated on Oct. 19, two days after the duo’s initial court date.

The unnamed student reappeared in court on Nov. 5 to plead “not guilty” to the charges. The court agreed to dismiss the charges on the conditions that he must complete 80 hours of community service and go six months without being charged with another crime.

As per Binghamton policy, the unnamed student met with the school’s Athletics Review Board on Wednesday following the court’s acceptance of his plea. The board recommended the four-game suspension to Director of Athletics Patrick Elliott.

“Per our policy, I have reviewed the recommendation of the Athletics Review Board and have made the decision to reinstate [the unnamed student] with the additional four-game sanction,” Elliott said in the statement. “We continue to hold our student-athletes to a high standard of conduct and accountability, and I feel that this suspension reflects those expectations.”

A former walk-on, the student’s suspension will render him ineligible until Nov. 18, when Binghamton is scheduled to host St. Peter’s College. The 6-foot-6-inch forward averaged 3.6 points in 16.3 minutes per game as a junior, and returned as the team’s second-highest scorer behind classmate Jimmy Gray.