GRAND FORKS — Former UND men's basketball player Deng Mayar died in a drowning accident Sunday, according to police reports. Mayar, 22, was swimming at Blackridge Reservoir in Herriman, Utah. He and friend Sa Mafutaga both began to struggle, according to the Herriman Police Department.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha confirmed Sunday the death of men's basketball player Deng Mayar, who drowned at Blackridge Reservoir in Herriman, Utah, on Saturday. He was 22.

A 22-year-old University of Nebraska Omaha basketball player drowned in the Blackridge Reservoir in Utah over the weekend. Police said they responded to a call at 5:40 p.m. on Saturday evening regarding two people struggling in the reservoir in Herriman, Utah.