Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr suspended after rape charge

• Star guard charged with rape for alleged September incident
• Shannon Jr, 23, leads No 11 Illinois with 21.7 points per game

Illinois suspended basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr on Thursday after he was charged with rape for an alleged incident that happened when the football team played at Kansas in September.

The school suspended Shannon from all team activities, effective immediately", a day after the Douglas (Kansas) county district attorney issued a warrant for his arrest. The alleged incident happened when he attended the Illini's football game at Kansas on 8 September. He was not part of the school's traveling party.