Memphis guard Parker arrested on attack charge

• Myron MedcalfJul 19, 2025, 10:16 PM ET Close Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He signed up with ESPN in 2011.

Previous McNeese standout Sincere Parker, a crucial player of Memphis’ incoming class, was arrested Saturday on a domestic violence charge stemming from a supposed occurrence in June, according to the Shelby County (Tennessee) prison log.Parker, who

averaged 12.2 points per game at McNeese last season, was jailed on charges of simple assault/domestic violence and vandalism/misdemeanor after a woman implicated him of attacking her at a high-end apartment building in Memphis, according to the police report gotten by ESPN.The lady

informed police that a verbal exchange became physical when Parker allegedly pressed, slapped and strangled her. She likewise informed authorities that Parker “busted her lip, broke several of her acrylic nails on her hands, and broke her iPhone.”

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The woman told police that she and Parker had actually been dating and relocated together before the alleged event occurred.Parker will have his first court date associated to the charge on Monday. A Memphis spokesperson did not respond to ESPN’s ask for talk about Saturday.Parker’s arrest came three days after the NCAA

placed Memphis’athletic department on probation and fined it $30,000 after two softball players were paid by a scholastic therapist to assist an unnamed men’s basketball player with his schoolwork last year.The Tigers finished 29-6 last season and earned a 5-seed in the NCAA competition, losing in the first round, but All-American guard P.J. Haggerty moved to Kansas State after withdrawing from the NBA draft.