Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar has drowned in a Utah reservoir. Herriman police said the 22-year-old Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir on Saturday after going underwater about 35 yards from shore.

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. Mayar joined the Omaha program this offseason through the transfer portal.

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.