A 22-year-old University of Nebraska Omaha basketball player drowned in the Blackridge Reservoir in Utah over the weekend.

Omaha Mavericks men's basketball player Deng Mayer has died after a drowning incident in Utah on Saturday night, officials said on Sunday.

Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowned Saturday in a Utah reservoir, police said. Herriman police said Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir after going underwater about 35 yards from shore.

Omaha forward Deng Mayar died in a drowning incident in Utah, the school confirmed Sunday. Mayar was 22.