UVA basketball players interviewed in Morgan Harrington case

The University of Virginia has released new information regarding rumors that several players on its men’s basketball team were questioned in relation to the search for missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.

According to a statement from UVA, on October 17th a woman approached some members of the men’s basketball team following a practice.  The woman’s description was “consistent with Ms. Harrington’s description,“ according to the statement from UVA.

The team’s practice facility is located very close to John Paul Jones arena, where the Metallica concert was being held.

The statement from UVA reads that the players who were interviewed “cooperated fully with law enforcemtn investigators, like other witnesses interviewed by police, they provided information that is important to police efforts to establish Ms. Harrington¹s movements.“

The school did not name the players who were interviewed.