Arkansas coach Eric Musselman left the court in a tirade, Jack Weaver – a reporter for The Kentucky Kernel – after the Razorback fell 67-61 to No. 18 Texas A&M in the quarterfinal of the SEC men’s basketball tournament on Friday.

In the process, Weaver claims, a Razorbacks assistant grabbed his phone and threw thrown to the ground as they exited the coach.

The Kentucky Kernel, the independent student newspaper at the University of Kentucky, released a statement after the incident.

“The Kentucky Kernel is appalled by the actions of the Arkansas men’s basketball program. … no journalist, especially a student journalist, should be subjected to violence for simply doing their job,” the statement said.

After the game, while Musselman didn’t mention anything about the incident, he talked about the officiating during the game.

“If you get down 7-0 in the foul count at any level, whether it’s CYO, college, the NBA, it affects your aggressiveness defensively, especially a team that shoots foul shots percentage-wise as well as Texas A&M has all season long,” Musselman said.

Wade Taylor scored 18 points to help Texas A&M (24-8) advance for the second straight year to the semifinals, where it will play Vanderbilt, which beat Kentucky.

Arkansas (20-13) will now wait for Selection Sunday to learn its postseason fate.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.