An Ohio State basketball player was involved last weekend in an incident in which a female student was allegedly struck by a bottle outside of Baker Hall.The student told University Police she was walking toward the building Friday afternoon when the player, who is unidentified, hit her in the back of the head with a plastic bottle of the beverage ‘Mystic Breeze,’ and threatened to kill her if she came near his Jeep.She said the player was apparently reacting to her throwing a piece of cardboard at his Jeep Cherokee when it passed her minutes before on West 11th Avenue.According to the student, she knows the player and they often played jokes on each other. She said she threw the cardboard at the Jeep as a joke.The student, who said she suffered a bruise on the back as a result of the incident, filed a police report but refused to press charges, said Ron Michalec, chief of University Police.’My understanding is that it was a mutual dispute that came up between a player and another student,’ he said. ‘It was basically words and behaviors that were inappropriate, and neither wanted to charge the other.’Although police didn’t consider the altercation to be serious, both parties were directed to Student Judicial Affairs, where a mediator will impose a binding resolution to the conflict, Michalec said.The player and the student both agreed to attend the mediation session, he said.Despite the episode’s public nature, Assistant Basketball Coach Jerry Francis and Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Gerry Emig both denied having any knowledge of the incident Wednesday.Head Coach Randy Ayers could not be reached for comment, but in a press conference Tuesday he announced that sophomore small forward Jason Singleton would sit out last night’s game to take care of some off-the-court responsibilities.This is the eighth time an OSU player has had a run-in with the law since Ayers replaced Gary Williams as head coach in 1989.Last spring, freshmen Jamie Bosley and Scott Gradney were kicked off the team after charges were filed against them in connection with the break-ins of three cars in the Arps Hall parking garage.Three players, including 1993 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Greg Simpson, were kicked off the team before the 1994 season for offenses ranging from assault to shooting a teammate’s tire out.