This article has more details and it doesn't sound good to me. Sounds like an unprovoked cheap shot
Records show what led to Mississippi State's Jessika Carter receiving assault charge
According to the affidavit, which was sworn to the Justice Court of Oktibbeha County on Sept. 2, Carter hit Mississippi State student Angel Williams, causing the woman’s nose to bleed while also giving her a black eye. Williams alleges that Carter snuck up behind her before hitting Williams in the face.
“I turned my head back to the front and walked like two more steps, and she jumped on my back and hit me from behind,” Williams said.
She's a 6'5 basketball player so probably way bigger and stronger than the average college girl at a party. To attack from behind and cause black eye and bleeding is bad. If this is true how can she be kept on the team? This sounds not like self defense, but a deliberate and unprovoked sneak attack.
If she was a bench player I have no doubt she would be off the team but because she is a double double threat I am resigned to just expecting no real punishment like missed SEC games. Maybe she'll have to run sprints or sit out against a bad team but I hope I am wrong and Nikki doesn't let this slide.