CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Two very different stories were emerging about a violent beating at a resort town in Mexico that may or may not have involved two Portland State University basketball players.

The victim says he has no doubt Scott Morrison, a center on the PSU basketball team, is the person who punched him and shattered his jaw, with his teammate, Jeremiah Dominguez nearby.

But Morrison and Dominguez say they were set up.

The pair was initially thown into jail in Mexico but they were set free last Tuesday night.

Morrison told CBC-TV that "the truth" set them free. "The fact that we have no damage on either of our hands" proved they did not punch Kyle Meagher, Morrison said.

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Meagher says he was terrified

Meagher's brother, Dan also said that Dominguez and Morrison were overheard bragging about the fight by a witness in another bar the following night.

"Dominguez and Morrison were starting a fight," after being denied entry to a club VIP room, Dan Meagher said. "Kyle said he was trying to break it up when he got struck."

After Morrison and Dominguez were set free and returning to their family homes in Salem and Vancouver, B.C., Portland State University officials said the two would be suspended indefinately during the investigation.

"In brief conversations that the Athletics Department has had with Scott and Jeremiah, they have maintained their innocence," a statement from the PSU coach said. “However, there is cause to believe that the two student-athletes have acted outside the reasonable standards of behavior established by our athletics program and are therefore suspended at this time.”

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Scott Morrison before leaving a Cabo San Lucas jail

Morrison said he learned of his suspension from PSU's basketball team from the media. The two reportedly told their PSU coach they were "set up."

In his CBC-TV interview, Morrison expressed concern about how the incident could affect his future career: "I'm trying to go and play pro next year...and I'm worried about a team not wanting to pick me up for this reason," said Morrison.

Dominguez, a point guard on the Portland State team, was accused of resisting arrest when Mexican police responded to a violent fight in Cabo. Morrison was accused of severely beating up 23-year-old Meagher.

"Dominguez was the not the one who beat him up but he ran away from police and that's what got him in trouble ... Police threw him on the ground and punched him because he resisted arrest," Lorena Blanco, a spokeswoman for the consulate told The Associated Press.

Meagher recovering in Michigan

Meagher is a community college student in Lansing, Mich. and was visiting Mexico as part of an internship.

Dr. Alejandro Rojas, general manager of the Balboa World Class Clinic, a hospital where Meagher was taken, told KGW Meagher's jaw "was in multiple pieces" and doctors had to put eight screws and two titanium plates into his jaw.

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Jeremiah Dominguez (left) and Scott Morrison as shown in team photos.

Teammates were on top squad

Dominguez and Morrison, a center, played on the Vikings team that earned a school-record 23-10 and made it to the NCAA tournament for the first time in the team's history. The Vikings were a No. 16 seed in the NCAA tournament, losing to top-seeded Kansas in a first-round game.

Portland State earned a trip to the tournament with a 67-51 victory over Northern Arizona in the Big Sky Conference tournament. The Vikings also earned the league's regular-season title.

Dominguez, the Big Sky's player of the year, averaged 14.2 points and 4.1 assists per game. Morrison, the league's defensive player of the year, averaged 10.4 points and 5.8 rebounds.