CORVALLIS — Oregon State will exclude a fan accused of making derogatory statements directed at an opposing player during a women’s basketball game from the next two home OSU women’s basketball games, the university confirmed Monday.

According to a statement from OSU, the decision follows an investigation conducted by the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Access of fan comments made during the Beavers’ game against USC on Feb. 18.

Sophomore Trojans guard Minyon Moore said that fans at Gill Coliseum had directed racial slurs at her and her teammates. She posted about the incident on Twitter after the game but quickly deleted the posts.

“We took very seriously reports that any of our fans had directed inappropriate and racially derogatory taunts at a USC player,” said Steve Clark, OSU’s vice president for university relations and marketing.

Clark said the university’s investigation included interviews with USC student-athletes, who reported hearing unacceptable taunts; the accused fan; and numerous other fans seated in the area in which derogatory comments were heard. Oregon State also conducted interviews with coaches and athletics administrators from USC and OSU and reviewed the Pac-12 Conference audio tape of the game.

“The investigation findings acknowledge the very serious concerns reported by USC players,” Clark said. “The investigation did not discover the location of any fans using racially derogatory statements directed at USC student-athletes or the team. However, the investigation did find that during the game a fan continuously directed taunts and personally derogatory statements at one USC player.”

— Bulletin wire reports