MVSU Player Qingfang Pang Detained by ICE Over Visa Overstay — SkimNews
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- Qingfang Pang, who transferred to Mississippi Valley State from Monroe University this offseason, was detained by ICE on Sept. 29 for overstaying his visa and is being held at Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana, per the ICE database first reported by WJTV.
- Attorney Marcus Session told WJTV his client was en route to New York to meet a family-friend sponsor and resolve the visa issue before being apprehended, adding Pang "wants to be a 21-year-old kid who's just trying to make a life for himself."
- During the 2025-26 season at Monroe, Pang averaged 8.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.1 assists across 31 games after playing high school basketball at St. Benedict's Preparatory School in New Jersey and Christ the King High School in New York.
- Mississippi Valley State opens its 2026-27 campaign at Oklahoma on Nov. 6 and faces a nonconference slate that includes Washington, Oregon, Arkansas, Michigan, UConn, Mississippi State, Ohio State, and Texas Tech.
Why it matters: At stake is Pang's availability for Mississippi Valley State's Nov. 6 opener at Oklahoma and a nonconference schedule headlined by UConn, Ohio State, and Arkansas. His attorney said Pang was actively traveling to fix the visa paperwork himself before being detained — emphasizing that the player, not the program, was trying to resolve it: "He wants to resume going to school. He wants to play college basketball."
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