MDCC DISQUALIFIED                            2-23-11

MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ADVANCING TO THE SEMIFINALS OF THE MACJC STATE TOURNAMENT TUESDAY WITH A WIN AT THE BUZZER OVER JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE. BUT THAT VICTORY NOW STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD BOOKS, AS WEDNESDAY THE TROJANS DISQUALIFIED FROM THE STATE TOURNAMENT AFTER PROTESTS OF THE USE OF AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER. MDCC HEAD COACH DERRICK FEARS TELLING ABC 6 NEWS ON THE PHONE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEY WERE SHORT ONE FORM IN FILING WITH THE NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FOR GLENN FORD, FORMERLY OF GREENVILLE-WESTON, WHO TRANSFERED FROM COPIAH-LINCOLN AND BEGAN PLAYING AS A WALK-ON SPARINGLY FOR THE TROJANS BEGINNING THIS SEMESTER. FEARS PLEADS INNOCENCE IN KNOWING THEY NEEDED THE FORM IN QUESTION FOR FORD. MISSISSIPPI DELTA WAS TO PLAY GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS WEDNESDAY AT THE TOURNAMENT HELD AT CO-LIN.