Caples ineligible to play at Ole Miss

Published 11:20 pm Saturday, October 20, 2012

OXFORD— Ole Miss announced Saturday that former Warren Central basketball star Sha’Kayla Caples has been ruled ineligible to play this season after failing to meet NCAA transfer eligibility standards.

Caples transferred from Trinity Valley Community College in Texas, where she was the national junior college player of the year last season.

Also Saturday, Ole Miss announced that Adrian Wiggins will “no longer serve as head coach” and is on administrative leave while an NCAA investigation continues over “impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct” involving his staff.

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Wiggins, who was hired in April, has not been officially fired, but a statement from the university said the search for an interim head coach begins immediately. A decision on a new full-time coach will be made at the end of the season. The season begins Nov. 9.