
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 13, 1990                   TAG: 9004130910
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: COLLEGE PARK, MD.                                LENGTH: Medium

MARYLAND PLAYERS SET TO TRANSFER

Two Maryland basketball players have said they probably will transfer to other colleges and a third has said he will Mustaf ask for a release, the first defections from the program following harsh NCAA sanctions against the school for recruiting violations.

Maryland coach Gary Williams said Thursday that senior guard Teyon McCoy has been granted a release and will probably transfer to Texas and sophomore forward Jerrod Mustaf said Thursday night that he is going to ask athletic director Lew Perkins today for his release.

"I'm not saying that I am going to leave Maryland," Mustaf said. "I just want to explore my options. I don't want to go into anything blindly."

In addition, freshman guard Curley Young said Thursday that he probably will transfer to a mid-level Division I program to get more playing time, probably in the Colonial Athletic Association. Young picked Maryland over CAA member Richmond when he signed.

If McCoy transfers, he will have to clear one NCAA obstacle before becoming eligible to play. If he transfers prior to Maryland's appeal before the NCAA Steering Committee, the exact date of which has not been set, and the school's appeal is successful, McCoy would be forced to sit out one season. But because McCoy sat out the 1988-89 season at Maryland, the extra year would exhaust his five years of eligibility.

The NCAA has banned Maryland from post-season play for the next two years and from live television next season. The program has also been ordered to return $407,000 in NCAA Tournament receipts as punishment for recruiting violations under Williams' predecessor, Bob Wade.

The announcements came on the same day that the school announced it had instituted a freeze on issuing scholarships for all varsity sports because of an estimated $4 million shortfall expected over the next two years because of the sanctions.

by CNB