Ineligible Blazer
UAB forward Walter Sharpe, who said he was recently diagnosed with narcolepsy, has been declared academically ineligible for the spring semester and will miss the rest of the season.

The 6-foot-9, 245-pound junior, a transfer from Mississippi State, averaged 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds in 12 games for the Blazers. He has missed the last four games while dealing with academic issues, UAB said.

Sharpe plans to remain in school for the spring semester and can still practice with the team.

He missed a team flight as a freshman at Mississippi State and was suspended for being late to meetings and practices. Sharpe was academically ineligible for his first semester as a sophomore and was dismissed from the Mississippi State team after playing in just six games that season.

After sitting out last season under NCAA transfer rules, Sharpe was among five UAB basketball players arrested by Birmingham police for disorderly conduct following a fight at a dance club last September.

Sharpe said he was diagnosed during the fall with narcolepsy, a neurological disorder in which people cannot regulate sleep-wake cycles normally.

“Since high school, I’ve been always falling asleep but I never attributed it to narcolepsy, never thought anything like that,” he said. “Even at Mississippi State, I never would have guessed it. But that’s something you can’t fake.

“They really took the tests to determine what it was, and now I have to deal with it.”

Sharpe said the tests were suggested by UAB coaches. He said finding out there was a medical reason behind his frequent sleepiness was a relief.

“Mostly it’s just always being tired even when I get enough sleep,” Sharpe said. “I could come in to practice just really tired and think, ’I’m just ready for this to get over so I can just go lay down.”’

Web Fact
Richmond beat La Salle 75-74 in triple overtime last week in the Atlantic 10 opener for both teams. The Spiders improved to 8-0 all-time in triple-overtime games.

Three Streak
Hofstra went 0-for-11 from 3-point range in last weekend’s 59-49 loss at Virginia Commonwealth, ending the Pride’s 334-game streak of making at least one 3-pointer, a run that started in the 1996-97 season.

That impressive streak was just about halfway to the ongoing record.

UNLV has made at least one 3 in 685 consecutive games, a streak that started on Nov. 26, 1986, or since the 3-point line was officially introduced by the NCAA.

Big Numbers
The most impressive stat lines don’t always come from Division I games.

Sophomore forward Mason Wooldridge of Lynchburg College had 45 points, 20 rebounds and 11 assists in the Hornets’ 131-118 victory over Emory & Henry.

Wooldridge was 17-for-25 from the field and 11-for-11 at the free throw line. Teammate Jeff Langrock, also a sophomore forward, also had a career high with 31 points on 14-for-16 shooting.

Lynchburg shot 68.6 percent from the field for the game (48-for-70), including going just 1-for-2 from 3-point range.

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