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UNLV's Derrick Jones shocked by loss of eligibility

After 30 games this season, the NCAA has declared UNLV freshman Derrick Jones ineligible after his test score was canceled by the ACT.

Jones, a heralded recruit coming out of Philadelphia who has averaged 11.5 points while playing in every game this season, told ESPN he took the ACT once last June, at a testing center in the Baltimore area.

Jones' attorney, Don Jackson, told ESPN that the NCAA red-flagged Jones about eight months ago and offered three possibilities: Re-taking the test, going to arbitration or throwing out the test score completely.