A community college in New York’s affluent Westchester County suburb is abandoning its pursuit of hardwood glory, terminating the upcoming men’s basketball season over a transcript scandal.

Westchester Community College notified the National Junior College Athletic Association of the cancelation on Thursday, according to the Westchester Journal News.

The newspaper sparked an investigation after revealing that two former players had scholarships stripped at Florida A&M over allegations of transcript fraud. One of those players is former Mount Vernon, N.Y., high school standout Jamell Walker.

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St. John’s University ruled a third player academically ineligible as a result of the scandal.

“If they didn’t earn the grades I don’t think it was right for them to go to those schools and get those scholarships,” student Michelle Salvo told CBS New York.

The Journal News reported that former assistant basketball coach Richard Fields was fired last month after admitting he provided a phony transcript for Walker and forging an administrator's signature on an eligibility form for him. Fields has denied wrongdoing.

The New York State Inspector General is looking into the allegations.

The two-year college has 13,000 students.