UALR Coach Darrell Walker confirmed to the Democrat-Gazette on Tuesday that junior guard Markquis Nowell has opted out of the remainder of the 2020-21 season and is no longer a member of the Trojans program.
Nowell scored 14.3 points per game this season, and he leaves UALR averaging 16.3 points and 5 assists per game over 68 games in his three-year career. The 5-7 guard from Harlem, N.Y., played a key part in guiding the Trojans to a regular-season conference title in 2019-20, when he scored 17.2 ppg and received all-Sun Belt first-team honors.
"Markquis didn't want to be part of the team," Walker said.