Andre Jones, a sophomore guard and the leading scorer on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock men's basketball team, was permanently suspended from the team "due to conduct detrimental to the program," second-year Coach Wes Flanigan said Monday.
Flanigan said he and his coaching staff met with Jones and his mother Saturday night following the Trojans' 81-51 loss to Georgia State. Jones, who leads the team with 12.3 points per game, had been ejected from the game after a verbal exchange with an official.
Flanigan said the ejection "was probably the last straw" for Jones, whose "conduct has been detrimental" during the past two seasons.