After the recent departures of Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims — the Wolverines two leading scorers last season — the Michigan basketball team was already in question for next season.

But as Michigan coach John Beilein announced on June 30, the Wolverines are going to be missing another regular starter next year as well.

Redshirt-junior guard Laval Lucas-Perry was dismissed from the basketball program for a violation of team rules.

“The University of Michigan and our men's basketball program has established expectations essential to the success of all students and athletes," Beilein said in a press release. "These university and team standards have been clearly communicated to the team and Laval on numerous occasions through meetings, conferences and mentorship.

“Unfortunately, Laval has violated our team standards. Therefore, I have decided that he will no longer be a part of our basketball program. Given the fact that Laval is near the completion of his degree, he has been extended the offer to remain on scholarship for the 2010-11 academic year and graduate in May with our 2011 class.”

Lucas-Perry started all but 10 games last season, but struggled to shoot well from behind the arc. He shot 29 percent from 3-point range, despite his reputation as a sharpshooter. In his first full season playing for Beilein after transferring from Arizona, he averaged 4.8 points and 2.3 rebounds in 21 minutes per game.

His career numbers at Michigan weren’t overly impressive — in his 58 career games at Michigan, he averaged 5.6 points per game — but Lucas-Perry was a veteran player on what is expected to be a young and inexperienced team next year.

The 6-foot-3 guard from Flint started his collegiate career at Arizona. He decided to transfer to Michigan after his first semester at the school, and due to NCAA regulations, had to sit out the rest of the season at Arizona and the fall 2008 semester with Michigan — Lucas-Perry played just five games for the Wildcats.

“It wasn't anything in particular about Arizona,” Lucas-Perry told the Michigan Daily. “It was just me not feeling comfortable there. I was just trying to find somewhere comfortable, where I can be myself.”

His career as a Wolverine couldn’t have started much better, though. In his debut on Dec. 20, 2008 against Oakland, he scored 14 points and shot 4-of-6 from behind the arc. Lucas-Perry scored in double digits in his first six games at Michigan.

“I'm a shooter, and shooters shoot the ball well and they create,” Lucas-Perry told the Daily after the Oakland game. “I just went out there and just got my shot going. Three hundred and sixty-five days is a long time, and I think I was ready for this moment.”

After being released from the Michigan program, Lucas-Perry's basketball future is still uncertain as of now.