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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Ex-Maryland guard Nick Faust averaged 9 points a game last season. (Anthony Nesmith/Cal Sport Media via AP Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maryland basketball players sophomore center\u00A0Shaquille Cleare, junior guard\u00A0Nick Faust\u00A0and freshman guard\u00A0Roddy Peters were\u00A0granted permission to transfer, the school announced Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last week, Maryland was over the limit of\u00A0scholarship players, having 13 in the program. The Terrapins went 17-15 last season, ending with a loss to Florida State in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleare averaged\u00A0three\u00A0points and 2.5 rebounds in 13.8 minutes per game last season, and averaged\u00A03.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in\u00A069 career games with the school.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Faust started 13 games last season, averaging 9.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and two\u00A0assists per game. He played in 102 games in his three seasons with the program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peters played\u00A0in all 32 games, averaging 4.1 points and 2.1 assists in 15.1 minutes per game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI really enjoyed coaching Nick, Shaq and Roddy,\u201D head coach\u00A0Mark Turgeon said. \u201CIt is unfortunate that they will no longer be a part of the program. I wish them the very best in their future endeavors.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HAMILTON:\u00A0Kentucky and UConn face offseason overhauls for entirely different\u00A0reasons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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