Former Missouri basketball player Earnest Ross filed a petition for an order of protection against teammate Zach Price a day before Price was twice arrested on suspicion of domestic assault and assault.

In the petition, filed at 4:04 p.m. April 2 at the Boone County Courthouse, Ross checked that the respondent had knowingly and intentionally caused or attempted to cause me personal harm, stalked me, harassed me and followed me from place to place. He requested that the court issue an order of protection preventing Price from coming within 100 feet of him or communicating with him.

Ross described the abuse or stalking by saying Price engaged in "wreckless driving near car, hit my car a few times, was following me and trying to steer me off the road," and indicated that it occurred near Rock Bridge Elementary School.

He wrote that Price "tried to harm me and put me in danger. He performed illegal traffic violations in order to harm me and my vehicle" and that he "followed me while I was going to police station. My girlfriend was also in the vehicle."

In describing why there was an immediate and present danger of abuse or stalking, Ross wrote "he has tried to harm me and my girlfriend in my vehicle, tried to run me off the road several times. I feel threatened by this activity and violated. He endangered my life and not only me but others around me. All I want is to feel safe."

In describing his relationship with Price, Ross wrote that they "were good friends." Under the category of relationship with respondent, Ross marked the box that said he and the respondent never resided together.

Price was arrested Thursday on suspicion of second-degree assault after victims reported that he intentionally rammed their car with his car at least twice near the area of Bethel Church Road and Route K. The alleged victims reported the incident occurred in the afternoon on April 2, but police were still investigating that incident until Thursday afternoon, when they arrested Price at his residence.

Price had previously been arrested after an incident with the same alleged victims � a 23-year-old "male roommate" who wasn't identified in the probable cause statement and a 23-year-old female � near Stadium Boulevard and Ash Street that occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday morning. In that incident, Price was alleged to have blocked in the victims with his car, exited his own vehicle and punched the male victim in the face before pushing the female victim to the ground when she tried to intervene.

That incident occurred after Ross filed the petition for the order of protection against Price.

Price, a transfer from Louisville who sat out last season under NCAA rules, has been suspended indefinitely.

He has yet to be charged but was arrested first on suspicion of third-degree domestic assault and third-degree assault, both Class C misdemeanors, for the incident that occurred at Stadium and Ash and later on suspicion of second-degree domestic assault and second-degree assault, both Class C felonies, for the incident that occurred in the area of Bethel Church Road and Route K.

According to university policy, athletes charged with a felony cannot return to competition until the case is resolved.

Price, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound junior, was expected to add to the Tigers' frontcourt rotation beginning next fall. He averaged 1.3 points and 1.4 rebounds during his sophomore season as a reserve for the Cardinals in the 2012-13 season.