Zach Price's career with the Missouri basketball team ended before he played a game.

Price, who redshirted last season after transferring from Louisville, was dismissed from the team Thursday, a week after he was arrested twice on suspicion of domestic assault and assault.

"Last week's situation was unacceptable and after a review, I have decided that Zach will no longer be a part of our program," Coach Frank Haith said in a news release. "The off-the-court incidents involving our program over the past few months will not be tolerated. Our program represents the entire university and needs to be an asset. That's my responsibility as our head coach at Mizzou and we'll get it fixed."

No charges have been filed against Price, but he had been suspended the past week while Haith said he was gathering information about the incidents that led to his arrests.

He was first arrested in the early morning of April 3 on suspicion of third-degree domestic assault and third-degree assault, both Class C misdemeanors. That stemmed from an incident near Stadium Boulevard and Ash Street that occurred shortly after 1 a.m. According to the probable cause statement, Price was involved in a dispute with a 23-year-old "male roommate" and a 23-year-old female and blocked them in with his car before exiting his own vehicle and punching the male victim in the face. He allegedly pushed the female victim to the ground when she tried to intervene.

At the time of that encounter, Price was under investigation for another incident that occurred the previous afternoon near the area of Bethel Church Road and Route K. The same alleged victims reported that Price intentionally rammed their car with his car at least twice. Police arrested him on the afternoon of April 3 on suspicion of second-degree domestic assault and second-degree assault, both Class C felonies.

Price's teammate Earnest Ross filed a petition for an ex-parte order of protection against Price between the two incidents on April 2. Under the category of relationship with respondent, Ross marked the box that said he and the respondent never resided together. In describing his relationship with Price, Ross wrote that they "were good friends."

It was only a month earlier that Ross talked to reporters about his friendship with Price on the eve of the Tigers' final regular-season home game against Texas A&M.

"We've been kicking it ever since Day One, since he's got here, and we haven't been apart," Ross said. "He knows my family really well. I know his family really well, and we're just like brothers."

This article was published in the Friday, April 11, 2014 edition of the Columbia Daily Tribune with the headline "Missouri cuts ties with Price after recent arrests."