IU basketball team dismisses Devin Davis, Hanner Mosquera-Perea

The Indiana Hoosiers dismissed basketball players Devin Davis and Hanner Mosquera-Perea on Thursday.

Davis was cited for marijuana possession earlier in the week. Mosquera-Perea was in Davis' dorm room at the time.

The announcement from IU:

Indiana Men's Basketball announces that sophomore Devin Davis and senior Hanner Mosquera-Perea have been dismissed from the program effective immediately for not living up to their responsibilities to the program.

This story will be updated

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BLOOMINGTON — IU junior forward Devin Davis was cited Monday night for possession of marijuana weighing less than 30 grams, according to an IU Police Department spokesman.

According to Lt. Craig Munroe of the IU Police Department, IUPD received a call about 8 p.m. Monday night reporting an odor of marijuana in a campus dormitory.

Officers responding to the call arrived at Hickory Hall, a residence center on campus, and detected an odor of marijuana from an open second-floor window, Munroe said.

Upon arrival, officers found Davis and one other person in the dormitory apartment, Munroe said. Officers were given permission to search the apartment.

"They located a backpack that contained a baggie with a small amount of marijuana in it," Munroe said.

After determining that the backpack belonged to Davis, officers issued the citation to him. The other person in the room was not cited, and IUPD declined to name that person. A release from IU, however, identified the second person as Hanner Mosquera-Perea.

Munroe said Davis was not placed under arrest or handcuffed at any point.

According to the IU release, dated Tuesday, Davis has been suspended from all team activities.

The IU release also noted: "Mosquera-Perea's role, if any, will also be reviewed as part of this matter."

Davis, a former Warren Central High School star, missed the entire 2014-15 season, after he was injured in a car accident involving teammate Emmitt Holt. Davis was struck by a car Holt was driving early on the morning of Nov. 1, after Davis entered the roadway unexpectedly in front of the car.

Davis spent time at Bloomington Hospital and a rehabilitation hospital in Indianapolis before returning to Indiana for the spring semester. He was a regular presence on IU's bench and in its huddle, and IU coach Tom Crean has remained hopeful that Davis will be able to return to basketball, perhaps as soon as the upcoming season.

"He's doing everything everybody else is doing, except he does not play and he doesn't get any contact," Crean said in a recent news conference. "We may not totally know until we get into the school year, but am I projecting him to be here? Well, certainly in my own mind I am, but does that mean he is completely (ready)? Medically speaking, not yet."

This incident is the latest in a series of legal run-ins for Indiana's men's basketball program. In February 2014, Hanner Mosquera-Perea was arrested for OWI. In April of that same year, Yogi Ferrell and Stanford Robinson were cited for minor consumption and possession of false identification. And in the accident involving Holt and Davis, Holt registered a BAC of .025. Holt was 18 at the time.

Mosquera-Perea is still on probation stemming from his OWI arrest, according to online court records.

Indiana's players all lived together on campus this past year, a change in procedure from previous seasons.

Here is the statement from IU:

"We have been made aware that Indiana sophomore Devin Davis was cited by IUPD for possession of marijuana in an IU dormitory room last evening. Effective immediately, Davis has been suspended from all team activities. Any additional action related to Davis' status will occur after further review of this matter. We understand that junior Hanner Mosquera-Perea was present at the time of the incident but was not charged by IUPD. Mosquera-Perea's role, if any, will also be reviewed as part of this matter."

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