Sophomore forward Lance Kearse said he is leaving the VCU basketball team. In a telephone conversation last night, Kearse indicated he would probably transfer. “Basically, Coach Grant and I are going our separate ways,“ he said, referring to Rams coach Anthony Grant. “There were a couple of issues, but I really can’t talk about it right now.“

Sophomore forward Lance Kearse says he is leaving the VCU basketball team. In a telephone conversation Thursday night, Kearse indicated he will probably transfer. “Basically, Coach Grant and I are going our separate ways,“ he said, referring to Rams coach Anthony Grant. “There were a couple of issues, but I really can’t talk about it right now.“

Virginia Commonwealth University basketball coach Anthony Grant said sophomore forward Lance Kearse made “a personal decision” not to travel with the Rams to play Georgia State on Wednesday. Grant would not elaborate, other than to say the decision “had nothing to do” with Kearse’s health. Kearse has had to limit his participation in practice and games because of myopathy, a neuromuscular disorder in which the primary symptom is muscle weakness due to dysfunction of muscle fiber, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Coach Anthony Grant revealed what has kept sophomore forward Lance Kearse off the court the past three weeks: myopathy.

Had this been a shootaround with no defenders, it’s doubtful Virginia Commonwealth University’s snipers would have been any more unbothered than they were in the first half against UNC Wilmington Monday night.

In Anthony Grant’s first 69 games as basketball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, no opposing team scored more than 84 points. In back-to-back losses, VCU has surrendered 92 and 93 points.