Missouri Tigers Stefhon Hannah (L) gets a knee block from Illinois Fighting Illini's Chester Frazier in the first half of the annual Braggin' Rights game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on December 19, 2006. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

COLUMBIA, Mo., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- University of Missouri guard Stefhon Hannah has been kicked off the men's basketball team for a violation of team rules.

The 6-foot, 3-inch senior from Chicago, the Tigers' leading scorer with 14.6 points per game, originally expected to be sidelined through early March by the broken jaw he suffered Jan. 27 in an altercation outside of a Columbia, Mo., nightclub but in a release the school said that his dismissal came after he hadn't met team academic expectations.

"Part of becoming a young man is accepting the consequences of your actions, not compounding them," said Mike Anderson' title='Missouri Coach Mike Anderson' class='tpstyle'>Missouri Coach Mike Anderson on the school's Web site. "When we came to Missouri, we promised the parents, our administration and our fans that we would help turn these boys into men by the time they left our program."

Anderson said Hannah has the option of remaining on scholarship to continue working toward his degree.