Lexington, Va. ? Virginia Military Institute guard Jason Conley, who led the nation in scoring last season as a freshman, has left the basketball team and plans to transfer, a school official said Thursday.

The 6-foot-5 Conley asked VMI to release him and plans to transfer in time to begin classes at his new school in the spring semester.

Conley was at Missouri earlier this week and spoke with coaches there, Tigers’ basketball spokesman Sam Fleury said Thursday night. Fleury added the university cannot comment on Conley until “the forms are in hand and he is officially enrolled in school.”

Conley averaged 29.3 points per game last season in becoming the first freshman to lead Division I in scoring.