Terrapins men’s basketball guards Nick Faust and Roddy Peters and center Shaquille Cleare were granted their releases to transfer this offseason, the team announced yesterday.

All three of the Terps moving elsewhere started at least 10 games last season during the team’s disappointing 17-15 campaign. Each player met with coach Mark Turgeon, who gave them permission to leave the program.

“I really enjoyed coaching Nick, Shaq and Roddy,” Turgeon said in a statement. “It is unfortunate that they will no longer be a part of the program. I wish them the very best in their future endeavors.”

Faust, a junior, was the only rotational player remaining from Turgeon’s first season in College Park in 2011-12 and averaged 9.4 points per game last season. The Baltimore native was a top-50 recruit and played significant minutes in his in his freshman season.

Faust settled into a bench role for a large stretch the past season. He started 13 games and then returned to the starting lineup in the last month of the season.

Faust, who originally was recruited by former coach Gary Williams, has not graduated and will need to sit out a season before he is eligible to play at another school. He finished his Terps career averaging 9.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 102 career contests.

Peters struggled to find a rhythm during his freshman season after graduating from Suitland High School as a highly touted recruit. ESPN rated Peters as the 52nd-best prospect in the 2013 class and the 12th-best point guard.

Peters averaged 4.1 points and 2.1 assists in 15.1 minutes per game this season and made 10 starts before guard Seth Allen returned from injury in December.

Cleare, a sophomore, started 20 games for the Terps this season and averaged three points and 2.5 rebounds per game. The center from the Bahamas, ESPN’s 30th-ranked prospect in the class of 2012, was the highlight of Turgeon’s first full recruiting class but never scored more than 12 points or grabbed more than eight rebounds in a game during his two seasons in College Park.

Before the trio decided to transfer, the Terps had 14 players projected to be on scholarship for the 2014-15 season, one more than the NCAA limit. The Terps, who haven’t qualified for the NCAA tournament since 2010, are now committed to six scholarship players returning from last season and five incoming scholarship freshmen. Forward Jonathan Graham, who transferred from Penn State before last season, has one year of eligibility remaining and his scholarship might be renewed for his senior season.

The Terps’ top-15 recruiting class includes guard Melo Trimble, a McDonald’s All-American who is expected to play point guard in College Park, and a pair of 7-foot centers in Trayvon Reed and Michal Cekovsky who might fill the void left by Cleare. The Terps also return their top four scorers from last season.

Faust, Cleare and Peters were the top-rated recruits in each of the three freshman classes Turgeon has coached in College Park.