Latoya Williams, Ashlie Billingslea, Sequoyah Griffin and Georgian Williams were suspended for violating team rules, Lane said. Latoya Williams and Billingslea were Chipola’s two leading scorers.

The quartet had a good practice Monday and are expected to be reinstated, Lane said.

“We could have used them,” he said. “We still had plenty of opportunities to win the game. I don’t know if we’ll ever see eye to eye on it.”

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The Lady Commodores were ranked sixth, followed by Chipola at No. 7 and Pensacola at No. 8. Northwest Florida State is ranked 16th.

Check out the NJCAA women’s poll here.

Men
Chipola remained on top of this week’s men’s NJCAA Top 25 after it stayed perfect in Panhandle Conference play.

The only other Panhandle team ranked is Northwest Florida State, which has lost three in a row and four of its five conference games. The voters must have missed that.

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Ellis was dismissed from the team after last season by interim coach Dan Dakich. New coach Tom Crean upheld that decision Friday. Rumors have circulated that Ellis was not attending class.

Reason for Thomas’ dismissal were not given.

Indiana finished 25-8 last season and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Hoosiers finished the season in a state of mayhem after Kelvin Sampson resigned on Feb. 22 after the NCAA revealed a report that he committed five major infractions. Dakich took over and led IU to a 3-4 record including a loss in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

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Chipola men’s basketball coach Greg Heiar was arrested and charged Tuesday night for driving under the influence, according to the Jackson County Floridan.

The 32-year-old Heiar appeared in court on Wednesday morning. He was granted a conditional release, the paper reported. His court date is scheduled for June 10.

According to the Floridan, Heiar was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol at 11:16 p.m. on Club Drive in Marianna.

Heiar recently completed his fourth year as the Indians head coach with a seventh-place finish at the NJCAA national tournament. Heiar is a four-time Panhandle Conference and three-time Region 8 coach of the year.

Check Friday’s News Herald for more information.

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Jamarcus Ellis, the defending junior college national player of the year, started for the eighth-ranked Hoosiers (1-0) in their season opener against Chattanooga. He had five points and nine rebounds in the 99-77 win.

DeAndre Thomas, the 6-foot-8 center had 11 points and three rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench. Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson rewarded Thomas for his first-half play.

“I started DeAndre in the second half to be more physical,” Sampson said. “(It) allows you to play (him with D.J. White in the same lineup), and I don’t know that he could have done it two or three weeks ago. But that has been part of our plan.”

Ellis and Thomas helped lead Chipola to the NJCAA national championship game last season, where they lost to Midland, 94-75.

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