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Gulf Coast freshman and former Mosley Dolphin Derrio Green verbally committed to UNC-Charlotte late Monday night, Gulf Coast coach Jay Powell confirmed.

Green was weighing his options between Charlotte and fellow Atlantic 10 foes Saint Louis University and George Washington University.

The 49ers first started to recruit Green during the FCCAA/Region 8 state tournament back in March.

Assistant coach Rob Moxley was in the stands in Marianna as Green averaged 22.7 points per game in the state tournament, including a 38-point outing in the opener, an upset of Miami Dade.

Moxley told me after that game that he was going to start chasing Green, who averaged 13.6 ppg last season.

Green, who was All-Panhandle Conference, was third in the state in 3-point percentage, shooting at a 44.2 percent clip. His 76 attempts were the third most in the state and this 33 makes were tied with two other players for the second best in Florida.

Green transferred to Gulf Coast from Southeastern Louisiana, where he went out of Mosley.

Moxley said Green’s quick release and long-range shooting ability made him appealing to the 49ers.

UNC-Charlotte was 11-20 last season and finished 12thh out of 14 teams in the Atlantic 10.

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Sitting in the stands behind the Chipola bench Tuesday night was a familiar face to Indians fans. His knees stretched past the end seat he was occupying with a female friend to his left.

It wasn’t quite where Jamarcus Ellis is used to sitting in a gym. Especially this time of year.

When he was introduced to the crowd in the second half of Chipola’s blowout win over Gulf Coast, the public address announcer ran through Ellis’ impressive junior college resume: NJCAA player of the year, All-American, All-State, All-Conference.

But Chipola left out a very important piece of information.

Ellis isn’t playing college basketball anymore. This was supposed to be his senior year at Indiana. But after Kelvin Sampson resigned, Ellis stopped going to class — which has been rumored to happen all season — supposedly took drugs and boycotted Indiana’s then-interim coach Dan Dakich’s first practice. He was suspended for a few games and eventually kicked off the Hoosiers by new coach Tom Crean.

Ellis’s next stop was rumored to be Northern Kentucky, but he ended up at Oklahoma City University, a NAIA school. He was the third leading scorer, averaging 14 points per game but was ruled academically ineligible before the second semester.

Chipola didn’t mention that either Tuesday night.

Mosley’s road to a state champion was laid out in front of them over the course of last night.

The Class 5A girl’s soccer tournament bracket is set. The Lady Dolphins will play Pace Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Tommy Oliver Stadium, and then face the winner of Tallahassee Chiles/Niceville — both of whom Mosley beat this sesaon — on Feb. 3.

Here’s a look at the bracket:

Tallahassee women’s basketball coach Teresa Atkinson won’t be on the sidelines for tonight’s Gulf Coast-TCC game at the Billy Harrison Field House.

She is joining her son and the Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee in Washington, D.C. Atkinson’s son is a member of the the choir, which performed at Florida’s inaugural ball this past weekend. Barack Obama was inaugurated as the United State’s 44th president on Tuesday.

T.J. Royals has taken Atkinson’s role for the second consecutive game. The Lady Eagles lost to Northwest Florida State 56-48 on Saturday.

The Color Guard from the Florida Army National Guard’s 1-153rd Cavalry Squadron based in Panama City hoisted the colors prior to Wednesday night’s game.

Coaches from West Virginia and Morehead State were in attendance watching the women’s game.