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Chaz Lanier, a standout senior guard from North Florida, has committed to transfer to Tennessee basketball over Kentucky and BYU after a breakout season where he averaged 19.7 points and shot 44.4% on 3-pointers. Lanier, a Nashville native, was highly sought after in the transfer portal and also participated in the NBA G League Elite Camp. He joins three other transfers as Tennessee looks to fill its remaining scholarships.
The series finale between Florida and St. John's has been canceled due to inclement weather conditions and will not be rescheduled. Florida's next action will be a home-and-home midweek series with North Florida, with the Gators traveling to Jacksonville on Tuesday and hosting UNF in Gainesville on Wednesday. Fans who purchased tickets for the canceled game will be provided a refund.
The National Weather Service has upgraded the severe weather threat for north Florida to an Enhanced (level 3 of 5) risk, warning of "incredible" wind fields and the potential for strong tornadoes, damaging winds, and flash flooding. A dynamic storm system is expected to bring intense squall lines and wind gusts of 50-60 mph along the coast and 40-50 mph inland, with the possibility of coastal flooding and power outages. Residents are urged to prepare for the high-impact weather event and review severe weather safety plans.
North Florida Ospreys will face off against the Iowa Hawkeyes in a men's basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes are coming off a split in San Diego, losing to Oklahoma but defeating Seton Hall. Iowa's Ben Krikke has been performing well, averaging 19.8 points in his last four games. North Florida, from the Atlantic Sun Conference, is known for their 3-point shooting. Iowa leads the series 2-0.
Paleontologists and volunteers at the Montbrook Fossil Dig in North Florida have discovered several complete skeletons of gomphotheres, extinct relatives of elephants, that died in or near a river about 5.5 million years ago. The fossils were likely successively deposited or transported to the area, and the discovery is the most complete gomphothere skeleton from this time period in Florida and among the best in North America. Gomphotheres were among the most diverse proboscideans and spread to nearly every continent during their 20 million-year reign.