Magic set to get back Wendell Carter against Miami Heat • Orlando City retains record-setting coach Oscar Pareja with 2-year deal
 Sentinel Sports Final Wednesday, December 20, 2023 | | |
| | | | | National Signing Day will be full-speed ahead by the time you read this. UCF is poised to take a big step forward using its Big 12 clout while Florida is holding on to a top 10 class by a thread. ... Wendell Carter Jr. is no longer on the injury report for the Magic. Does that mean he'll play for the first time since Nov. 2? It's no guarantee but they need him back. When the NBA season turns the calendar year, the level of play rises. ... Orlando City went through MLS Cup playoffs with Oscar Pareja in limbo without a contract. That's no longer the case. He's locked in for at least the next two years. ... At this rate with FSU defections, that Orange Bowl matchup with Georgia sounds as appealing as the Famous Toastery Bowl (really, this actually the name of a bowl game. Seriously). ... UF 's men's basketball team might be really good after struggling in Year 1 under Todd Golden. | | | | The Knights are expected to sign six Central Florida players to its 2024 recruitng class Wednesday, taking advantage of Big 12 affiliation. | | | | | Magic center Wendell Carter Jr., who's missed 20 games, could make his return to the court when Orlando hosts Miami. "We're going to just see how he pulls up and feels [Wednesday,]" coach Jamahl Mosley said about Carter after practice Tuesday. | | | | | Oscar Pareja took the job in 2020 and the Lions have made the playoffs each season. He led them to their first trophy in the MLS era last year (Open Cup) and they've qualified for Concacaf Champions Cup for the second year in a row. | | | | | Among boys basketball winners were Edgewater, Orlando Christian Prep, The Master's Academy, Lake Brantley, Evans and East River. Wekiva and Winter Park added girls basketball wins. | | | | | Verse played at FCS Albany in 2021 before transferring to Florida State, where he became the program's first two-time, first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference defensive end since Reinard Wilson in 1995-96. | | | | | Tyrese Samuel had a season-high 21 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks and Zyon Pullin scored 22 points for the Gators in Charlotte, N.C. | | | | | The Knights went through their fair share of highs and lows: A 3-0 non-conference slate; a five-game losing streak to start conference play; and winning three of the last four games to be bowl eligible for the eighth consecutive season. | | | | | Tyrese Spicer, a high-scoring winger from Lipscomb University, was selected by Toronto with the No. 1 pick Tuesday night. | | | | | "Rock star" Zach Eflin leads the way, as Tampa Bay will have an evolving cast and count heavily on some young arms, including the newly acquired Ryan Pepiot. | | | | | The Seminoles won for the first time since a 77-71 victory against then-No. 18 Colorado at the Sunshine Slam on Nov. 21. | | | | | Michael Eyssimont, Tyler Motte, Haydn Fleury and Nicholas Paul also scored for the Lightning, who have won five of 12. Steven Stamkos had three assists to move past Theo Fleury (1,088) into 67th place on the career points list with 1,090. | | | |
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