The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

ONE local basketball player will be on the move once again as he makes the transition to another collegiate programme this fall.

Quincy Poitier has committed to the University of North Georgia Nighthawks for the upcoming Fall 2017 semester.

North Georgia is an NCAA Division II programme that competes in the Peach Belt Conference.

He spent last season with the Concord University Mountain Lions, another division II school, and a member of the Mountain East Conference.

Poitier, a 6’2 combo guard, spent the previous season with Roane State Community College and averaged 12.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

He started 19 of his 26 appearances which included a season high 24 points in a 98-92 loss at Walters State, 20 points in a 73-65 win over Cleveland State, and his lone double double of the year - 15 points and 10 rebounds - in a 67-53 win over Bryan College JV.

Poitier spent his true freshman season with Davis College, where he averaged 9.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Originally from San Salvador, he played locally at the high school level under Kevin Johnson for the CI Gibson Rattlers.

Last season, North Georgia head coach Chris Faulkner was named the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year. The Nighthawks look to continue the momentum from a rare worst-to-first turnaround last season.

After finishing last in the Western Division the previous year, the Nighthawks were a co-West Division Champion with an 11-8 league record. The co-Western Division Championship was the first for the North Georgia men since joining the Peach Belt and NCAA Division II in 2005-06. The 11 conference wins is the seconf most in school history since joining the league.