Men's Basketball Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Basketball has always bonded Amar and Michaela Lane. As kids, the siblings shagged loose balls, snagged rebounds and perfected their shot on an asphalt court outside of their home in Trenton, New Jersey. “We grew up in a really competitive house,” Michaela recalls. Those backyard battles that started long… Read the rest at our website.

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Quimby Selected To All-Citrus Conference First-Team

April 10, 2024 Nikole Valiente Florida College System Athletic Association

Lady Sharks point guard Shameir Quimby was selected to the Florida College System Athletic Association Citrus All-Conference First-Team. The freshman from Fort Walton Beach, Florida led the Miami Dade College women’s basketball team with 21.8 points and 2.6 assists per game and a 47.1 percent shooting percentage this season.… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks Point Guard Earns All-Citrus Conference First-Team Honors

April 3, 2024 Ruddel Lambert All-Conference First-Team

John Latimer, a point guard for the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team, was named to a 2023-24 Florida College System Athletic Association Citrus All-Conference First-Team. The sophomore from Orlando led the Sharks to a 15-17 record while averaging 17.5 points on 47.2 % shooting and 3.6 rebounds and… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks Lose Sophomore Guard To Season-Ending Wrist Injury

February 20, 2024 Charles Stemmer Men's Basketball

Shooting guard Ibrahim Zahran, a key reserve on the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team, will miss the rest of the season after fracturing his right wrist in a game last month. The injury occurred on Jan. 10 at Kendall Campus versus Indian River State College after Zahran took… Read the rest at our website.

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Latimer Fitting Into Leading Role On Men’s Basketball Team

January 24, 2024 Charles Stemmer Men's Basketball

Point guard John Latimer is accustomed to being a leading man. At Apopka High School, he was a four-year starter, amassing 1,275 career points. That output was good for fourth best in school history. Now Latimer is replicating his floor general role at Miami Dade College. The 6-foot-2 sophomore… Read the rest at our website.

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Men’s Basketball Team Overhauls Its Roster

December 7, 2023 Charles Stemmer Men's Basketball

After his top two players—Jamichael Stillwell and Tyriek Weeks— transferred and both his assistant coaches left the program, Sharks Head Coach Jorge Fernandez knew he had a major rebuild on his hands. So the veteran coach, who won a state title at Doral Academy Preparatory School in 2018 and… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks Hire Two New Assistant Men’s Basketball Coaches

September 25, 2023 Charles Stemmer Men's Basketball

Miami Dade College men’s basketball coach Jorge Fernandez has added two new coaches—Adam Braswell and Blake Peterson—to his staff. The duo replaces Dillon “DJ” Jenkins, who left coaching, and Thomas Roque, who is now the athletic business manager/head boy’s basketball coach at Mater Academy in Hialeah Gardens. Braswell, 34,… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC Hires Former Arkansas State University Head Basketball Coach As Its Athletic Director

August 25, 2023 Nikole Valiente athletic director

Mike Balado, who was once an assistant to college basketball Hall of Famer Rick Pitino and has had coaching stints at five South Florida schools, has been selected as athletic director at Miami Dade College. Balado has never previously served as an AD. But he believes his 23 years… Read the rest at our website.

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Men’s Basketball Team Eliminated At State Tournament—Ending Sharks Comeback Season

March 16, 2023 Scarlling Manzanarez

By all metrics, the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team had a comeback season. They won seven more games (17) than the previous year—including four more conference wins (6)—and qualified for the State Tournament for the first time in eight years. But their season ended on March 9 in… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks Qualify For State Basketball Tournament For First Time Since 2015

March 6, 2023 Scarlling Manzanarez state tournament

For the first time in eight years, the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team is headed to the State Tournament. The Sharks (17-13), the lowest-seeded team in the tournament, will face Chipola College (27-3), the top-seed, in the first round on March 9 at 7 p.m. at Raider Arena… Read the rest at our website.

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