May 20, 2024
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Point Guard Returns To Lady Sharks After Suffering Season-Ending Injury Last Year

Daniel Tamariz , 
Rio Yamazaki traveled more than 7,000 miles to fulfill her dream of playing basketball in the United States. Although the Japanese-born point guard has achieved that goal, it has been a bumpy road. After transferring to Miami Dade College last season, the five-foot-two inch sophomore was averaging 10.3 points… Read the rest at our website.
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Duo Selected To The 2020 NJCAA Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Team

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Lady Sharks’ forwards Nazlah Morrow and Alise Markova were selected to the 2020 National Junior College Athletic Association Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team. The All-Star game, in its 13th season, will not be played this year because of concerns over the coronavirus. This year’s team, announced on June… Read the rest at our website.
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Summons And Benoit Reach Career Milestones During 2019-20 Season

Jose Tovar ,  ,  , 
There are more than 30 National Championship banners hanging in the rafters at Miami Dade College. Behind those accolades are an array of legendary head coaches, such as Demie Mainieri and Ilida Medero, who left an edible mark on the College’s record books. Head women’s basketball coach Susan Summons… Read the rest at our website.
Lady Sharks' season ends at state tournament.
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Lady Sharks’ Season Ends At State Tournament

Jose Tovar ,  , 
Miami Dade College’s women’s basketball team was eliminated from the Florida College System Activities Association State Tournament after losing in the semifinal game, 71-64, to Gulf Coast State College on March 6 in Niceville, Florida.  “I feel we were as good, if not better than the other two teams,”… Read the rest at our website.
Lady Sharks basketball team posing for the camera.
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Basketball Teams Face Different Late-Season Realities

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Expectations were high at the beginning of the season for the Miami Dade College men’s and women’s basketball teams. Both squads featured revamped rosters with players coming from a myriad of countries and cultures such as Latvia, Japan and Jamaica.  There were only two returning players: point guard Daliyah… Read the rest at our website.
Morrow during a game against ASA College.
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Freshman Forward Making An Impact For Lady Sharks

Alina Halley ,  ,  , 
Basketball runs through Nazlah Morrow’s blood. Her mom, Nafeesah (Brown) Morrow, was a star at the University of Nebraska where the forward averaged 20.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game as a senior during the 1993-94 season.  Her brother, Ed Morrow, was a six-foot-seven-inch senior forward at Marquette University… Read the rest at our website.
Alise Markova on the court.
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Shot Blocker Brings International Experience To Lady Sharks Basketball

Alina Halley ,  ,  ,  , 
Alise Markova, who traveled more than 5,000 miles to join the Lady Sharks women’s basketball team, brings an abundance of international experience to Miami Dade College.  The 6-foot-1 inch freshman forward played on Latvia’s national team at the 2018 FIBA U18 Women’s European Championship. She averaged 7.3 points and… Read the rest at our website.
Rio Yamazaki posing for the camera.
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Transfer Finds New Home At Shark Tank

Alina Halley ,  ,  ,  , 
After a difficult freshman season at South Georgia Technical College, point guard Rio Yamazaki is aiming to make a comeback at Miami Dade College. Yamazaki played in 30 games for the Lady Jets last year, averaging 3.7 points, two rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. She quit the team… Read the rest at our website.

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