Tag: Basketball

Injuries Ravage Lady Sharks Roster To Start Season

Injuries have plagued the Lady Sharks this season. The team has been without three of its starters for most of the season: Guard/forward Monique...

Ledoux’s Message To Sharks: Play Hard Or You ‘Won’t Be Playing’

Success has eluded the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team for the past two seasons. But despite going 26-33 in his first two seasons...

Miami-Raised Quartet Leads Sharks

For as long as Sharks head basketball coach Kevin Ledoux can remember, the Miami Dade College men’s team hasn’t had this much home-grown talent...

Sister, Sister Act For Lady Sharks Basketball

Basketball has always played a prominent role in the lives of sisters Michelle and Monique Pruitt. Their mom, Chris Pruitt—a former basketball player at the...

Hurricane Florence Ravages Freshman Forward’s Hometown

The last time a hurricane struck North Carolina was in 2016. Hurricane Matthew killed 28 people. “Matthew was unlike anything we had ever seen...

Lady Sharks Look To Build Off Last Year’s Southern Conference Championship

By all standards, the Lady Sharks women’s basketball team had an impressive season last year. They won 22 games and were crowned Southern Conference...

Duquesne University Transfer Brings Unique Skill-Set To Sharks

Nicholas Kratholm, a 6-foot-9-inch tall center, has the prototypical, modern-day, basketball game. He’s tall, has long limbs, shoots effectively from all over the floor, can...

Think You Can Ball? Tryout For The MDC Basketball Team

The Miami Dade College men’s and women’s basketball teams are holding open tryouts for potential walk-on spots Wednesday, Sept. 12. Tryouts will be held at...

Lady Sharks Head Coach To Be Inducted Into Women’s Basketball Hall Of Fame

Susan Summons, who has served as the head basketball coach at Miami Dade College for 32 years, will be inducted into the Women’s Basketball...

Sharks Season Ends With No State Tournament—Again

The Miami Dade College men’s basketball season can be summed up as a tale of two seasons. There was the fast and furious 11-5 start...

Sharks’ Improving In Second Season Under Ledoux

After Kevin Ledoux’s first season as the head men’s basketball coach ended with a 10-19 record, he knew he had a lot of work...

Wagner College Transfer Must Sit Out Fall Semester Due To Academic Issues

Connor Ferrell, a Division I transfer who was expected to provide a scoring punch to the men’s basketball team, is not playing this semester...