{"id":1435,"date":"2015-03-24T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T17:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2021-07-30T12:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:36:33","slug":"sharks-exit-state-tournament-in-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-exit-state-tournament-in-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Exit Tournament In Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team made it to the state tournament for the second consecutive year, but once again came up short. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After finishing second in the Southern Conference<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a record of 8-4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Sharks punched a ticket to the State Championship Tournament. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They looked to redeem themselves after being eliminated from the State Tournament in the first round the previous year. Things started better for the Sharks when they notched an 88-77 win versus Daytona State College, the first place team in the Mid-Florida Conference (8-1 in conference play) on March 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sophomore point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/former-tiger-joins-the-sharks\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Shane Rector<\/span><\/a> led the Sharks with 30 points. Rector scored 19 of his 30 points in the second half of the game. Freshman guard Marvin Jean-Pierre added 17 points and 14 rebounds and the Sharks outrebounded the Falcons 54-34.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the semifinals, the Sharks were outmatched versus Northwest Florida State College, who came into the game as the first place team in the Panhandle Conference and with only two losses on the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwfsc.edu\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Northwest Florida State College<\/span><\/a> easily discarded of the Sharks 99-75 and had five players score in double-digits. The Sharks leading scorer was Jean-Pierre with 22 points and Rector added 18 points in the loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was sad, but at the same time I was happy for us [because] nobody thought we\u2019d even make it that far,\u201d Jean-Pierre said shortly after the loss to Northwest Florida State College. \u201cMy expectations for next year is to make it back and win the [State] Tournament.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the loss, the Sharks have a lot to look forward to next year. Six players from this year\u2019s squad are expected to return unlike this year when only one player<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guard Jaylin Gilbert<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014returned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team hopes to build around a nucleus that includes freshman <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forwards Macoumba Kane, and Joe Mvuezolo Jr., \u00a0center Trayvond Massenburg and guard Marvin Jean-Pierre, who was second on the team in scoring this year with 13.4 points per game. \u00a0Jean-Pierre is mulling an offer to transfer to the University of Tennessee next season. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMarvin was a big part of this year,\u201d said Sharks Head Basketball Coach Stephen Cowherd.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team made it to the state tournament for the second consecutive year, but once again came up short. 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