{"id":17133,"date":"2019-10-18T14:52:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T18:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17133"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:05:22","slug":"sharks-retool-roster-add-three-division-i-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-retool-roster-add-three-division-i-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Retool Roster; Add Three Division I Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As November approaches, Miami Dade College shooting guard Elton Walker returns for his sophomore season with high expectations and a retooled team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The revamped roster includes three Division I transfers. The aim: to improve last season\u2019s 10-20 record that forced the Sharks to miss the postseason for the fourth consecutive year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis year, we have a great team full of athletes and top tier players that will be able to go Division I in the years coming,\u201d Walker said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/mbkb\/index\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sharks<\/span><\/a> averaged 96.4 points per game but they allowed opponents to score 98.4 points per contest. The team was affected by two key injuries: guard Kaevon Tyler sustained a knee injury in the middle of the season and forward Italo Cicotti missed the entire season after tearing his ACL.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe had to get better players and we have that now,\u201d Sharks Head Coach Kevin Ledoux said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do. We\u2019re longer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The replenished roster includes three Division I transfers: point guard <\/span><b>KJ Fitzgerald<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jacksonville University), forward <\/span><b>Gus Okafor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Longwood University) and forward <\/span><b>Rob Johnson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the Citadel).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four junior college transfers: guard <\/span><b>Marques Watson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Iowa Western Community College), guard\/forward <\/span><b>Nate Fluerrissaint<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sante Fe College), guard <\/span><b>Randy Rickards <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Baltimore City Community College), and guard\/forward <\/span><b>Jordan White<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Chattahoochee Valley Community College). And three promising high school players: shooting guard <\/span><b>Richard Charles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from North Miami Senior High School, point guard <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/haitian-native-finds-new-home-on-mdc-basketball-court\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Dev Ostrowski <\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">East Lyme High School in Connecticut\u00a0 and shooting guard <\/span><b>Bobby Miller<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Paint Branch High School in Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat I can provide is shooting the ball well, getting my teammates involved, toughening up on defense, and just being an all-around player and teammate to the squad,\u201d Miller said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ledoux lost some key players from last year, including two forwards. DJ Russell, who led the team in scoring and rebounds with 19.2 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, transferred to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robert Morris University Illinois. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicholas Kratholm, who averaged 10.2 points 6.5 rebounds per game, is playing at Niagara University in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But sophomore guard Elton Walker, the only returning player from last season, is expected to fill that void. He averaged 12.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game with a team high 56.6 shooting percentage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe\u2019s a very good player, [a] very good person,\u201d Ledoux said. \u201cHe\u2019s getting recruited by several schools right now. He\u2019s a top 45 player in the country.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walker is confident the roster overhaul has positioned the Sharks for a rebound season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to win conference and the state tournament,&#8221; Walker said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sharks first game of the season is on the road at the Daytona Tip-Off Classic versus Denmark Technical College on Nov. 1 at 5:30 p.m.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As November approaches, Miami Dade College shooting guard Elton Walker returns for his sophomore season with high expectations and a retooled team.\u00a0 The revamped roster includes three Division I transfers. 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