{"id":17949,"date":"2020-02-07T14:01:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17949"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:00:29","slug":"rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Run MDC Hits Snag After Winter Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/mbkb\/index\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team<\/span><\/a> hit a rough patch after winter break, losing five of their first seven conference games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were 13-4 on Jan. 8 before losing their conference opener to ASA College 78-76. Two of the losses have been to rival Broward College leaving the Sharks with a 15-9 mark and 2-5 in Southern Conference play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17953\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-Hart3-_cropped_web.jpg\" alt=\"Forward Victor Hart going for a basket.\" width=\"345\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-Hart3-_cropped_web.jpg 690w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-Hart3-_cropped_web-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coming Up Short: Forward Victor Hart drives to the basket in a home game versus Broward College on Jan. 29. The Sharks lost the game in overtime 97-93. SEAN MOW \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter the Christmas break, we haven\u2019t been playing as a team,\u201d said freshman Victor Hart. \u201cWatching film we realized we haven\u2019t been playing as hard as we used to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sharks attribute the poor performance to a lack of communication that has affected their high-octane offense. Since the break, the team is averaging a paltry 80.4 points per game and they have scored less than 80 points on four occasions. They have also continued to struggle shooting from long distance. The Sharks are shooting 30.4% from three-point range.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the recent poor shooting, the team still features six players averaging double-digits in scoring. Forwards Victor Hart and Gus Okafor are averaging 17.1 and 13.4 points per game respectively, wings Elton Walker and Randy Rickards are scoring 13 and 10.5 points per contest and point guards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/haitian-native-finds-new-home-on-mdc-basketball-court\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dev Ostrowski<\/span><\/a> and KJ Fitzgerald are averaging 11.2 and 11.4 points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team is averaging 90.8 points while grabbing 40.3 rebounds per game on 42.8 % shooting. They hope to ratchet up the defensive intensity to get back on track. The Sharks understand that turnovers lead to easy fastbreak opportunities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have a motto called TSA (trap, stand, and attack),\u201d Walker said. \u201cWe need to all be locked in and communicate for the defense to work.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walker, one of seven sophomores on the team,\u00a0 has emerged as one of the Sharks&#8217; vocal leaders. He has become an extension of head coach Kevin Ledoux on the court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI let my teammates know when they do something bad, but I also try and keep their confidence up,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the meat of the team\u2019s Southern Conference schedule on deck, the Sharks realize the urgency of the situation, and that they must improve quickly if they want to qualify for the state tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They hope to return to the uptempo offense that helped them win seven of their first eight games and score more than 100 points in three of those, including a 146-point performance at home versus Red Devils Academy on Nov. 5.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been playing lackadaisical,\u201d Fitzgerald said. \u201cWe have to come in ready to play with a new mindset.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sharks\u2019 next game is a conference match up at t<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he Theodore R. Gibson Health Center, 11011 S.W. 104th St.,<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> versus ASA College on Feb. 12 at 7:30 pm.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team hit a rough patch after winter break, losing five of their first seven conference games.\u00a0 They were 13-4 on Jan. 8 before losing their conference opener to ASA College 78-76. Two of the losses have been to rival Broward College leaving the Sharks with a 15-9 mark and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":552,"featured_media":21347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14,2749,2805],"tags":[34,61,1486],"class_list":{"0":"post-17949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-sports","9":"category-kendall-campus","10":"category-mens-basketball","11":"tag-kendall-campus","12":"tag-mens-basketball","13":"tag-run-mdc"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MDC Men&#039;s Basketball Team Hits Snag After Winter Break<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team was off to an impressive 13-4 start before they lost five of their first seven conference games.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MDC Men&#039;s Basketball Team Hits Snag After Winter Break\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team was off to an impressive 13-4 start before they lost five of their first seven conference games.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-07T19:01:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-01T21:00:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daniel Tamariz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniel Tamariz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Daniel Tamariz\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/938cb9cea391c18d29183ebfc7a0532d\"},\"headline\":\"Run MDC Hits Snag After Winter Break\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-07T19:01:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-01T21:00:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":477,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kendall Campus\",\"Men's Basketball\",\"run mdc\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Sports\",\"Kendall Campus\",\"Men's Basketball\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/\",\"name\":\"MDC Men's Basketball Team Hits Snag After Winter Break\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-07T19:01:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-01T21:00:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team was off to an impressive 13-4 start before they lost five of their first seven conference games.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Rallying The Troops: Head basketball Coach Kevin Ledoux talks to his team during a timeout on Jan. 29 in a game versus Broward College. SEAN MOW \\\/ THE REPORTER\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Run MDC Hits Snag After Winter Break\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/938cb9cea391c18d29183ebfc7a0532d\",\"name\":\"Daniel Tamariz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"caption\":\"Daniel Tamariz\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/daniel-tamariz\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MDC Men's Basketball Team Hits Snag After Winter Break","description":"The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team was off to an impressive 13-4 start before they lost five of their first seven conference games.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MDC Men's Basketball Team Hits Snag After Winter Break","og_description":"The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team was off to an impressive 13-4 start before they lost five of their first seven conference games.","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2020-02-07T19:01:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-01T21:00:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Daniel Tamariz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Daniel Tamariz","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/"},"author":{"name":"Daniel Tamariz","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/938cb9cea391c18d29183ebfc7a0532d"},"headline":"Run MDC Hits Snag After Winter Break","datePublished":"2020-02-07T19:01:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-01T21:00:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/"},"wordCount":477,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg","keywords":["Kendall Campus","Men's Basketball","run mdc"],"articleSection":["News","Sports","Kendall Campus","Men's Basketball"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/","name":"MDC Men's Basketball Team Hits Snag After Winter Break","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-07T19:01:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-01T21:00:29+00:00","description":"The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team was off to an impressive 13-4 start before they lost five of their first seven conference games.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/basketball7_wb_g.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Rallying The Troops: Head basketball Coach Kevin Ledoux talks to his team during a timeout on Jan. 29 in a game versus Broward College. SEAN MOW \/ THE REPORTER"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rmdc-mens-basketball-team-hits-snag-after-winter-break\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Run MDC Hits Snag After Winter Break"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/938cb9cea391c18d29183ebfc7a0532d","name":"Daniel Tamariz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","caption":"Daniel Tamariz"},"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/daniel-tamariz\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Rallying The Troops: Head basketball Coach  Kevin Ledoux talks to his team during a timeout on Jan. 29 in a game versus Broward College. <br \/> SEAN MOW \/ THE REPORTER","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}