{"id":30014,"date":"2021-10-25T19:08:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=30014"},"modified":"2021-11-10T23:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T04:50:58","slug":"lady-sharks-counting-on-veteran-guards-to-rebound-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/lady-sharks-counting-on-veteran-guards-to-rebound-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Sharks Counting On Veteran Guards To Rebound This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami Dade College women\u2019s basketball team will lean on a group of veteran guards this year as they attempt to rebound from an eight win season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Point guards Rio Yamazaki, <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/freshman-point-guard-brings-international-experience-to-lady-sharks-basketball-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camila Barreno<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and two-way guard <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/wbkb\/2021-22\/bios\/young_ahmari_hain\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmari Young<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be featured prominently in the Lady Sharks fast-paced attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yamazaki was second on the team in scoring last year with 12.1 points per game. Young averaged 11.4 points and Barreno contributed 7.1 per contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey are our leaders, obviously as returning sophomores,\u201d said interim head coach Erica Redman. \u201cSo a lot of times our younger players depend on them to take control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, through five games, Young is second on the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game and Yamazaki is third with an 8.8 scoring average and a team-leading five assists per game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yamazaki, who was born in Japan, is expected to set the Lady Sharks offensive tone. As a freshman, she averaged 10.3 points and five assists through nine games before breaking her left wrist. She was<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/point-guard-returns-to-lady-sharks-after-suffering-season-ending-injury-last-year\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> granted a medical redshirt.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year the five-foot-one inch guard scored at least 10 points in eight games including a 26-point performance versus Hillsborough Community College in February. She also led the Lady Sharks with 5.8 assists per contest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRio is the floor general that&#8217;s going to dictate what happens on the court,\u201d Redman said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30017\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30017\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ahmira-Young-1-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ahmira-Young-1-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ahmira-Young-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ahmira-Young-1-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ahmira-Young-1-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ahmira-Young-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Savvy Veteran: Ahmari Young averaged 11.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last year for the Lady Sharks. DANNA QUINTERO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young, who averaged 10.9 points as a freshman in the 2019-20 season, will be counted on to be a vocal leader and shooter. She was granted an extra year of eligibility because of the team&#8217;s COVID-shortened season last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shooting guard scored in double figures for the Lady Sharks in eight games last year but had a significant drop off in March. She only scored 10 points or more in two of the team&#8217;s last nine games. However, she exploded for a season-high 34 points in the season finale, a 95-85 win versus St. Petersburg College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe always brings energy to the team,\u201d Yamazaki said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barreno, who is from Ecuador, started playing basketball at the age of five and played for her country\u2019s national team in 2019. In 2020, Barreno traveled to Miami to play at an Amateur Athletic Union tournament with the Florida Christian School\u2019s summer team. She impressed MDC and was offered a scholarship.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last season, Barreno took some time to adjust but picked up her play at the end of February. She got more playing time in March and proved she was up to the task scoring 20 points versus Indian River State College and 24 against St. Petersburg College in the last two games of the season both Lady Shark wins.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI love being a point guard,\u201d Barreno said. \u201cFor me it is the best position anyone could have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30015\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30015\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rio-Yamazaki2-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rio-Yamazaki2-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rio-Yamazaki2-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rio-Yamazaki2-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rio-Yamazaki2-1536x1134.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Rio-Yamazaki2.jpg 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pace Setter: Point guard Rio Yamazaki sets the Lady Sharks offense during a preseason game versus St. Thomas University on Oct. 14. 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