{"id":39348,"date":"2025-03-29T17:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T21:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=39348"},"modified":"2025-05-01T23:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:56:20","slug":"sharks-season-ends-in-niceville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-season-ends-in-niceville\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks&#8217; Season Ends in Niceville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team\u2019s season ended with a 64-50 loss in the semifinal round of the State Tournament in Niceville on March 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They finished the season with a 19-13 mark, their best record in 10 years; the Sharks were 21-11 during the 2014-15 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College proved to be tough at home, finishing an impressive 12-3 at the Theodore R. Gibson Health Center and 9-7 in Citrus Conference play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m just thankful to be around a good group of guys who I can call my teammates,\u201d said sophomore guard <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/transfer-guard-leading-sharks-offensive-attack\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faheim Saintleger Meran<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cWe did a lot that people thought we couldn\u2019t and I\u2019m so grateful for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first round of the playoffs, the Sharks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2024-25\/releases\/20250313qa5t5e\">upset Chipola College, 73-67<\/a>, in the quarterfinal round to get their first tournament win in 10 years. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chipola College was ranked No. 11 in the nation at the time. Forward Hassan Belkhaddar led the Sharks with 17 points and guards Randy Smith and Jamaal Morris added 13 and 12 points, respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe first round of our playoffs was probably the best basketball we played as a team,\u201d said forward<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/siblings-bring-their-basketball-skills-to-miami-dade-college\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Amar Lane<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who contributed eight points, six rebounds and three blocked shots in the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following day, the Sharks fell to Pensacola State College in a 14-point loss, but three Sharks scored in double-digits. Meran led the team with 13 points, Smith added 12 and Belkhaddar had 11 points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[The] second round didn\u2019t go our way,\u201d Lane said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t execute and play well when we were down, but I think we proved a lot of people wrong and finished the season better than we started.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meran, who was selected to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-meran-selected-to-citrus-conference-first-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citrus Conference First-Team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Florida College System Athletic Association, led the team in scoring with a 13.9 average. Belkhaddar was second on the squad with 11.6 points per game. Morris led the team in rebounding with six per contest while adding a 10.5 scoring average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe definitely grew through what we accomplished,\u201d said Sharks head coach Jorge Fernandez. \u201cI want to be a state champion, that\u2019s our goal and that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to keep driving for as far as next year&#8217;s team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two freshmen guards who could help next year\u2019s squad are Randy Smith, who averaged 9.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, and Ernesto Rodriguez, who averaged 7.4 points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re out recruiting. We want to get a couple of wings, point guards and big guys. I want to get more physical,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cRecruiting is a process. It\u2019s not something that\u2019s going to happen overnight. 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