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Run MDC Misses Out On Post Season For Fourth Straight Year

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Coming into the season, the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team was hoping to break their streak of three seasons without qualifying for the Florida College System Activities Association State Tournament. They had to win their last two games this season to qualify for the tournament but they lost… Read the rest at our website.
Montese Blake about to make a basket.
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Run MDC Continues To Stumble As Season Nears End

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The men’s basketball team is on the verge of missing the Florida College System Activities Association Athletics State Tournament for the fourth year in a row. Currently 10-18 (5-6 in conference), the team needs a miracle to push through to the postseason. They have to win their last game… Read the rest at our website.
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Freshman Guard Finding His Form

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Amid a rough season, where the Sharks have gone 9-16, freshman guard Elton Walker has distinguished himself as one of the team’s top scorers.   Walker is leading all freshman with 12.8 points per game and he has a team-leading 55.7 shooting percentage. The six-foot-five-inch wing player has continued to… Read the rest at our website.
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Despite Early Season Struggles, Sharks Confident As Conference Play Ramps Up

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Adversity comes in many forms; in sports, it tends to follow losses. Losses can act as a chisel, wearing away at a team’s foundation ultimately splitting them apart as frustration mounts. That’s not the case for the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team. Despite what head coach Kevin Ledoux… Read the rest at our website.
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Early Season Woes Continue For RUN MDC

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The early-season woes continue for the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team. After a 1-8 start, which features a seven-game losing streak, the team is struggling to find answers defensively. Their woes have translated to diminished success in most of the major statistical categories compared to last season. The… Read the rest at our website.
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Ledoux’s Message To Sharks: Play Hard Or You ‘Won’t Be Playing’

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Success has eluded the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team for the past two seasons. But despite going 26-33 in his first two seasons as head coach and missing out on the Southern Conference Tournament, Kevin Ledoux is confident in his team’s potential this year. His solution to their… Read the rest at our website.
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Miami-Raised Quartet Leads Sharks

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For as long as Sharks head basketball coach Kevin Ledoux can remember, the Miami Dade College men’s team hasn’t had this much home-grown talent going into a season. Elton Walker, Ben Tal, Albert Hernandez and returning sophomore Kaevon Tyler will add Miami flavor to this year’s roster.   “These are… Read the rest at our website.
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Hurricane Florence Ravages Freshman Forward’s Hometown

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The last time a hurricane struck North Carolina was in 2016. Hurricane Matthew killed 28 people. “Matthew was unlike anything we had ever seen before,” said W.T. Edwards, the head basketball coach at West Columbus High School in Cerro Gordo, North Carolina. “It changed people’s lives.” Two years later,… Read the rest at our website.
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Duquesne University Transfer Brings Unique Skill-Set To Sharks

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Nicholas Kratholm, a 6-foot-9-inch tall center, has the prototypical, modern-day, basketball game. He’s tall, has long limbs, shoots effectively from all over the floor, can run an offense and can anchor a team’s defense.   This year, the Miami Dade College basketball team is counting on the Duquesne University transfer… Read the rest at our website.