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Lady Sharks Working Through Tough Stretch At Start Of 2023-24 Season

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The Miami Dade College women’s basketball team is slogging through a tough start to the 2023-24 season that saw them lose nine of their first eleven games. Those losses include three by at least 30 points, including a 45-point defeat to Northwest Florida State College to start the regular… Read the rest at our website.
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Sophomore Guard Making The Most Of Her Second Chance At MDC

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Anija Payne knows the importance of second chances.  In 2019, the five-foot-nine-inch guard was a star at Marian High School in Mishawaka, Indiana, averaging 12.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.7 steals after 19 games as a senior.  But after an altercation with a teammate, Payne was expelled from the… Read the rest at our website.
Lady Sharks' season ends at state tournament.
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Lady Sharks’ Season Ends At State Tournament

Jose Tovar ,  , 
Miami Dade College’s women’s basketball team was eliminated from the Florida College System Activities Association State Tournament after losing in the semifinal game, 71-64, to Gulf Coast State College on March 6 in Niceville, Florida.  “I feel we were as good, if not better than the other two teams,”… Read the rest at our website.
Lady Sharks basketball team posing for the camera.
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Basketball Teams Face Different Late-Season Realities

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Expectations were high at the beginning of the season for the Miami Dade College men’s and women’s basketball teams. Both squads featured revamped rosters with players coming from a myriad of countries and cultures such as Latvia, Japan and Jamaica.  There were only two returning players: point guard Daliyah… Read the rest at our website.
Morrow during a game against ASA College.
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Freshman Forward Making An Impact For Lady Sharks

Alina Halley ,  ,  , 
Basketball runs through Nazlah Morrow’s blood. Her mom, Nafeesah (Brown) Morrow, was a star at the University of Nebraska where the forward averaged 20.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game as a senior during the 1993-94 season.  Her brother, Ed Morrow, was a six-foot-seven-inch senior forward at Marquette University… Read the rest at our website.
Alise Markova on the court.
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Shot Blocker Brings International Experience To Lady Sharks Basketball

Alina Halley ,  ,  ,  , 
Alise Markova, who traveled more than 5,000 miles to join the Lady Sharks women’s basketball team, brings an abundance of international experience to Miami Dade College.  The 6-foot-1 inch freshman forward played on Latvia’s national team at the 2018 FIBA U18 Women’s European Championship. She averaged 7.3 points and… Read the rest at our website.
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Editorial: Responsibility Needs To Be Taken To Spur Student Attendance At Sporting Events

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Miami Dade College athletics has consistently been among the elite programs nationwide. The College has won 33 national championships and 117 state titles since 1964. The volleyball team is a perennial powerhouse. They have competed in the past three national championship games—winning titles in two of those years. The… Read the rest at our website.