Daytona State Defeats Miami Dade 78-68
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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39 | 39 | 78 |
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30 | 38 | 68 |
Team Stats
Miami Dade College
| Game Statistics | Daytona State College | Miami Dade College |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (28-66) | (26-52) |
| Field Goal % | 42.4% | 50.0% |
| Rebounds | 37 | 26 |
| Assists | 11 | 13 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 13 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 18 | 9 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 19 | 8 |
| Pts in the Paint | 32 | 30 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 29 | 12 |
| Bench Pts | 15 | 28 |
Miami Dade College men's basketball team, fresh off a huge upset win over #21 Indian River on Wednesday, tried to make it two in a row but came up short against #2 Daytona State College 78-68. Daytona improves to 17-0 and Miami Dade falls to 9-7.
The Falcons came out strong in the first half and built a 16 point lead, 39-23 with just under 3 minutes left in the half and then ran out of gas. Miami-Dade scored the last 7 points of the half to cut the lead to 9 at halftime.
Daytona rebuilt their lead to 14 in the second half but Miami-Dade fought back and cut the deficit to 7 with 1:35 to play in the game, 73-66. Daytona's Huascar Cuevas scored on a 3 point field goal and Victor Panov made two free throws to go up by 12 before Miami-Dade's John Latimer scored on a layup to end the scoring.
Miami-Dade held Daytona to just 27% from 3 point range.
Victor Panov led Daytona with 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 assists. Josue Grullon finished with 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists. Kylin Green had 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals. Isaiah Dorceus had 10 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals.