Raptors Basketball Teams Finish Fifth in the Nation

The Raptors men’s and women’s basketball teams both finished fifth in their 2017–2018 NJCAA Division III Championship tournaments. This season the women’s team tied best finishes from their 2012 and 2013 national tournament appearances. The Raptors finished their season with an overall record of 22–7 and fifth place in the country out of 100 Division III teams. Armonie Lomax was selected to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team, as she scored 52 points in the three-day tournament, averaging 17.3 points per game.

Men’s basketball made history in Loch Sheldrake, NY, finishing fifth in the tournament—the best finish for any MC men’s basketball team in the school’s history. The team finished their season with an overall record of 26–9 and fifth place in the country out of 112 Division III teams. Players Collin Turner, Ramel Davison, and Freddie Harris led the team in points, rebounds, and steals. Turner, who scored 104 points during the three-day tournament, earned NJCAA All-Tournament Team honors and was named Spalding Division III Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.

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