It’s been a busy off-season for head coach Katie Meier and the Miami women’s basketball team. After an indifferent season, Meier sought international talent to improve her roster. The team will welcome two transfers, Lola Pendande and Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, for the 2021-22 season.
Last week, the team announced Almeria, Spain native Lola Pendande would be transferring to Miami from the University of Utah. The 6-foot-4 forward spent two years with the Utes and was named Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention.
“Lola is a strong athletic post with proven ability to compete at the Division I level,” Meier said in a team press release.
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi transfers to Miami, is 3rd SU player transfer within ACC
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Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi averaged over 34 minutes per game in the ACC Tournament.
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Syracuse forward Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi is transferring to Miami, the Hurricanes announced Monday morning. The redshirt junior is the third Syracuse player from the 2020-21 roster to announce a transfer to an Atlantic Coast Conference foe.
Including her redshirt year, Djaldi-Tabdi spent four seasons with the Orange, appearing in 89 total games and averaging 7.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. Djaldi-Tabdi joined nine other SU players from this year’s roster in the transfer portal, and became the fourth to announce her new destination.
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Carrying a three-game win streak to Greensboro, North Carolina the second longest active win streak in the conference Miami (11-11, 8-11 ACC) was prepared to battle Virginia Tech (13-8, 8-8 ACC) after falling to the Hokies by 20 points at home on Feb. 11.
Redshirt junior forward Destiny Harden scored 27 points, sophomore guard Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba added 13 in the second-half, yet the No. 10 seeded Hurricanes were not able to outlast the Hokies in the second round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday, losing 72-64.
Without Hokies guard Aisha Sheppard in the second half, Virginia Tech ignited an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter and held Miami to 38 percent. UM out-rebounded Virginia Tech 35-21.
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