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Polk Preview (Oct. 26, 2026)

WINTER HAVEN – Seasons came to an end for Polk State College's fall sports on Thursday and Friday in Melbourne. This week, a new era gets underway.

Head Coach Marreese Speights will make his coaching debut for Polk State Basketball. The Eagles will open the season with home contests on back-to-back days.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.: Warner University JV (0-0) at Polk State College (0-0)

Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.: Florida College JV (0-0) at Polk State (0-0)

PREVIEW

• Former national champion and NBA champion Marreese Speights will make his head coaching debut for Polk State on Friday night. Speights is just the fourth full-time head coach for the program in the last 40 years.

• Sophomore guard Eric Dailey returns after earning second-team All-Citrus Conference honors last season. Dailey led Polk State and ranked eighth in the FCSAA, averaging 17.1 points per game. 

• Polk State also returns its leading rebounder in Ethan Simon. Last season, Simon averaged a team-best 7.3 rebounds per game. In last season's opener, he finished with 31 points and 16 rebounds in in a loss to University of South Carolina Salkehatchie.

• Polk State fell to IMG Academy in overtime in its home opener last season. Prior to that, the Eagles had won four straight home openers. 

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