Dwyane Wade’s sister Tragil Wade applauds Josh Hubbard’s turnover-free season after impressive win
Dwyane Wade's sister Tragil Wade praised Mississippi State Bulldogs' baller Josh Hubbard for a turnover-free season after his team secured an 84-79 win against the MSU Mustangs on Saturday. Tragil made an Instagram post featuring pictures of herself and Hubbard.
She accompanied her praise and her thoughts in the captions of her post in front of her 46.2K followers.
"Congratulations to my little cousin Josh on his impressive win with Mississippi State."
As per Clarion Ledger from Yahoo Sports, who spoke with Hubbard's father, Josh Hubbard is a third cousin to the former Miami Heat star. Dwyane Wade's sister also informed her followers that she spent a whole day with her family and it was 'the medicine' she needed.
The Miami Heat Icon was in attendance at the arena when his cousin and the Bulldogs took two free throws in the final moments to close out the game. Tragil's post featured a video montage of pictures from the night. Dwyane Wade was featured in many of the pictures in the video.
The Miami Heat star was seen striking a pose with the camera while standing beside his cousin. In another picture, he was seen holding the camera high while taking a selfie.
Wade's cousin is a sophomore guard from Madison for the Bulldogs. He was an All-SEC selection player during his freshman year and his team's leading scorer, averaging 21.8 points.
Josh Hubbard scored 14 points with his cousin in attendance. More impressively, the guard has not yet committed a turnover in his 150 minutes of game time this season.
Dwyane Wade visits his cousin Josh Hubbard's college team's locker room after the win against MSU
After the game, D-Wade got an opportunity to visit the Mississippi State locker room, and the X handle of the basketball team uploaded the video online.
In the video, Dwyane Wade revealed that he met and saw his cousin play for the first time and was very impressed with not just him but the entire Bulldogs' squad. The Miami Heat icon praised the youngster for his teamwork and tenacity in his brief speech.
As per the team's coach, Chris Jan, the players were delighted to have him in the locker room.
"We let him address the team and his mom was in there," Jans said in a postgame interview. "The guys got pictures, so I'm not sure if they're more excited about the win than being able to have the chance to hang with D-Wade. It was a bonus."
The Bulldogs have had a great start to their season as they now hold a perfect 5-0 record.