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EMU Hosts Ball State on Men’s Basketball Alumni Day
1/21/2010 4:32:20 PM | Men's Basketball
Game time set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Convocation Center
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STRONG START: EMU's 9-8 record this season is the best start since the 2004-05 squad went 9-8 in its first 17 games.
CHECKING THE SERIES WITH BSU: The Eagles and Cardinals will be meeting for the 88th time in the series with Ball State holding a 53-34 advantage. EMU won two of three meetings in 2007-08, including a 59-55 win in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Last year, 2008-09, the Eagles lost at home to the Cardinals, 46-42, Jan. 10, 2010, but bounced back with a win in Muncie, Ind. later that season, 55-53, March 8.
Head Coach Charles E. Ramsey's Eagles enter Saturday's game with a 9-8 overall record and a 1-3 MAC mark after dropping a 71-63 decision at Central Michigan Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Head Coach Billy Taylor's Cardinals are 8-8 overall and 2-2 in the league after a 75-68 win at home against Western Michigan, Jan. 20.
EMU MEN'S BASKETBALL ALUMNI DAY SET FOR SATURDAY, JAN. 23: One of the greatest eras in Eastern Michigan University men's basketball history will be celebrated Saturday, Jan. 23, when the current EMU men's team hosts Ball State University Men's Basketball Alumni Day game.
This year's Men's Basketball Alumni Day will be dedicated to the Jim Dutcher Coaching Years from 1966-72. All EMU men's basketball alumni will be guests of the University, with the players from the 1966-72 squads invited as the main honorees for the event. Dutcher, who will be in attendance at the event to greet the alumni, led the then-Hurons to a 127-49 record in the six years from 1966-67 through the 1971-72 season. Eastern qualified for four consecutive National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national tournament appearances (from 1967-68 through 1970-71) and saw that 1970-71 squad make it to the NAIA final game before finishing runner-up to national champion Kentucky State. Dutcher's 1971-72 team made it to the Final Four of the NCAA-College Division national tournament.
MEDLOCK, DOBBINS, BOWDRY CLIMB EMU CAREER LADDERS: The EMU trio of Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright), Justin Dobbins (Cleveland, Ohio-Glenville), and Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) are all making major moves up the EMU career rankings in scoring, rebounding, three-point shooting, assists and free-throw shooting. Medlock is now 15th in career scoring with 1,291 while Bowdry is 24th at 1,040 and Dobbins is 36th with 885. Bowdry has 579 career rebounds for 14th while Dobbins is 33rd in rebounding with 441 and Medlock is 67th at 268. Medlock is tied for fifth in three-point shooter with 171 career triples and is ninth in career assists at 340.
Medlock is just nine points away from becoming the 13th player in school history to score 1,300 points and he is the 12th EMU player to reach 300 career assists while Bowdry is the 22nd player to grab 500+ career rebounds.
A GRAND PLAYER: EMU redshirt junior Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) scored 18 points in Wednesday's, Jan. 13, 74-59 win over Toledo to boost him past the 1,000-point career mark at 1,016 for his career. He has now reached 1,040 career points after an 11-point outing at Central Michigan, Jan. 20, which moves him to 24th on the EMU career scoring list. He is the 27th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
MEDLOCK PERFECT AT THE STRIPE: EMU senior point guard Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) connected on 14-of-14 free throws in a 77-69 loss at Northern Illinois, Jan. 16. Medlock has now made 367 career charity tosses to rank eighth in the EMU record book.
FIVE IN DOUBLES: For the first time all season the Eagles placed five players in double-figure scoring in a 71-63 loss at Central Michigan, Jan. 20. Senior point guard Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) led the way with 16 followed by senior center Justin Dobbins (Cleveland, Ohio-Glenville) with 15, redshirt junior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.)-Truman) and junior-college transfer Jay Higgins (Fayetteville, N.C.-IMG-Hillsborough J.C.) adding 11 each and sophomore guard Antonio Green (Inkster, Mich.-Dearborn Heights Robichaud) chipping in with 10 for the Eagles.
