Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, November 20
Buffalo, N.Y.
2 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
at
Canisius
Photo by: EMU Athletics/Randy Mascharka
Men's Basketball Heads to Canisius
11/18/2010 5:02:32 PM | Men's Basketball
Game time is set for 2 p.m. at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
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EAGLES SET TO SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO: The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team will take its 1-1 record into a Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, non-conference matchup with the Canisius College Golden Griffins. Game time is set for 2 p.m. in the Koessler Athletic Center. EMU started the season with a 96-66 loss at No. 2 ranked Michigan State, Nov. 12, and evened its record at 1-1 with a 79-70 win over Madonna.
Canisius is 1-1 on the year, beating St. Bonaventure, 80-70, Nov. 12, and then dropping an 86-67 decision at Syracuse, Nov. 14.
BOWDRY WINS MAC AWARD AFTER CAREER-BEST EFFORT: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor, Mich.-Truman) turned in a career-best performance Friday, Nov. 12, at Michigan State and he earned the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Award for his efforts. Bowdry scored a career-high 32 points, connected on a career-best five three-point field goals and tied his career-high with 15 rebounds against the No. 2 ranked team in the nation. His 32-point, 15-rebound double-double against MSU was the 24th of his career.
EMU VS. CANISIUS: EMU and Canisius have played twice in the series with the Eagles capturing both wins at home in the Convocation Center. Eastern recorded an 86-72 victory, Dec. 11, 2004, and followed that up with a 75-58 win, Nov. 30, 2009. In that game last season, the Eagles scored the game's first basket and never trailed on the way to the 17-point win. The victory was the third straight for the Eagles and they improved to 5-2 on the season. The loss broke a three-game Canisius winning streak and left the Griffins at 3-2 on the year.
Junior Jay Higgins (Fayetteville, N.C.-IMG Academy-Hillsborough (Fla.) J.C.) led the Eagles, with 25 points while redshirt junior Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) added 18 points and eight rebounds and senior guard Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) scored 12 with eight assists.
Canisius was led by Greg Logans with 18 while Frank Turner added 12 and Elton Frazier scored 11.
HARRIS WORKS BOTH ENDS OF THE COURT: Sophomore Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid) worked both ends of the court to produce big numbers in EMU's 2010-11 home opener against Madonna University. Harris turned in the first double-double of his career with 15 points and 13 rebounds. The 6-foot-9 Harris also set a Convocation Center record for single-game blocks with seven, breaking the mark of six held by three opposing players, Marshall's LaVar Carter (11-30-04), IPFW's Davis Simon (2-6-05) and Northern Illinois player James Hughes (10-9-07). The seven blocks also ties the EMU record for the second-most single-game blocks with Brian Nolan, versus Stetson(12-9-89) and two by Theron Wilson, vs. Toledo (2-13-93) and Kent State (1-20-93).
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOK: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) enters his senior season in the top 20 in both career scoring and rebounding. After his first two games of the 2010-11 season Bowdry has now scored 1,297 career points to rank 16th and his 740 rebounds is good for the 8th spot.
THOMPSON CLEARED FOR ACTION: After defeating Madonna, 79-70, Wednesday, Nov. 17, EMU Head Coach Charles E. Ramsey received some good news with the NCAA ruling that sophomore Derek Thompson (Detroit, Mich.-Melvindale-Southeast Missouri State University) would be eligible to play in the Eagles' next game, Nov. 20, at Canisius. A 6-foot-3 guard from Detroit, Mich., Thompson had been awaiting a hardship waiver for the last few weeks while practicing with the Eagles.
Thompson was a standout high school player for Melvindale, earning first-team All-State, All-District and All-Conference honors after averaging 25 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists as the Cardinals' top scorer.
After graduating from Melvindale, Thompson attended prep school at Progressive Christian Academy, a school that produced eight Division I players and five of the nation's Top-100 prep school players in 2008-09. Thompson led his team in scoring with 27.3 points per game, while averaging 7.9 rebounds and 9.5 assists as a senior.
During the 2009-10 season, Thompson played in 29 games, starting four times, for the SEMO RedHawks. He was fifth on the team in scoring, at 8.4 points per game, and was second in three pointers made with 47. When EMU squared off against SEMO, Nov. 24, 2009 in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Thompson scored 15 points off the bench.
NEWCOMERS GET PLAYING TIME: Four EMU players saw their first-ever action for the Eagles in the 2010-11 season opener in East Lansing Friday, Nov. 12, against the No. 2 ranked Michigan State University Spartans. Junior Darrell Lampley (Linden, N.J.-Linden-Lakeland C.C.) started at point guard and, despite early foul trouble, managed to score eight points with two assists in 23 minutes of action. Junior point guard Adrian Burton (Detroit, Mich.-Cooley-Kankakee C.C.) came off the bench to score four points with three rebounds and one assist in 13 minutes. Junior forward Kenny Stewart (Williamsport, Pa.-Notre Dame Prep-Weatherford C.C.) did not score and had one rebound in five minutes of play and redshirt freshman J.R. Sims (Fort Wayne, Ind.-Snider) scored two points with two rebounds in 10 minutes.
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Click Here to Watch the Game.
EAGLES SET TO SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO: The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team will take its 1-1 record into a Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, non-conference matchup with the Canisius College Golden Griffins. Game time is set for 2 p.m. in the Koessler Athletic Center. EMU started the season with a 96-66 loss at No. 2 ranked Michigan State, Nov. 12, and evened its record at 1-1 with a 79-70 win over Madonna.
Canisius is 1-1 on the year, beating St. Bonaventure, 80-70, Nov. 12, and then dropping an 86-67 decision at Syracuse, Nov. 14.
BOWDRY WINS MAC AWARD AFTER CAREER-BEST EFFORT: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor, Mich.-Truman) turned in a career-best performance Friday, Nov. 12, at Michigan State and he earned the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Award for his efforts. Bowdry scored a career-high 32 points, connected on a career-best five three-point field goals and tied his career-high with 15 rebounds against the No. 2 ranked team in the nation. His 32-point, 15-rebound double-double against MSU was the 24th of his career.
EMU VS. CANISIUS: EMU and Canisius have played twice in the series with the Eagles capturing both wins at home in the Convocation Center. Eastern recorded an 86-72 victory, Dec. 11, 2004, and followed that up with a 75-58 win, Nov. 30, 2009. In that game last season, the Eagles scored the game's first basket and never trailed on the way to the 17-point win. The victory was the third straight for the Eagles and they improved to 5-2 on the season. The loss broke a three-game Canisius winning streak and left the Griffins at 3-2 on the year.
Junior Jay Higgins (Fayetteville, N.C.-IMG Academy-Hillsborough (Fla.) J.C.) led the Eagles, with 25 points while redshirt junior Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) added 18 points and eight rebounds and senior guard Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) scored 12 with eight assists.
Canisius was led by Greg Logans with 18 while Frank Turner added 12 and Elton Frazier scored 11.
HARRIS WORKS BOTH ENDS OF THE COURT: Sophomore Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid) worked both ends of the court to produce big numbers in EMU's 2010-11 home opener against Madonna University. Harris turned in the first double-double of his career with 15 points and 13 rebounds. The 6-foot-9 Harris also set a Convocation Center record for single-game blocks with seven, breaking the mark of six held by three opposing players, Marshall's LaVar Carter (11-30-04), IPFW's Davis Simon (2-6-05) and Northern Illinois player James Hughes (10-9-07). The seven blocks also ties the EMU record for the second-most single-game blocks with Brian Nolan, versus Stetson(12-9-89) and two by Theron Wilson, vs. Toledo (2-13-93) and Kent State (1-20-93).
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOK: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) enters his senior season in the top 20 in both career scoring and rebounding. After his first two games of the 2010-11 season Bowdry has now scored 1,297 career points to rank 16th and his 740 rebounds is good for the 8th spot.
THOMPSON CLEARED FOR ACTION: After defeating Madonna, 79-70, Wednesday, Nov. 17, EMU Head Coach Charles E. Ramsey received some good news with the NCAA ruling that sophomore Derek Thompson (Detroit, Mich.-Melvindale-Southeast Missouri State University) would be eligible to play in the Eagles' next game, Nov. 20, at Canisius. A 6-foot-3 guard from Detroit, Mich., Thompson had been awaiting a hardship waiver for the last few weeks while practicing with the Eagles.
Thompson was a standout high school player for Melvindale, earning first-team All-State, All-District and All-Conference honors after averaging 25 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists as the Cardinals' top scorer.
After graduating from Melvindale, Thompson attended prep school at Progressive Christian Academy, a school that produced eight Division I players and five of the nation's Top-100 prep school players in 2008-09. Thompson led his team in scoring with 27.3 points per game, while averaging 7.9 rebounds and 9.5 assists as a senior.
During the 2009-10 season, Thompson played in 29 games, starting four times, for the SEMO RedHawks. He was fifth on the team in scoring, at 8.4 points per game, and was second in three pointers made with 47. When EMU squared off against SEMO, Nov. 24, 2009 in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Thompson scored 15 points off the bench.
NEWCOMERS GET PLAYING TIME: Four EMU players saw their first-ever action for the Eagles in the 2010-11 season opener in East Lansing Friday, Nov. 12, against the No. 2 ranked Michigan State University Spartans. Junior Darrell Lampley (Linden, N.J.-Linden-Lakeland C.C.) started at point guard and, despite early foul trouble, managed to score eight points with two assists in 23 minutes of action. Junior point guard Adrian Burton (Detroit, Mich.-Cooley-Kankakee C.C.) came off the bench to score four points with three rebounds and one assist in 13 minutes. Junior forward Kenny Stewart (Williamsport, Pa.-Notre Dame Prep-Weatherford C.C.) did not score and had one rebound in five minutes of play and redshirt freshman J.R. Sims (Fort Wayne, Ind.-Snider) scored two points with two rebounds in 10 minutes.
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