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STRONG START: EMU's 12-12 record this season is the best since the 1999-2000 squad went 13-11 in its first 24 games.

CHECKING THE SERIES WITH WESTERN MICHIGAN: The Eagles and Broncos will meet for the 93rd time, and second time this season, when the two teams square off Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Convocation Center in Ypsilanti. WMU holds a 52-40 edge in the series and the Broncos have won the last five consecutive games, including the Jan. 9, 2010 matchup in Kalamzoo, 61-47. EMU's last win was Jan. 12, 2008, when the Eagles recorded an 81-71 victory at home in the Convocation Center.
Head Coach Charles E. Ramsey's Eagles enter Sunday's, Feb. 14, game with a 12-12 overall record and a 4-7 MAC mark after dropping an 84-67 MAC cross-divisional game at the University at Buffalo.
Head Coach Steve Hawkins' Broncos enter Sunday's, Feb. 14, game with a 13-11 overall record and a 5-6 MAC mark after a 90-74 loss at Ohio Tuesday, Feb. 9.

TWO TELEVISION GAMES LEFT: The Eagles have two televised games left on the regular-season schedule. Sunday's, Feb. 14, EMU-WMU game and the March 4, home game against Central Michigan, will both be televised live on FoxSports Detroit. Game time for the EMU-WMU game is 2:07 p.m. while the EMU-CMU contest is set to start at 6:30 p.m.

BRACKET BUSTER TRIP TO DETROIT: EMU has drawn the University of Detroit for its Bracket Buster game, Feb. 20. The Eagles will travel to Detroit to meet the Titans in a 3:35 p.m. tilt. U-D holds a 59-18 advantage in the series and the Titans won a 62-47 decision in the last outing, Nov. 22, 2008. Detroit has won the last seven straight with the last EMU win an 82-80 home victory, Dec. 30, 1999.

MEDLOCK EARNS MAC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR: EMU senior point guard Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) has earned his second Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Award for the season, this time sharing the honor with Western Michigan University's David Kool. The two West Division players were selected for the week ending Feb. 7.
Medlock's award is the fourth for an EMU player this season. He also won the award, Nov. 30, and teammate Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) captured the West Division honor, Nov. 16, and also Dec. 7.
The 6-foot Medlock turned in three outstanding efforts in leading the Eagles to a 2-1 record in last week's action. He finished the week with a 21.7 scoring average, a 3.7 rebound mark, a 4.7 assist average and a 1.7 steal average in those games. He made 17-of-37 field goal attempts (45.9 percent), 8-of-22 three-point shots (36.4), 23-of-27 free throws (75.2) while scoring 65 points in the three contests.
The senior point guard scored 12 points with three rebounds and five assists in a 62-59 win at Akron Monday, Feb. 1. Medlock came back with 22 points, four rebounds and five assists in a 75-68 loss to Kent State Wednesday, Feb. 4. He saved his best game for Saturday, Feb. 6, in a 70-61 victory over Ohio. In that OU game Medlock scored 31 points, making 8-of-12 field-goal attempts (66.7 percent), 5-of-8 three pointers (52.5 percent) and 10-of-12 free throws (83.3 percent).
Medlock's five three-point field goals against Ohio boosted him to 188 career triples, moving him ahead of current EMU Assistant Coach Carl Thomas (185 from 1987-91) for third place on the EMU career list. The only two players ahead of Medlock are Derrick Dial (214 from 1995-98) and Brian Tolbert (204 from 1992-96).

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 13th in career scoring with 1,408 points, just the 13th player in school history to reach 1,400 points. Bowdry is 22nd at 1,132 and Dobbins is 33rd with 974. Bowdry has 641career rebounds for 11th and is just two back from cracking the top 10. Dobbins is 23rd in rebounding with 488 and Medlock is 63rd at 286. Medlock is third in three-point shooting with 191 career triples, moving one spot ahead of current EMU Assistant Coach Carl Thomas (185 triples from 1987-91). Medlock is seventh in career assists at 363 and is sixth in free throws made with 401.

TWO FOR TWO IN DOUBLES: The Eagles have had two players with double-doubles in scoring and rebounding the last two games. Senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) and senior center Justin Dobbins (Cleveland, Ohio-Glenville) recorded double-doubles against Kent State, Feb. 4, with Bowdry going for 15 points and 10 rebounds with Dobbins scoring 11 with 10 boards against the Golden Flashes. In EMU's next game, Feb. 6, against Ohio, Bowdry scored 17 points with 15 boards with Dobbins scoring 12 points with 10 rebounds. In those two games, senior point guard Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) scored a game-high 22 points against KSU and came right back with 31 versus Ohio.

RAMSEY REACHES 50: EMU men's Head Basketball Coach Charles E. Ramsey reached the 50-win plateau with the Eagles' 59-47 non-conference win over a visiting Chicago State team, Jan. 3. He added No. 51 versus Toledo, Jan. 13 , No. 52 against Ball State, Jan. 23, No. 53 at Akron, Feb. 1, and No. 54 at home against Ohio, Feb. 6. Ramsey is the seventh head coach in EMU men's basketball history to record a minimum of 50 career victories. Ben Braun, currently the head coach at Rice University, is the all-time coaching leader with 185 wins followed by Elton J. Rynearson with 160, and Jim Dutcher 127.

BOWDRY TIES CAREER BEST: EMU junior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) tied his career-best scoring effort with 26 points in the 84-67 loss at Buffalo Wednesday, Feb. 10. The 6-foot-6 junior scored 26 earlier this year in a win at Oakland, Nov. 14, and also scored 26 in a home win over Marygrove, Nov. 14, 2008.

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