Eastern Michigan Athletics
Carlos Medlock Earns Weekly MAC Award
2/8/2010 3:40:38 PM | Men's Basketball
Senior guard named West Division Co-Player of the Week
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University 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 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 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 and the Eagles are slated to get back into action Wednesday, Feb. 10, in a Mid-American Conference cross-divisional game at the University at Buffalo.
