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Men's Basketball Shuffles Off to Buffalo
2/8/2010 3:42:55 PM | Men's Basketball
Eagles travel to Buffalo for final cross-divisional tilt
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STRONG START: EMU's 12-11 record this season is the best since the 1999-2000 squad went 12-11 in its first 23 games.
CHECKING THE SERIES WITH BUFFALO: The Eagles and Bulls are meeting for the just the 16th time in the series that started in 1970-71. Buffalo holds an 8-7 lead in the series. The Bulls won the last two meetings, including a 58-49 win, Feb. 12, 2009, in Ypsilanti, Mich. The last EMU win was an 89-76 decision, Jan. 28, 2007, in Ypsilanti.
Head Coach Charles E. Ramsey's Eagles enter Wednesday's Feb. 10, game with a 12-11 overall record and a 4-6 MAC mark after recording a 70-61 win over a visiting Ohio University team Saturday, Feb. 6.
Head Coach Reggie Witherspoon's Bulls enter Wednesday's Feb. 10, game with a 12-9 overall record and a 5-5 MAC mark after a 65-59 win at Toledo, Feb. 6.
EAGLES FINISH SIX-GAME EAST DIVISION STRETCH: The Eagles will close out their six-game Mid-American Conference East Division stretch of games with a Wednesday, Feb. 10, contest at the University at Buffalo. EMU opened the league season with five straight West Division games followed by the six consecutive East games. The Green and White will move back into West Division competition Sunday, Feb. 14, at home against Western Michigan University in a 2 p.m. tilt.
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 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 1,394 points, just the 15th player in school history to reach 1,300 points. Bowdry is 22nd at 1,106 and Dobbins is 33rd with 970. Bowdry has 633 career rebounds for 12th and is just the 13th player in school history to reach the 600-rebound mark. Dobbins is 23rd in rebounding with 486 and Medlock is 63rd at 284. Medlock is third in three-point shooting with 188 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 360 and is sixth in free throws made with 398.
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.
TWO ON FOXSPORTS DETROIT: EMU's upcoming home games with Western Michigan, Feb. 14, and Central Michigan, March 4, have been been selected to be shown live on FoxSports Detroit television. Game time for the Sunday, Feb. 14, WMU matchup is 2:07 p.m. and the EMU-CMU contest is slated for a 6:30 p.m. tip.
