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Eagles Hit the Road for MAC Tilt Against Huskies
1/14/2010 5:18:29 PM | Men's Basketball
EMU’s 9-6 record this season is the best start since the 2004-05 squad went 9-6 in its first 15 games
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STRONG START: EMU's 9-6 record this season is the best start since the 2004-05 squad went 9-6 in its first 15 games.
CHECKING THE SERIES WITH NIU: The Eagles and Huskies will be meeting for the 74th time in history with NIU holding a 46-27 advantage in the series that started in 1926-27. EMU has a 3-1 record the last two years and the teams split games in 2008-09. NIU won a Jan. 20, 2009 game in DeKalb, 72-62, and the Eagles came back and recorded a 75-61 victory, March 4, 2009, in Ypsilanti.
The Eagles enter Saturday's game with a 9-6 overall record and a 1-1 Mid-American Conference mark after posting a 74-59 win over a visiting Toledo team Wednesday, Jan. 13. EMU Head Coach Charles E. Ramsey (EMU, '92) is in his fifth year and he has a 51-87 record.
The Huskies enter the game with a 6-8 overall record and a 2-0 mark in league play after recording an 87-77 win over a visiting Western Michigan University team Wednesday, Jan. 13. NIU Head Coach Ricardo Patton is in his third season and he has a 22-50 mark. Now in his 15th year as an intercollegiate head coach, Patton has a 206-210 record.
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. The 6-foot-6 Bowdry has now scored 1,016 points in his 79-game EMU career. That point total ranks him 25th on the career list and he is the 27th player to reach 1,000 points in a career.
DOBBINS STRONG IN RETURN: EMU senior center Justin Dobbins (Cleveland, Ohio-Glenville) returned to action Wednesday, Jan. 13, after missing six straight games with a stress fracture in his lower right leg, and scored 18 points with five rebounds in just 25 minutes of action.
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 and three-point shooting. Medlock is now 16th in career scoring with 1,247 points, the 17th player in school history to reach the 1,200-point plateau. Bowdry has moved up to 25th with 1,016, the 27th player in school history to score 1,000 or more points. Dobbins is now 37th at 865. Bowdry has 561 career rebounds for 17th while Dobbins is 35th in rebounding with 429 and Medlock is 68th at 259. Medlock is the sixth ranked three-point shooter with 170 career triples and is ninth in career assists at 335. Medlock is the 12th player in school history to reach 300 career assists while Bowdry is the 22nd player to grab 500+ career rebounds.
TWO STRONG EFFORTS: Senior Will Cooper (Detroit, Mich.-Pershing-Bridgton Academy) turned in a career best four blocks in a 59-47 win over Chicago State, Jan. 3, and he came right back with a season-best seven rebounds at Western Michigan, Jan. 9. The 6-foot-6 redshirt junior now has 49 career blocks to rank 14th in the EMU record book in that category.
NEARING A CENTURY: EMU seniors Justin Dobbins (Cleveland, Ohio-Glenville) and Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) are both close to the 100-games played mark for their careers. Dobbins has played in 96 games for the Eagles, starting 80 times, while Medlock has played in 92, earning 91 starts.
MEDLOCK TURNS 21: EMU senior point guard Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) turned in the 21st 20+ scoring game of his career with a game-high 24 points in a 72-58 win over Northwood, Dec. 30. Medlock had five 20-point efforts as a freshman and sophomore, eight as a junior and has had three this season.
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. 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.
