Lester Medford
MZT Skopje | |
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
League | ABA League Second Division Macedonian League |
Personal information | |
Born | Tucson, Arizona | May 24, 1993
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Amphitheater (Tucson, Arizona) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–2017 | Falco Szombathely |
2017 | Lions de Genève |
2017–2018 | Nevėžis Kedainiai |
2018–present | MZT Skopje |
Lester Medford (born May 24, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for MZT Skopje of the Macedonian League. He played college basketball at Indian Hills from 2012 to 2013 and Baylor Bears from 2014 to 2016.
College career
As a senior at Baylor in 2015-16, Medford averaged 8.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 32.4 minutes in 34 appearances.[1] He scored 16 points and 5 assists in a 61-80 home lose against Texas.[2]
Professional career
After graduating, Medford signed with Falco KC Szombathely of Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A.[3]. On October 12, 2016, he made his debut for Falco against Alba Fehérvár scoring 15 points and 2 assists.[4] On 15 October 2016, he scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists in a 88-80 home win against Vasas Budapest.[5] On 14 December 2016, he signed with Nevėžis Kėdainiai from the Lithuanian basketball league.[6] On June 27, 2018, he signed with the Macedonian basketball club MZT Skopje.[7][8]On his debut for MZT Skopje on September 27, 2018, he scored 10 points and 9 assists in a 92-79 home win against Helios Suns[9]
References
- ^ "RealGM stats for Lester Medford". RealGM.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Division I boxscore". espn.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ "Medford goes to finals in 1st pro season". tucsonnewsnow.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Hungarian League round 1, season 2016/2017". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Hungarian League round 2, season 2016/2017". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Lester Medford signe en Lituanie". swissbasketball.ch. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "МЗТ Скопје Аеродром се засили со Американецот Медфорд!". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Lester Medford is the new point guard of MZT Skopje Aerodrom". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "ABA Second League, season 2018-19, round 1". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
External links
- 1993 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Arizona
- Baylor Bears basketball players
- Indian Hills Warriors basketball players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona
- American basketball biography, 1990s birth stubs