Lester Medford

Lester Medford
MZT Skopje
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League ABA League Second Division
Macedonian League
Personal information
Born (1993-05-24) May 24, 1993
Tucson, Arizona
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
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

  1. ↑ "RealGM stats for Lester Medford". RealGM.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Division I boxscore". espn.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Medford goes to finals in 1st pro season". tucsonnewsnow.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hungarian League round 1, season 2016/2017". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hungarian League round 2, season 2016/2017". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lester Medford signe en Lituanie". swissbasketball.ch. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "МЗТ Скопје Аеродром се засили со Американецот Медфорд!". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Lester Medford is the new point guard of MZT Skopje Aerodrom". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "ABA Second League, season 2018-19, round 1". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.


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