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Lester Medford

Lester Medford

American basketball player

Lester Medford (born May 24, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball at Indian Hills from 2012 to 2013 and Baylor Bears from 2014 to 2016.

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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 an 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] On July 23, 2019, he signed with VEF Rīga.[10] He averaged 14.1 points and 6.2 assists per game. Medford signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League on July 27, 2020.[11]

On December 3, 2020, he has signed with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League.[12]

On January 9, 2024, it was reported that Medford signed with CBet Jonava of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[13]

References

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    "NCAA Division I boxscore". espn.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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    "Medford goes to finals in 1st pro season". tucsonnewsnow.com. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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    "Hungarian League round 1, season 2016/2017". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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    "Hungarian League round 2, season 2016/2017". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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    "Lester Medford signe en Lituanie". swissbasketball.ch. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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    "МЗТ Скопје Аеродром се засили со Американецот Медфорд!". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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    "Lester Medford is the new point guard of MZT Skopje Aerodrom". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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    "ABA Second League, season 2018-19, round 1". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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    "VEF Riga agreed to terms with Lester Medford". sportando. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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    "Lester Medford signs in Lublin". Sportando. July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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    "Lester Medford moved to Legia Warszawa". Eurobasket. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  13. [13]
    "Jonavos klubas pasikvietė Lietuvoje žaidusį gynėją". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-01-10.
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