Accolades: Named to 2014-15 America East Second Team.
2014-15: Led UMBC in scoring in his Retriever debut at Akron and in game No. 2 at Loyola (Md.), tallying 13 and 14 points respectively... Played a career-high 35 minutes vs. the Zips and tied career mark with three rejections at Loyola...Scored 21 points at Kennesaw State on Dec. 20... Hit 10 (of 16) field goal attempts, becoming the first Retriever to convert 10 or more since Chase Plummer sunk 10 at Duquesne in December of 2013... Scored in doubles for 7th time on the season and 30th time in career, hitting 7-of-8 from the floor for 16 points vs. NJIT... Posted first career double-double and garnered career-high 11 caroms vs. UML on Jan. 5, his America East debut and followed up with his second with 14 points and 10 rebounds vs. UNH four days later... Smashed his career highs with 28 points at Maine on Jan. 22, the most scored by a Retriever since Malik Garner tallied 32 vs. Eastern in Nov. of 2013... His 11 field goals is the most by a UMBC player since Chase Plummer also converted 11 vs. Hartford in February of 2011... Scored 20+ points for the third time during the season with 24 vs. Stony Brook on Feb. 11 - hit a career best 10 (of 13) free throws... Finished the season ranked fifth in America East in scoring (13.4), sixth in rebounding (5.8) and eighth in field goal percentage (50.8%) in the league... In AE games, he finished second in scoring at 16.1 points per game, fifth in caroms (6.4) and ninth in field goal percentage (51.5%)... Set new career mark with double figures in eight straight games (ended Jan. 28), but broke that by and scoring in doubles in nine straight to end the season... Just surpassed 800-career point mark (819)... Posted double figures in 23 of 30 contests... Became 18th UMBC DI player to score 400 (401) in a season... His 157 free throws attempted during the season is ninth-most in school history… He (1,012) and Jourdan Grant become the 12th and 13th Retrievers to play over 1,000 minutes in a season.
2013-14: Started 20 of the 31 contests… Averaged 9.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per outing… Led the in Huskies in scoring five times and in rebounding on five occasions… Finished second on the squad in scoring and in field goal percentage (52.1%)…Recorded double figures in scoring 14 of 15 games from mid-December through early February… Tallied 18 points at Lamar on Jan. 30… Scored a career-high 22 points (7/8 fg, 8/12 ft) in 25 minutes in a Feb. 6 contest at Abilene Christian... Earned Dean’s List honors and selected to Southland Conference spring honor roll.
2012-13: Appeared in 29 games as a freshman, making 17 starts...Averaged 3.9 points, 2.6 rebounds per game and tied for second on the team with 14 blocked shots…Scored a season-high 10 points at Utah Valley on Jan. 12… Scored nine points three times…Pulled down a season-high eight boards against Arlington Baptist on Dec. 18… Followed up with seven caroms at LSU on Dec. 28… Team started the year 4-14, then reeled off eight consecutive victories, before falling in title game of Great West Conference Championship.
Background: Intends to major in media and communication studies at UMBC and is considering a career as an attorney… Earned two letters at Southern High School for coaches Ray Bowen and Will Maynard… Averaged 14.5 points, 14.4 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game as a senior…Recorded a double-double in 20 of 23 games…A two-time All-County and two-time All-State selection… Competed for two years on the Southern lacrosse team… Spent one season at prep school, averaging 10 points and 12 rebounds for coach Chad Myers at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va. …Helped lead the squad to a 28-8 record and a spot in the Elite Eight at the National Prep Tournament… Six players on that squad earned Division I scholarships... Earned Minds in Motion honor, earning a 3.25 GPA or better each year during basketball season… Lists favorite professional team as the Washington Wizards and favorite book as The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin… Son of Brenda and Pete Medhurst… Has an older brother, Ryan, and younger sister, Kelly.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | GP/GS | Min-Avg. | FG-FGA | Pct. | 3FG-FGA | Pct. | FT-FTA | Pct. | Off | Def | Reb | Avg. | PF | FO | A | TO | Blk | Stl | Pts. | Avg. |
2012-13 | 29-17 | 435-15.0 | 45-77 | .584 | 0-0 | .000 | 22-40 | .550 | 27 | 47 | 74 | 2.6 | 61 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 112 | 3.9 |
2013-14 | 31-20 | 703-22.7 | 123-236 | .521 | 0-0 | .000 | 60-108 | .556 | 48 | 71 | 119 | 3.8 | 58 | 1 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 306 | 9.9 |
2014-15 | 30-28 | 1012-33.7 | 148-293 | .505 | 0-0 | .000 | 105-157 | .669 | 46 | 127 | 173 | 5.8 | 83 | 2 | 32 | 68 | 18 | 17 | 401 | 13.4 |
Career | 90-65 | 2150-23.9 | 316-606 | .521 | 0-0 | .000 | 187-305 | .613 | 121 | 245 | 366 | 4.1 | 202 | 5 | 58 | 126 | 42 | 38 | 819 | 9.1 |