Lester Medford (born May 24, 1993) is an American professional
basketball
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player who currently plays for
Umana San Giobbe Chiusi of the
Serie A2. He played college basketball at Indian Hills from 2012 to 2013 and
Baylor Bears
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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. He scored 16 points and 5 assists in a 61-80 home lose against
Texas
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.
Professional career
After graduating, Medford signed with
Falco KC Szombathely
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of
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
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Format
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. On October 12, 2016, he made his debut for Falco against
Alba Fehérvár
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scoring 15 points and 2 assists. On 15 October 2016, he scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists in an 88-80 home win against
Vasas Budapest. On 14 December 2016, he signed with
Nevėžis Kėdainiai from the
Lithuanian basketball league
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. On June 27, 2018, he signed with the Macedonian basketball club
MZT Skopje. 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
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On July 23, 2019, he signed with
VEF Rīga. He averaged 14.1 points and 6.2 assists per game. Medford signed with
Start Lublin
Start Lublin, more commonly known as Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin because of sponsporship reasons, is a Polish basketball club based in Lublin. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since 2014. Its home arena is the Globus ...
of the
Polish Basketball League
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on July 27, 2020.
On December 3, 2020, he has signed with
Legia Warszawa
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of the
Polish Basketball League
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.
References
External links
Eurobasket.com ProfileRealGM ProfileBaylor Bears bio
1993 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
American expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Tucson, Arizona
Baylor Bears men's basketball players
BC Nevėžis players
Falco KC Szombathely players
Indian Hills Warriors basketball players
KK MZT Skopje players
Lions de Genève players
Point guards
Shooting guards
Start Lublin players
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