Lester Medford (born May 24, 1993) is an American professional

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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

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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

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Professional career

After graduating, Medford signed with

Falco KC Szombathely Falco Kosárlabda Club, for sponsorship reasons named Falco Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely, is a Hungarian professional basketball club based in Szombathely. The team play their home games at Arena Savaria, a multi-use complex, which was opened in ...

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. On October 12, 2016, he made his debut for Falco against

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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

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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

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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

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on July 27, 2020. On December 3, 2020, he has signed with

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References

External links

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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 {{1990s-US-basketball-bio-stub