And as it turns out his only point of his freshman season. 1 point, made the first free throw, missed the second. This in no way is being mentioned to ever denigrate his point. We're so not piling on. In fact we think it's a perfect example of sticking with it, working hard and in some strange small way, being rewarded. Thats how life works, where small victories are to be savored. We hope Mr Amaeti turns out to be the next Lorenzo Neely or Earl Boykins one day, but today he scored his point and officially joined the fraternity guys like George Gervin, Grant Long, Fred Cofield, and Marcus Kennedy all belong to and that's not too shabby. That's a good club to be a part of.
And when he Googles his stats this summer (we kid we kid) he'll see his name also associated with the greats of Eastern Michigan basketball.
Eastern beat Northern Illinois today at the ACC 82-63. Carlos Medlock dominated the floor with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Justin Dobbins hit for 20 and Senior Jesse Bunkley said goodbye to Ypsilanti with 11. Besides Bunkley YCD would also like to give a tip of the cap to #0 Nenad Banjanin, Jarred Axon, and Travis Lewis.
8-8 in the MAC was a pleasant surprise with the injuries, a dismissal and chronic low expectations but EMU doesn't look like an easy out in the MAC Tourney. Go get 'em Eastern!
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Thats Magic Merlyn, hes all natural
The magic was in making the first free throw cause the pressure to just simply score, to simply get A point on the second would have had me wetting my gym shorts.
I once air balled a free throw in 8th grade, I know what I'm talking about.
Looking forward to next season and more magic!
Merlynd is going to be a regular contributor to this ball club by the end of his career, if not this year (as a sophomore). He's a very aggressive offensive player who can hit the 3 and the mid-range J, get into the lane and finish with either hand, and has pretty good awareness in traffic to find the bigs for easy lay-ups when the defense collapses. I've been playing ball with him for 6 years now, and that's my amateur analysis. I like his game.
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