{"id":395,"date":"2011-12-21T12:13:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2011-12-21T13:20:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T18:20:49","slug":"medlin-thriving-in-new-leadership-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/medlin-thriving-in-new-leadership-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Medlin thriving in new leadership role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Preston Medlin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usustats.com\/images\/blog\/medlinyell.jpg\" title=\"Preston Medlin\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"262\" height=\"367\" \/>Utah State&#8217;s Preston Medlin had a career night on Tuesday in a win over UT-Arlington in the first game of this year&#8217;s Gossner Classic (a.k.a. Athletes in Action Classic Sponsored by Gossner Foods).  Medlin came out on fire right from the get-go, hitting his first four three point attempts helping build a 20-8 lead for the Aggies.  The Aggies never looked back and ended up winning the game 73-69.  While the final score is somewhat close, that is mainly due to a flurry of three point makes by UT-Arlington in the last minute of the game.  The game was never really in question.  <\/p>\n<p>Medlin finished the game with a very impressive stat line.  He had career highs in points (27) assists (8), and steals (2), and pulled in 4 rebounds.  He was terrific shooting the ball going 8-12 from the floor, 6-9 from downtown, and 5-6 from the free-throw line.  <\/p>\n<p>With Brady Jardine out with an injured foot, Preston Medlin has taken on the leadership role for this team.  He&#8217;s shown confidence, passion, and a will to win.  Medlin&#8217;s shooting performance also moved him up in the record books.  He now ranks #5 all-time in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usustats.com\/players\/careerleaders.php?category=3pt+FG%+(Min.+25+Made)\" title=\"Career 3PT FG%\">Career 3PT FG%<\/a> at 44.8%, and #4 all-time in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usustats.com\/players\/ssleaders.php?category=3pt+FG%+(1+Made+per+Gm.)\" title=\"Single Season 3pt FG%\">Single Season 3PT FG%<\/a> at 49.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Berger and Kyisean Reed also moved up in the record books after solid performances last night.  Berger went 4-7 from three, moving him into the #6 spot (tied with Brian Green&#8217;s 2010-11 season) in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usustats.com\/players\/ssleaders.php?category=3pt+FG%+(1+Made+per+Gm.)\" title=\"Single Season 3pt FG%\">Single Season 3PT FG%<\/a> at 46.9%.  Kyisean Reed continued his offensive dominance with another 13-point performance while shooting 4-5 from the field.  This moved him into the #9 spot in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usustats.com\/players\/ssleaders.php?category=FG%+(5+Att+per+Gm.)\" title=\"Single Season FG%\">Single Season FG%<\/a> at 60.4%.<\/p>\n<p>The Aggies face off against the St. Peter&#8217;s Peacocks tonight at 8:05 Mountain Time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah State&#8217;s Preston Medlin had a career night on Tuesday in a win over UT-Arlington in the first game of this year&#8217;s Gossner Classic (a.k.a. Athletes in Action Classic Sponsored by Gossner Foods). Medlin came out on fire right from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/medlin-thriving-in-new-leadership-role\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usustats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}