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2012-13 Men's Basketball

12 Michael Friedberg

  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Woodcliff Lake, NJ
  • Highschool Pascack Hills

Biography

Career:
Closed out a fine four-year career by playing in 100games (tied for fifth most in school history), 73 as a starter(tied for ninth on Emory's all-time chart) ... Ranked prominentlyin numerous Emory career categories including first with 190blocked shots ... No. 1 all-time at Emory in blocked shots per game(1.9 bpg) ... Tied for 15h position in all-time scoring at Emorywith 925 points ...  Tied for the No. 4 spot on the Eagles'all-time chart with 560 rebounds ... Tied for 13th place in careerrebound average (5.6 rpg) ... 331 field goals is good for 17thplace on the school's career ladder ... Converted 202 free throws,good for 15th place on the Eagles' career chart ... Eighth onthe school's all-time chart in three-point field goalpercentage (.384, 61-of-159) ... Scored in double figures on44 occasions ... Eight career double-doubles (pts./rebs.) ...Closed out his career with the second-, third - and fourth-highestseasonal marks in blocked shots.

Senior (2012-13):
Started all 27 of the team's contests ... Captured SecondTeam All-UAA honors ... Third on the team in minutes (27.6 mpg) andranked fourth on the squad and 16th in the league in overallscoring (11.4 ppg) ... Topped the team and the conference, whileranking 24th nationally in the Division III ranks in blocked shots(2.3 bpg) ... His 61 blocked shots were the second most in schoolhistory ... Came up with at least one blocked shot in 23 outingsand registered 20 performances of two or more rejections includingnine of three or more ... Averaged 3.3 blocks over the final fivegames ... Paced the team and held down the No. 5 position in theleague in rebounding with a 6.9 per-game effort ... Led or sharedfor team rebounding honors on 13 occasions including eight of theEagles' last nine contests ... 186 total rebounds represented the12th-highest mark in school annals ... Led the team with 50 steals(tied for 10th on Emory's seasonal list) and his 1.9 per-gameshowing in that department ranked third among UAA players ... Two or more steals in the team's last eight contests andaveraged 3.0 thefts over that stretch ... 15 performances of two ormore thefts ... Averaged a team-best 6.9 caroms in conference playwith that mark placing him in a fifth-place tie on the league chart... Recorded double-figure scoring on 17 occasions ... Posted fourdouble-doubles, tying for the second-highest total among UAAplayers ... Five efforts of 10 or more rebounds ... Shot 50 percentor better from the floor in 13 games ... Became the school'sall-time leader in blocked shots in the LaGrange game (Nov.24) when his rejection of a shot attempt by Denzel Robinsonearly in the second half put him atop that list ... Finished thatLaGrange contest with his first double-double of the campaign witha season-high 19 points, sinking a career-best nine-of-16 from thefloor, and a team-leading 10 boards ... Tied for second high on theclub with 17 points (a team-leading 15 coming in the second half)and paced the Eagles with seven boards and three blocked shots vs.Birmingham Southern (Nov. 28) ... Big effort vs. Chicago (Feb. 10),tying for team scoring honors with 17 points, 13 coming in thesecond half, and leading all players with a career-high 14 rebounds(the high-water mark by an Emory player during the season), whilechipping in four blocks in an 82-59 triumph ... Fine all-aroundgame in a 91-82 overtime win over then No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan(Dec. 30), tying McPherson Moore for second high on the team with18 points (13 coming in the second half and overtime, scored theteam's first six points in the extra session) while topping allplayers with 12 rebounds and five blocks ... Tied for game honorswith 10 boards in a 72-54 triumph over Rochester (Feb. 23) thatenabled Emory to clinch a share of the UAA title ... Converted seven-of-12 from the field and was second high onthe squad with 15 points, including the final five in a 10-2 Emoryrun that gave it a 50-42 lead midway through the second half, in aneventual 69-55 decision vs. Brandeis (Jan. 25) ... Thirddouble-double of the year was a 12-point, team-high 10 reboundshowing at No. 20 Washington University (Feb. 8) ... Totaled fivepoints of a 6-0 Emory spurt that cut a nine-point deficit to threewith 2:18 left in the game ... Fueled an 84-61 win at CarnegieMellon by leading all players with nine rebounds, five blockedshots and a career-best five steals ... Team highs with eightcaroms and four steals vs. Case Western (Feb. 15) ... Scored allseven of his first-half points during a 16-6 Emory blitz thathelped the team to a 34-14 lead against Huntingdon, and concludedthat contest second high on the team with 15 points in a 98-70season-opening victory ... Eagles' second-leading scorer with 16points, hitting six-of-nine from the field, including boththree-point attempts, at No. 4 Rochester (Jan. 5) ... Grabbed ateam-high seven rebounds and swatted away five NYU shot attempts ina 74-69 win on the road (Feb. 3) ... Tied Josh Schattie for teamhonors with six rebounds vs. Whitworth in a NCAA Tournamentsecond-round game ... Georgia Basketball Coaches AssociationDivision III Second Team All-State selection (D-III).

Junior (2011-12):
Appeared in 24 contests, 23 in a starting capacity ...Averaged 25.3 minutes per outing an his 11.4 per-game scoringaverage ranked fourth on the team and 19th among UAA players ...Held down the No. 2 spot on Emory's leader board in rebounding withhis 6.0 per-game effort placing eighth in the league ... Toppedboth the squad and UAA in blocked shots with a 2.5 per-game mark,good for 11th place nationally and for the No. 2 position onEmory's seasonal ladder ... His 60 blocked shots were thesecond-highest total in school annals ... Georgia BasketballCoaches Association Second Team All-State selection (D-III) ...Recorded one blocked shot in 21 contests and totaled 15 outings ofmultiple rejections ... Season-high seven blocked shots vs. NYU(Feb. 10) tied the high-water mark by a UAA player during thecampaign and ranked fourth on Emory's single-game list ...Successful on 51.0 percent (99-of-194) of his field goalopportunities, second on the team and 11th on the league ladder ...Ranked as the Eagles' top rebounder on eight occasions ... Compiledthree double-doubles (pts./rebs.) and turned four performances of10 or more boards ... Tabbed as the UAA Player of the Week (Jan. 3)after averaging 21.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and shooting61.9 percent (13-of-21) from the floor in victories vs. Rhodes andGuilford ... Scored 20 of his career-high 26 points in the firsthalf against Guilford (Dec. 31), tallying nine points over thefinal 3:21 of the opening stanza on the strength of threethree-point field goals ... Ended the Guilford affair hittingeight-of-11 from the floor, including a personal-best four-of-fivefrom beyond the arc, and also paced all players with eight reboundsand three blocked shots ... Team's No. 2 scorer with 17 points (12in the first half) vs. Piedmont (Jan. 3), sinking eight-of-12 fieldgoal tries, while registering a game-best four blocked shots ...Shot 50 percent or better from the floor in seven straight contests(Dec. 5 - Jan. 15), connecting at a 64.0 percent clip (41-of-64)and averaging 15.9 points in that stretch ... Logged a season-long36 minutes and led all players with a career-high tying 12 caromsand contributed a game-high five rejections and three steals in a60-54 win at Oglethorpe (Dec. 5) ... One of three Emorydouble-figure scorers with 15 points and led the club with sevenboards at Washington University (Jan. 29) ... Seven-of-10 from thefloor and was Emory's No. 3 scorer with 17 points while snatchingsix rebounds, second high on the team, in a 95-58 win at Brandeis(Jan. 15) ... Topped all players with 11 boards and chipped in 11points and three blocked shots at Case Western (Feb. 19) ...18-game streak of at least one blocked shot and within that aneight-game run (Nov. 30 - Jan. 13) of two or more rejections ...Squad's No. 2 scorer with 18 points (second-highest career total),16 coming over the final 20 minutes of action in the season finaleat Rochester (Feb. 25).

Sophomore (2010-11):
Started 23 of the 24 games he saw action in... Logged 22.2 minutes, 8.5 points and 6.0 boards per outingwith his rebound average ranking second on the team and ninth amongUAA players ... Topped the club, ranked second in the UAA andplaced 37th nationally with 2.1 blocked shots per game ... His 51rejections were the second-highest showing in school history ...Honorable-mention pick to the Georgia Basketball CoachesAssociation All-State Team ... Grabbed a team-best 7.1 caroms pergame in UAA action, good for the No. 2 spot on the conferenceladder ... Led or shared for the team's rebounding lead on eightoccasions ... First career double-double was a 12-point, team-high12-rebound performance at Carnegie Mellon (Feb. 20) ... Hitsix-of-nine from the floor and totaled a season-high 15 points,while chipping in four blocks, in a 75-57 triumph at Averett (Nov.19) ... Finished with 14 points and scored the team's final fourpoints in regulation, including a bucket with 32 seconds left thatforced overtime, in a 92-84 overtime decision against Oglethorpe(Nov. 17) ... Rare double-double with a team-high 11 rebounds and10 blocked shots, tying the second-highest game total in schoolhistory, in an 88-71 verdict vs. Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 23) ... Sankfive-of-nine from the field, including a career-best three-of-fivethree-point attempts, en route to 14 points, second high on theteam, in an 83-72 win vs. No. 14 Rochester (Feb. 26) ... Picked up13 points, sinking four-of-six from the floor, including a pair ortriples, and snatched a game-high seven rebounds in an 85-70triumph vs. Brandeis (Feb. 4) ... 10 points, nine rebounds and fiveblocked shots in helping the Eagles to a 91-87 overtime triumph vs.Chicago (Feb. 13) ... Registered 13 outings of two or more blocksand had at least one rejection in the last 13 games of the campaign... Led Emory in rebounding in five straight UAA games (Jan. 21through Feb. 4) ... Third on the club with 26 steals.

Freshman (2009-10):
Came of the bench in all 25 games and averaged 17.5minutes per playing stint ... Tossed in 5.6 points per contest andhis 3.4 per-game average in rebounding was third on the team ...Led the club with 18 blocked shots ... Scored in double figuresthree times ... Tied for the team's second-high scorer with apersonal-best 17 points in the season finale at Rochester (Feb.27), a game that saw him hit six-of-nine from the floor includingthree-of-five from beyond the arc ... Scored 12 points in a 27-11Emory run in the second half vs. UR that cut a 20-point deficit tofour points ... Four-of-five from the field (one trey) andconverted four-of-six free throws in finishing as the squad's No. 2scorer with 13 points in a 64-63 win over Brandeis (Feb. 21) ...First double-digit scoring effort was a 12-point performance athome against Case Western (Jan. 10) ... Team's leading rebounder inthree contests including a seven-board effort in a season-long 29minutes vs. Piedmont (Jan. 13) ... Tied that as his high mark ofthe year when he snatched seven caroms vs. NYU (Feb. 19) ... Shot51.5 percent (17-of-33) from the floor in the last five games ofthe year ... Picked up four boards and blocked three shots in just10 minutes vs. Huntingdon (Nov. 24) ... Converted four-of-six ofhis field goal attempts and totaled eight points, fourrebounds  and two steals in 16 minutes against LaGrange (Dec.2) ... Logged 20 or more minutes of action on 11 occasions.

High School:
Four-year member of the basketball program at PascackHills High School ... Served as captain as a senior ... Tossed in17.0 points and grabbed 11.0 rebounds per outing during the 2008-09campaign in aiding in the club's 25-4 record ... Garnered many manyhonors his final year including first-team recognition on theAll-Bergen County Team ... First Team All-North Jersey ... FirstTeam All-State Group 2 selection ... Helped his team to three NBILLeague championships ... During his sophomore and senior seasons,Pascack Hills captured state sectional crowns ... Tossed in 15.0points and snared 10,5 boards his junior season ... First-teamselections to county and league teams and was a Second TeamAll-State Group 2 pick.

Personal:
Born May 30, 1991 ... Son of Robert and DebbieFriedberg.


Career Stats

YearGP-GSFG-FGAPCT3pt
FG-FGA
PCTFT-FTAPTSAVGREBAVG
2012-1327-27114-247.46218-45.40063-8230911.41866.9
2011-1224-2399-194.51015-37.40561-10127411.41446.0
2010-1124-2369-174.39717-44.38648-742038.51456.0
2009-1025-049-107.45811-33.33330-431395.6853.4
TOTAL100-73331-722.45861-159.384202-300925 9.3560 5.6

 

Career Highs

Points26Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011
 19vs. LaGrange, Nov. 24, 2012
 18Virginia Wesleyan, Dec. 30, 2012
 18at Rochester,  Feb. 25, 2012
Rebounds14at University of Chicago, Feb. 10, 2013
 12Virginia Wesleyan, Dec. 30, 2012
 12at Oglethorpe, Dec. 5, 2011
 12at Carnegie Mellon University, Feb. 20, 2011
 11at Case Western, Feb. 19, 2012
 11LaGrange, Nov. 30, 2011
 11Carnegie Mellon University, Jan. 23, 2011
FGsvs. LaGrange, Nov. 24, 2012
 8at Piedmont, Jan. 3, 2012
 8Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011
FGAs16 vs. LaGrange, Nov. 24, 2012
3pt. FGs4Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011
Steals5Carnegie Mellon University, Feb. 17, 2013
Blocks10Carnegie Mellon University, Jan. 23, 2011
 7New York University, Feb. 10, 2012


Quote:

"Emory provided a great combination of academics and athletics andI believe we have an opportunity to do something special here."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2009-10Freshman

    F
    6'6" 190 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2010-11Sophomore

    F
    6'6" 195 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2011-12Junior

    F
    6'6" 205 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2012-13Senior

    F
    6'6" 215 lbs
    12
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