12 Michael Friedberg
12 - Michael Friedberg
Height: 6-6
Weight: 205
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Woodcliff Lake, NJ
High School: Pascack Hills
Position: F
Major: Finance
Parents: Robert & Debbie

Career:
After three seasons of action, he has played in 73 games, 46 as a starter ... Stands in third place on Emory's all-time list with 129 blocked shots, 10 shy of moving into the top spot ... No. 1 all-time at Emory in blocked shots per game (1.8) ... Ninth on the school's all-time chart in three-point field goal percentage (.377) ...  Has scored in double figures on 28 occasions ... Four career double-doubles (pts./rebs.).

Junior (2011-12):
Appeared in 24 contests, 23 in a starting capacity ... Averaged 25.3 minutes per outing an his 11.4 per-game scoring average ranked fourth on the team and 19th among UAA players ... Held down the No. 2 spot on Emory's leader board in rebounding with his 6.0 per-game effort placing eighth in the league ... Topped both 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 on Emory's seasonal ladder ... His 60 blocked shots were the second-highest total in school annals ... Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Second Team All-State selection (D-III) ... Recorded one blocked shot in 21 contests and totaled 15 outings of multiple rejections ... Season-high seven blocked shots vs. NYU (Feb. 10) tied the high-water mark by a UAA player during the campaign and ranked fourth on Emory's single-game list ... Successful on 51.0 percent (99-of-194) of his field goal opportunities, second on the team and 11th on the league ladder ... Ranked as the Eagles' top rebounder on eight occasions ... Compiled three double-doubles (pts./rebs.) and turned four performances of 10 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 shooting 61.9 percent (13-of-21) from the floor in victories vs. Rhodes and Guilford ... Scored 20 of his career-high 26 points in the first half against Guilford (Dec. 31), tallying nine points over the final 3:21 of the opening stanza on the strength of three three-point field goals ... Ended the Guilford affair hitting eight-of-11 from the floor, including a personal-best four-of-five from beyond the arc, and also paced all players with eight rebounds and three blocked shots ... Team's No. 2 scorer with 17 points (12 in the first half) vs. Piedmont (Jan. 3), sinking eight-of-12 field goal 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-long 36 minutes and led all players with a career-high tying 12 caroms and contributed a game-high five rejections and three steals in a 60-54 win at Oglethorpe (Dec. 5) ... One of three Emory double-figure scorers with 15 points and led the club with seven boards at Washington University (Jan. 29) ... Seven-of-10 from the floor and was Emory's No. 3 scorer with 17 points while snatching six rebounds, second high on the team, in a 95-58 win at Brandeis (Jan. 15) ... Topped all players with 11 boards and chipped in 11 points and three blocked shots at Case Western (Feb. 19) ... 18-game streak of at least one blocked shot and within that an eight-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 finale at 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 outing with his rebound average ranking second on the team and ninth among UAA players ... Topped the club, ranked second in the UAA and placed 37th nationally with 2.1 blocked shots per game ... His 51 rejections were the second-highest showing in school history ... Honorable-mention pick to the Georgia Basketball Coaches Association All-State Team ... Grabbed a team-best 7.1 caroms per game in UAA action, good for the No. 2 spot on the conference ladder ... Led or shared for the team's rebounding lead on eight occasions ... First career double-double was a 12-point, team-high 12-rebound performance at Carnegie Mellon (Feb. 20) ... Hit six-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 four points in regulation, including a bucket with 32 seconds left that forced overtime, in a 92-84 overtime decision against Oglethorpe (Nov. 17) ... Rare double-double with a team-high 11 rebounds and 10 blocked shots, tying the second-highest game total in school history, in an 88-71 verdict vs. Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 23) ... Sank five-of-nine from the field, including a career-best three-of-five three-point attempts, en route to 14 points, second high on the team, in an 83-72 win vs. No. 14 Rochester (Feb. 26) ... Picked up 13 points, sinking four-of-six from the floor, including a pair or triples, and snatched a game-high seven rebounds in an 85-70 triumph vs. Brandeis (Feb. 4) ... 10 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots in helping the Eagles to a 91-87 overtime triumph vs. Chicago (Feb. 13) ... Registered 13 outings of two or more blocks and had at least one rejection in the last 13 games of the campaign ... Led Emory in rebounding in five straight UAA games (Jan. 21 through Feb. 4) ... Third on the club with 26 steals.

Freshman (2009-10):
Came of the bench in all 25 games and averaged 17.5 minutes per playing stint ... Tossed in 5.6 points per contest and his 3.4 per-game average in rebounding was third on the team ... Led the club with 18 blocked shots ... Scored in double figures three times ... Tied for the team's second-high scorer with a personal-best 17 points in the season finale at Rochester (Feb. 27), a game that saw him hit six-of-nine from the floor including three-of-five from beyond the arc ... Scored 12 points in a 27-11 Emory run in the second half vs. UR that cut a 20-point deficit to four points ... Four-of-five from the field (one trey) and converted four-of-six free throws in finishing as the squad's No. 2 scorer with 13 points in a 64-63 win over Brandeis (Feb. 21) ... First double-digit scoring effort was a 12-point performance at home against Case Western (Jan. 10) ... Team's leading rebounder in three contests including a seven-board effort in a season-long 29 minutes vs. Piedmont (Jan. 13) ... Tied that as his high mark of the year when he snatched seven caroms vs. NYU (Feb. 19) ... Shot 51.5 percent (17-of-33) from the floor in the last five games of the year ... Picked up four boards and blocked three shots in just 10 minutes vs. Huntingdon (Nov. 24) ... Converted four-of-six of his field goal attempts and totaled eight points, four rebounds  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 Pascack Hills High School ... Served as captain as a senior ... Tossed in 17.0 points and grabbed 11.0 rebounds per outing during the 2008-09 campaign in aiding in the club's 25-4 record ... Garnered many many honors his final year including first-team recognition on the All-Bergen County Team ... First Team All-North Jersey ... First Team All-State Group 2 selection ... Helped his team to three NBIL League championships ... During his sophomore and senior seasons, Pascack Hills captured state sectional crowns ... Tossed in 15.0 points and snared 10,5 boards his junior season ... First-team selections to county and league teams and was a Second Team All-State Group 2 pick.

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


Career Stats

Year GP-GS FG-FGA PCT 3pt
FG-FGA
PCT FT-FTA PTS AVG REB AVG
2011-12 24-23 99-194 .510 15-37 .405 61-101 274 11.4 144 6.0
2010-11 24-23 69-174 .397 17-44 .386 48-74 203 8.5 145 6.0
2009-10 25-0 49-107 .458 11-33 .333 30-43 139 5.6 85 3.4
TOTAL 73-46 217-475 .457 43-114 .377 139-218 616  8.4 374  5.1

 

Career Highs

Points 26 Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011
  18 at Rochester,  Feb. 25, 2012
Rebounds 12 at Oglethorpe, Dec. 5, 2011
  12 at Carnegie Mellon University, Feb. 20, 2011
  11 at Case Western, Feb. 19, 2012
  11 LaGrange, Nov. 30, 2011
  11 Carnegie Mellon University, Jan. 23, 2011
FGs at Piedmont, Jan. 3, 2012
  8 Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011
FGAs 13  at New York University, Jan. 30, 2011
3pt. FGs 4 Guilford, Dec. 31, 2011
Steals 4 Case Western, Jan. 21, 2011
Blocks 10 Carnegie Mellon University, Jan. 23, 2011
  7 New York University, Feb. 10, 2012


Quote:

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