Three-man Weave describes Monty Scott as being EMU’s best newcomer and that he has had success at everywhere he’s played. TMW goes on to say he’s a “ball dominant” offensive player who meets the ‘“eye test,” and who not only shoots a lot, but playing for Portland State las season, had the fourth most assists in the Big Sky conference. TMW lists Scott as one of the five best newcomers to join the MAC conference.

EMU fans got to see for themselves Scott’s stellar play in the Oakland game as he scored 16-points shooting 5-9 from the field, 1-3 on three’s, 5-6 from the fouling, garner 6 rebounds, 3-assists, and two steals. He can really fill-up a box score. The only thing he didn’t do was take a lot of shots, as his brother PG Noah Farrakhan was on fire. When he does, both his scoring and taking foul-shots should both increase.

Scott achieved his stats playing only 26 minutes. When he was on the court EMU outscored it’s opponents by 14-points, even though EMU beat Oakland by only 5-points. At no time, was EMU outscored when Scott was on the court an indication that both Scott’s offense and defense was superb.

Scott came into the game with EMU trailing by four points, and when Scott was off the court in the remainder of the game, EMU was outscored by 5-points. While Farrakhan led EMU in scoring, EMU played even better when Scott was on the floor and helped EMU play cohesively.

While Farrakhan scored 27-points during his 30 minutes of playing time, EMU outscored Oakland by only 6-points, one more point than EMU won by. This is an indication that Farrakhan has to work on improving his defense as Oakland was scoring well at the same time as Farrakhan was torching them with his scoring.

Am confident that Scott along with Farrakhan will be among the top scoring guards in the MAC. What separates Scott from some other top guards in the MAC is his ability to get to the foul-line on made and missed shots alike, as he averaged 4.8 foul shots per conference game last season.

For instance, MOH’s Dae Dae Grant, selected by MAC HCs to the MAC’s second team of all-stars, is a good three-point shooter, but only averaged 2-foul shots per game last season.


I’m biased, but I don’t believe there’s a better tandem of guards in the MAC conference, but I’m sure there will be a healthy debate on the both the MAC’s Men’s BB Message Board and here, both now and as the season progresses. At the end of the season, comparing player stats and their team’s success or not success will add to the discussion.

When you add-in Golson, Njie, Binelli, McBride, N.Scott, and other players, EMU looks like a very good team. EMU seems to be clicking early on, just need to see if that continues.