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Arthur Edwards

Position

Guard

Height

6-6

Weight

210 lbs.

Class

Jr.

Hometown

Temple Hills, Md.

Previous School

NW Florida State College

JUNIOR (2014-15)
Hampered by dislocated index finger on shooting hand suffered versus Texas A&M (11-23-14) in 2014 ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off… Scored a career-high ten points versus Air Force (1-14-15)… Tallied a then-career high eight points in second career start vs. Texas A&M before finger injury in second half of the game… Set another career high against Air Force (2-4-15) with eight rebounds… Would score eight points in three different games (vs. Texas A&M, at UNLV, vs. Air Force)… Led team in rebounding, steals and blocks twice for the season…. Career-high three steals at UNLV (1-21-15).

SOPHOMORE (2013-14)
Appeared in 15 games in his first season with the program… Scored four points against Alabama A&M (11-9-13) in season opener… Played a season-high 18 minutes versus New Mexico State (12-17-13)… Recorded first made three-point field goal against Charleston Southern (11-17-13) and tallied first career dunk at New Mexico State (12-4-13)…Had four blocks in his 15 appearances… Averaged 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game with one start over the three-game foreign tour in Australia… Played 22 minutes while scoring ten points, grabbing six rebounds and dished out three assists in Australian tour finale against the Gold Coast All Stars.

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played one season at Northwest Florida State College, appearing in 30 games and starting in 26 of them… Ranked No. 60 by JUCORankings.com upon his signing… Helped NWFSC go 30-4 on the season, advancing to the national championship game in Hutchinson, Kansas… One of five players off that team now playing in Division I… Averaged 6.4 points and 3.2, shooting .462 from the field (67-145) and .400 from the three-point line (30-75)… Named Second Team All-Panhandle… Also added 45 steals on the season with 30 assists and averaged 13.2 minutes per game… His scoring average per 40 minutes would equate to 19.4 points per game… At the NJCAA National Tournament, playing five games in six days, he averaged 8.8 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game, shooting 18-of-32 from the field (.562) hitting five triples over the course of the tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL
Native of the Washington D.C. area… Lettered for National Christian Academy, where his team went 25-5 during his senior year… Team ranked 12th in the state of Maryland… Rated among the top ten prep players in the state of Maryland…

PERSONAL
His parents are Arthur and Crystal Edwards… Has two sisters and a brother… Majoring in Liberal Arts… Birthday is September 29, 1992.