@SunDevilHoops Adding Transfer Rob Edwards, Set To Play In 2018-19

Sun Devil men's basketball coach Bobby Hurley has announced that Cleveland State sophomore guard Rob Edwards, who averaged 16.5 points per game last year, will join the Sun Devil program for next season and have two years to play beginning in 2018-19. Edwards will practice with the team in 2017-18, which includes senior guards Tra Holder, Shannon Evans II and Kodi Justice, then put on the maroon and gold uniform for the 2018-19 season.

"Rob is an outstanding addition to the Sun Devil Basketball family," notes Coach Hurley. "He is a gifted scorer that plays with toughness and physicality from the guard position and will be a key contributor the moment he becomes eligible."
 

Welcome to the Family ????! @robedwardss2 #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/A0iyGlRWsQ

— Bobby Hurley (@BobbyHurley11) April 24, 2017

Edwards was an All-Horizon League second team pick in 2016-17 as he ranked sixth in the Horizon League in scoring (16.5), tied for fifth in steals (1.4) and tied for 11th in three-pointers (2.0). He posted 10 20-point games in 2016-17, including a career-best 32 in a win at regular season Horizon League champion Oakland on Jan. 16. He also had seven steals in a Jan. 20 game at Milwaukee.

He dropped 28 at top-ranked Kentucky on Nov. 23 as he went 12-of-21 from the floor. His 484 points this past season are the third-most for a sophomore in CSU history, behind only Ken McFadden (708) and Clinton Ransey (535).

In 2015-16 he was named to the Horizon League All-Freshman team as he played in all 32 games and started in 30, matching a program record for freshman starts and setting freshman program mark with 994 minutes. He averaged 12.4 points per game and shot .748 from the free throw line as he earned Horizon League Freshman of the Week three times.

ROB EDWARDS CAREER 20-POINT GAMES
32 at Oakland, 1/16/17
28 at Green Bay, 1/23/17
28 at Kentucky, 11/23/16
27 vs. Youngstown State, 3/3/17
26 at Detroit, 1/4/16
25 vs. Lake Erie, 12/19/16
24 vs. Detroit Mercy, 2/2/17
24 vs. UIC, 1/18/16
22 vs. Valparaiso, 1/14/17
22 vs. Green Bay, 12/29/16
22 at Tennessee-Martin, 11/18/16
21 vs. Cedarville, 12/29/15 (included making all five three-pointers and nine rebounds)
20 vs. Youngstown State, 2/25/17
20 vs. Wright State, 2/27/16

The Detroit native played his final two seasons at Cass Tech after spending two years at Detroit Jesuit in high school and earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior as he averaged 16 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals. He helped team to a Class A District title as a junior, scoring 19 points in the district championship game.