--Finally healthy, Rob Edwards ‘rounding into form’ for ASU (by Jack Harris, Sun Devil Source/Feb. 21, 2019)
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE BY RETURNING PAC-12 PLAYERS IN 2019-20
Payton Pritchard (Sr.), ORE 200
Jonah Mathews (Sr.), USC 178
Rob Edwards (Sr.), ASU 163
Dylan Smith (Sr.), ARIZ 159
Tres Tinkle (R-Sr.), OSU 134
Lucas Siewert (Sr.), COLO 91
Shane Gatling (Jr.), COLO 89
Prince Ali (Sr.), UCLA 85
Ethan Thompson (Jr.), OSU 77
Remy Martin (Jr.), ASU 66
McKinley Wright IV (Jr.), COLO 66
- Dropped buckets in some big wins in 2018-19, with 15 off the bench vs. #1 Kansas, 19 vs. Arizona, 28 at Utah and 13 at Oregon State
- We like him at the free throw line. Want proof? He hit two with 12 seconds left in 70-67 win over Oregon to give ASU the three-point lead on Jan. 17. ASU made 6-of-8 in final five minutes against No. 1 Kansas, including two by Rob with six seconds left to make it a two-possession game
- Entered ASU with 909 points in 63 games (14.4 ppg.). He has 1,219 career points (13.4 average). Included in that is 71-of-85 (.835) from the free throw line in 2018-19 and .776 (274-of-353) in his career along with 163 three pointers. He missed six games early and only scored 14 points in the first nine games (14 in opener, six DNPs due to a back injury and zero points vs. Nevada and Georgia)
- Stats last year look a lot better when you remember he went from Nov. 7-Dec. 16 without scoring a point. In those three games he did play, he was 4-of-26 (.154) from field and 2-of-9 (.222) from three and had 14 points (all against CSF in the opener). Many didn't notice because ASU was 6-0, and two of the wins were very impressive (Mississippi State and Utah State)
- Rob became the fourth Sun Devil to earn Pac-12 Player of the Week last year when ASU topped then No. 1 Kansas 80-76 on Dec. 22 behind his 15 points off the bench points (13 in the second half).
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2018-19 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Dec. 24: Rob Edwards
Dec. 17: Remy Martin
Dec. 3: Zylan Cheatham
Nov. 26: Luguentz Dort
- Averaged 16.5 points as a sophomore (2016-17), good for sixth in the Horizon League
- 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
- Finished tied for fifth in steals (1.4) and tied for 11th in three-pointers (2.0) in the Horizon League
- Had 484 points last season, third-most for a sophomore in school history
- Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman team in 2016
- Matched a program record for freshman starts (30) and set the freshman program mark, with 994 minutes
- Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior after averaging 16 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals during the season
- Led team to a Class A District title as a junior and scored 19 points in the district championship game
- Spent two years at Detroit Jesuit and played final two seasons at Cass Tech