Arthur Edwards

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-6
Weight:
217
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Washington, D.C.
High School:
National Christian Academy
Prev School:
New Mexico

2015-16 (Senior)

One of three players on the team to have started and played in all 33 contests (Retin Obasohan and Jimmie Taylor) … named to SEC Community Service team … led team with 71 made threes, good for 10th in the SEC, and in three-point percentage (.394) finishing sixth in the conference … ranked second on the team with 17 games in double figures … finished the season third on the team in scoring (9.5 ppg) … averaged 17.5 points, while shooting 60 percent from the field (12-of-20) and from beyond the arc (9-of-15) in two SEC Tournament games … scored a career-high 20 points against Kentucky (3/11) in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals with a career-best seven field goals and six three-pointers … scored 15 points on 3-of-5 three-point shooting and blocked a career-high three shots against Ole Miss (3/10) … matched then-career highs of 17 points and five threes at Ole Miss (1/7) while going 6-of-8 from the field … scored 17 at Southern Miss (12/4) while making a career best five three-pointers … collected 17 points and was a perfect 4-of-4 at the free throw line against LSU (1/23) … led the team with a game-high 16 points against Jacksonville State (12/29) in a career-high 37 minutes … put up 15 points on a career high-tying five threes against Norfolk State (1/2) … scored 15 points, all in the first half, on 6-of-7 shooting in the victory over then-No. 17 Notre Dame (11/26) … finished with 12 points and a career-high two blocks at Mississippi State (2/2) … collected 12 points while matching his career high in three point attempts (9) in the win at LSU (2/17) … put up a dozen points on 4-of-6 shooting while going 3-of-4 from deep in the loss to Oregon (12/21) … finished with a career-high four steals in NIT game at Creighton (3/15).

At New Mexico (2013-15)

Played in 38 contests during his two seasons for the Lobos, including 22 games during the 2014-15 season … missed eight games last season due to an injury midway through the non-conference portion of the schedule … averaged 3.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in 12.0 minutes per game … scored a career-high 10 points versus Air Force (1/14)… tallied a then-career high eight points in second career start vs. Texas A&M before suffering an injury in the second half of the game … set another career high against Air Force (2/4) with eight rebounds … scored eight points in three different games (vs. Texas A&M, at UNLV, vs. Air Force) … also had a career-high three steals at UNLV (1/21) … appeared in 15 games in his first season at New Mexico in 2013-14 … 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) … had four blocks in his 15 appearances.

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 the Raiders to a 30-4 overall record on the season, advancing to the national championship game in Hutchinson, Kan. … named second team All-Panhandle Conference … averaged 6.4 points and 3.2 rebounds, while shooting 46 percent from the field (67-145) and 40 percent from the three-point range (30-of-75) … also added 45 steals on the season with 30 assists and averaged 13.2 minutes per game … 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) including 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

Born Sept. 29, 1992 in Washington, D.C. … son of Arthur and Crystal Edwards … has two sisters (Erica and Arficia) and a brother (Christopher) … graduated from New Mexico with a degree in liberal arts … working towards his masters in human environmental science.