2016-17 Season-Highs
Games Played/Started: 26/25
Minutes: 36 vs. Plymouth State U. 2/11/17 (24.3 mpg)
Points: 19 vs. Saint Catherine U. (Minn.) 11/19/16 (7.1 ppg)
Rebounds: 14 vs. Westfield State U. 12/14/16 (6.5 rbg)
Assists: 3 vs. Westfield State U. 12/14/16 (14 total)
Blocks: 4 vs. Clark U. 12/30/16 (18 total)
Steals: 3 three times (1.0 spg)
NOTABLES
- Closed out her career as the program record holder for career games played (108)
- Set new career-highs in points, steals and blocks per game. Also shot a career-high 60.7 percent from the free throw line
- Posted double-doubles against Westfield State (15 points, 14 rebounds) and Western Connecticut State (13 points, 10 rebounds)
- Record double-digit points six times and double-digit rebounds in six contests
- Poured in a career-high 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting in a neutral site win over Saint Catherine University (Minn.)
- Tied for the team lead with her 26 appearances and 25 starts
2015-16 Stepped into a starting role for the first time in her career as a junior … Appeared in all 28 games and started a career-high 25 games … Averaged a career-best 4.5 points and 6.5 rebounds … Ended the year second on the team in rebounds (183), offensive rebounds (77), rebounds per game (6.5) and blocks (17) … Totaled 26 steals, 17 blocks and 23 assists … Shot 40.9 percent from the field and 39.6 percent from the free throw line … Reached double-figures in points on three occasions … Posted the second most double-doubles on the team with two … Reached double-digit rebounds six times … Pulled down 14 rebounds and added six rebounds on November 21 in a win over Framingham State … Posted a double-double of 12 points and 14 rebounds November 24 in a win over Fitchburg State … Recorded new career-highs with 14 points and 17 rebounds in an overtime win over Bridgewater State on December 3 … Scored 14 points in 23 minutes in a 71-63 win at Rhode Island College … Finished with double-digit rebounds in back-to-back games on February 13 and February 17.
2014-15 Carved out as a spot as the first forward off the bench as a sophomore … Appeared in all 28 games and made six starts … Named to the 2014-15 Little East Conference All-Academic Team … Averaged 3.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game in 13.3 minutes per game … Knocked down 37.1 percent of her field goal attempts and 60.3 percent from the charity stripe … Ranked third on the team with 120 rebounds, 47 offensive rebounds and fourth with 13 blocks … Reached double-digits on two occasions … Saw at least twenty minutes of action three times … Opened the season with a season-high 12 points to go along with nine rebounds and two blocks on November 15 at Colby … Recorded her first collegiate double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds in 27 minutes at Fitchburg State on November 25 … Chipped in nine points in eight minutes off the bench to help key UMass Boston’s 63-61 upset win over UMass Dartmouth on February 11 … Added five points and six rebounds February 17 in the Beacons’ 62-60 win over Southern Maine.
2013-14 Made an immediate impact one of the Beacons’ top forwards as a freshman … Started in five games and was one of three players to appear in all 26 contests … Averaged 4.4 points in 15.4 minutes per contest … Finished fourth on the roster with her 104 total rebounds and 4.0 rebounds per game … Ended the year third on the team with her 43 offensive boards … Totaled 11 blocks, 15 steals and nine assists … Registered the third best field-goal clip on the team at 44.4 (40-for-90) … Knocked down 35-of-59 free throws (59.3) … Reached the five-rebound mark in 11 of her 26 games … Recorded 13 points (5-for-6 shooting), six rebounds and two blocks in her collegiate debut November 19 against Simmons … Finished with eight points, seven rebounds and a career-high three steals on January 16 in her first collegiate start (Bridgewater State) … Registered a career-high 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting in a huge Little East win over Western Connecticut State on January 18 … Knocked down all three of her shots for 10 points and tied her career-high with eight rebounds against Suffolk on February 4.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Springfield Central High School in 2013 where she was a three sport athlete (volleyball, basketball, track & field) … Named a Second Team All-League selection with the basketball and volleyball teams … Named a two-time team captain and received the Sportsmanship Award in 2011 … Was a four year member of her high school’s Honor Roll and was a Mass. Mutual Academic Achiever … Daughter of Joan and Dudley Edwards … Has one brother Kareem Nesbeth and two sisters, Kathleen and Jodi-Kay Edwards … Part of the McNair Post Bachelorette Program ... Part of the UMass Boston Student Athlete Advisory Committee ... Mentor for the Mentor/Mentee SAAC program ... Majoring in Biology.
