The West Virginia basketball program has landed a serious piece to subsequent season’s growing roster with a dedication from Syracuse huge man Jesse Edwards.
Edwards, 6-foot-11, 230-pounds, spent 4 seasons with the Orange however elected to enter the switch portal April 11 opening up a floodgate of alternatives given his skillset and expertise. However, it was the Mountaineers that have been in a position to safe a dedication from the gifted huge man after getting him to campus.
West Virginia wasted little time getting in touch with Edwards when he first entered into the switch portal and issues solely continued to construct from there between the 2 because the Mountaineers secured his first and solely go to April 14-16.
Along with West Virginia, Edwards head from a protracted checklist of applications akin to Kansas Gonzaga, Michigan, Arkansas, Kansas State, Florida, Missouri, Florida State, N.C. State, Georgia and plenty of extra. He had beforehand lower his checklist of choices right down to West Virginia, Kansas and Gonzaga forward of his journey to Morgantown.
Edwards is coming off a season the place he averaged 14.5 factors and 10.3 rebounds whereas additionally blocking 2.7 photographs per recreation which topped the ACC. Edwards shot 59-percent from the ground and was a third-team all-ACC choice as a extremely athletic and expert huge that has loads of expertise.
Edwards additionally improved his free throw proportion to 72.8-percent final season after capturing beneath 60-percent throughout his junior season showcasing his general enchancment.
The gifted huge began all 56 video games he performed over the previous two seasons.
A local of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Edwards arrived within the United States in December 2018 the place he performed at IMG Academy. He has developed over time to change into one of many higher obtainable bigs available on the market and his determination to enter the switch portal even initially was a serious shock.
Edwards can have one 12 months of eligibility remaining and might be anticipated to tackle a serious position within the publish with the West Virginia basketball program.
The addition of Edwards is simply one other main pull for the Mountaineers because the roster is being reconstructed becoming a member of Arizona level guard Kerr Kriisa and Manhattan guard Omar Silverio.
Kriisa averaged 9.9 factors and led the Pac-12 in assists per recreation at 5.1 and has two years of eligibility remaining. Silverio didn’t play this previous 12 months because of transferring however averaged 10.9 factors and three.3 rebounds whereas capturing 37-percent from the sector the 12 months prior at Hofstra. He additionally shot 36-percent from three and would have one 12 months left in his profession this fall.
West Virginia additionally has been in a position to maintain guard Jose Perez, ahead Tre Mitchell and guard Joe Toussaint within the fold for one more 12 months.
WVSports.com can have extra with Edwards within the close to future.
