2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
NCAA Career Statistics - Maximus Edwards
Inside The Numbers
- Enters 2025-26 season just 14 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point plateau.
- In 95 career games, including 60 starts, is a career 43.2 percent (357-for-287) shooter from the field, including 34.3 percent (136-for-397) from deep.
- Spent two seasons at George Washington prior to transferring to Duquesne and owns career totals of 986 points and 528 rebounds.
- Named the 2023 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year at GW.
As a Redshirt Junior (2024-25)
- Earned 10 starts among his 32 games played.
- Averaged 8.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per contest.
- Shot 43.7 percent (93-for-213) from the floor, including 31 percent (35-for-113) from deep.
- Scored in double figures 12 times.
- Tallied 36 assists, seven blocks and 20 steals.
- In Duquesne debut finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and two steals against Lipscomb.
- Contributed 13 points, three rebounds, a block and a steal at DePaul.
- Opened Cayman Islands Classic with 11 points and five rebounds against South Dakota State.
- Finished with 11 points and seven rebounds in a 67-54 triumph over Old Dominion in Duquesne’s final game of 2024 Cayman Islands Classic.
- Scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds at Davidson.
- In a 73-65 victory at George Washington scored 13 consecutive points in the first half en route to a season-high 22 points to pace the Dukes.
- Shot 8-for-10 from the floor, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, and 3-for-3 at the chalk against the Revolutionaries.
- Led the Dukes with 17 points in a 75-57 win over St. Bonaventure.
- Knocked down six of his eight attempts from the field against the Bonnies, including a season-high five three-pointers.
- Five triples against St. Bonaventure matched a career high originally established against Stonehill in November of 2023.
- Off the bench registered his second 20-point scoring effort of the season at Richmond with 21 points to lead Duquesne.
- Finished with nine points, four rebounds and two steals in a 69-56 victory over Loyola Chicago.
- Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds at St. Bonaventure while scoring six points and dishing out a pair of assists.
- Over final four games of the 2024-25 season averaged 16.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
- Shot 50 percent (23-for-46) from the floor and 40 percent (10-for-25) from deep in final four contests of the year.
- Contributed 14 points and tied a career high with five assists in an 85-68 triumph over George Mason.
- Led Duquesne against VCU with 20 points off the bench, converting seven of his 14 shots from the field, including 3-for-6 from beyond the arc.
- Tallied 13 points, five rebounds and three assists at Saint Louis.
- Paced Dukes vs. St. Bonaventure in second round of 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship with 18 points while adding six rebounds.
Before Duquesne
- Across two seasons at George Washington started 46 games and appeared 59 overall.
- Compiled totals of 686 points, 387 rebounds, 78 assists and 48 steals with the Revolutionaries.
- Converted 42.9 percent (251-of-585) of his shots from the floor, including 35.3 percent (96-for-272) from beyond the arc.
- Successful on 78.2 percent (93-for-119) of his chances at the free-throw line in two seasons with Revolutionaries.
- Reached double figures in scoring 40 times over two seasons (18 as a freshman, 22 as a sophomore) at GW.
- Eclipsed the 20-point plateau on four occasions (one as a freshman, three as a sophomore).
- Tallied seven career double-doubles (three as a rookie, four in 2023-24).
- Named the 2023 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and also earned spot on 2023 A-10 All-Rookie Team.
- Selected as Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week five times during the 2022-23 campaign.
- Logged 1,078 minutes as a freshman in 2022-23, a total that ranked fourth in NCAA Division I.
- Averaged 10.5 points and 6.5 rebounds as a freshman, shooting 43.4 percent (124-for-286) from the floor.
- Started first eight games of NCAA Division I career and 27 overall as a rookie (out of 32 games played).
- First career double-double (16 points, 12 rebounds) came against Coppin State in 10th career contest.
- Established career high with 24 points against Saint Louis, igniting streak of nine consecutive games scoring in double figures.
- Notched 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds against Richmond.
- As a sophomore during 2023-24 campaign averaged 12.4 points and 6.6 rebounds in 31 games (28 starts).
- Converted 42.7 percent (140-of-328) of his shots from the field and 86.7 percent (52-for-60) at free-throw line.
- Ranked sixth in the Atlantic 10 in rebounding.
- Opened year with seven consecutive double-figure scoring efforts, posting a pair of double-doubles.
- Finished with 22 points, 13 rebounds and three steals against Ohio in Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship.
- Matched career high with 24 points against Delaware in final game of Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship.
- Shot 10-of-16 from the floor against the Blue Hens, including 3-for-4 from deep, while adding eight rebounds and a pair of steals.
- Scored 20 points at VCU on 8-for-13 shooting.
- Tied season high with 13 caroms against Davidson while adding nine points and a pair of blocks.
- Scored 19 points in three of final seven games of the year, including against Richmond, at Saint Louis and vs. St. Bonaventure.
Prep Career
- All-time leading scorer at Bunnell High School with over 1,600 career points, including 37 in his final game.
- Led Bulldogs to a 20-6 (.769) record in 2018-19, a South-West Conference Tournament championship and the quarterfinals of the 2019 Division II State Tournament.
- Averaged 27.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists during 2018-19 campaign.
- Two-time All-South-West Conference First Team (2018, 2019) honoree
- Earned all-state accolades in 2018 and 2019 by both the Connecticut High School Coaches Association and the New Haven Register/GameTime CT.
- Spent two years at Our Saviour Lutheran School (OSL) in the Bronx, N.Y., after playing at Bunnell.
- In first season in 2019-20 helped guide the Falcons to an overall record of 29-4 (.879).
- OSL finished with an overall record of 21-11 (.656) advanced to the quarterfinals of The Grind Session World Championships in 2020-21.
- Scored 19 points and added two rebounds, two assists and two steals in the quarterfinals.
- Named to the 2021 The Grind Sessions World Championship All-Event Team and also won the slam dunk competition as part of the festivities.
- During 2020-21 campaign averaged 19.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
Personal
- Major is sociology.
- Born June 1, 2002.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2024-25Redshirt Junior
Guard
6'5"
215 lbs
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2025-26Redshirt Senior
Guard
6'5"
220 lbs
