CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland State freshman guard Rob Edwards (Detroit, Mich.) has been named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week. It is the third time Edwards has earned the award this year.

Edwards averaged 16.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in CSU's two games last week. He totaled 19 points and five rebounds to lead the Vikings past Northern Kentucky on Thursday and finished with 20 points and eight rebounds versus Wright State on Saturday.

It was his fourth 20-point game of the year.

Edwards finished the regular season with 29 starts, tied for the second most by a freshman in CSU history and just one shy of tying the reocrd. His 960 minutes played this year are the most by a CSU freshman in a season.

Edwards and the Vikings return to action on Saturday (March 5) when ninth-seeded CSU opens play in the Horizon League Championship against No. 4 seeded Green Bay at 12:00 pm at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.