Ed Morrow Season 2015-16

Honors & Awards
• Two-time Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016, 2017)

2016-17 (Sophomore)
Despite a foot injury which has limited him for a good chunk of Big Ten play, sophomore Ed Morrow Jr. has made significant strides during his sophomore campaign. The 6-foot-7 forward raised his scoring average from 4.1 points to 9.4 points per game on 51 percent shooting, while pacing the Huskers in both rebounds (7.5) and blocked shots (1.1), as he appeared in 24 contests.
• Reached double figures in scoring 10 times this year after doing it just four times in 2015-16.
• Morrow's 7.5 rebounds per game were the best by a Husker since Aleks Maric averaged 10.2 rebounds per game in 2007-08.
• Returned to action on Feb. 9 after missing a month because of a foot injury, and is averaging 8.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per game over NU's final seven games
• Grabbed 10 rebounds and added eight points and two blocked shots against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament
• Tied for team-high honors in points (10) and rebounds (four) vs. Michigan, reaching double figures in scoring in consecutive games for the first time since early December
• Scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in the loss at Minnesota
• Reached double figures for the first time since his return to action in the win at Ohio State on Feb. 18, finishing with 10 points and six rebounds in just 15 minutes.
• Returned to action for the first time since Jan. 8, against No. 7 Wisconsin, totaling five points and 13 rebounds
• Totaled nine points, six rebounds and a pair of blocked shots in a career-high 37 minutes vs. Iowa
• Finished with nine points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots in the win at Maryland
• Keyed NU's win over No. 16 Indiana with 12 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high five blocked shots, as he had a pair of putback baskets in the final three minutes to keep the Huskers in the lead
• Pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds - the most by a Husker since 2007 - and added four blocked shots and nine points vs. Gardner-Webb
• Totaled 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting and seven rebounds at No. 3 Kansas
• Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds, including five on the offensive glass, against No. 10 Creighton
• Posted his second career double-double at Clemson with a personal-best 12 boards, 10 points and three boards
• Played well at the Wooden Legacy, averaging 13.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game while shooting 69 percent
• Collected his first career double-double vs. Dayton, finishing with career highs in points (19) and rebounds (10) while going 9-of-11 from the field
• Reached double figures with 13 points and seven rebounds against Virginia Tech
• Totaled nine points and tied for team-high honors with six boards against Louisiana Tech
• Enjoyed a strong opener with a career-high 15 points and six rebounds against Sacramento State

2015-16 (Freshman)
Morrow battled through injuries as a freshmen to play in 30 contests, averaging 4.1 points and 3.3 rebounds. Morrow was efficient on offense, hitting 64 percent from the field and finished second on the team with 21 blocked shots, a total which was fifth all-time among Husker freshmen. Morrow reached double figures four times despite averaging just 13.7 minutes per outing.
Morrow played in all three of the Huskers' Big Ten Tournament game, averaging 6.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game while averaging just 11.3 minutes per game. He reached double figures for the fourth time in 2015-16, as he scored all 10 of his points in the second half against Rutgers. In the quarterfinals against No. 14 Maryland, Morrow had six points, four rebounds and a blocked shot in 14 minutes.

Morrow played in 14 Big Ten contests, averaging 4.6 points per game while shooting a dazzling 74 percent from the field. Morrow enjoyed a strong three-game stretch where he averaged 8.3 ppg while hitting 12-of-13 shots. The run included a 10-point effort against Rutgers on Jan. 9 and was capped by a six-point, six-rebound effort at Illinois on Jan. 16. Morrow had six points and six rebounds against Michigan on Jan. 23 and had 10 points and seven rebounds in 17 minutes against Rutgers on Feb. 6, but would miss the next four games with a foot injury. Morrow came back with four blocked shots in 12 minutes against Penn State on Jan. 25 before seeing an extended role against No. 15 Purdue with eight points on 4-of-5 shooting.

In non-conference play, Morrow got off to a quick start, averaging 6.0 ppg on 73 percent shooting over his first four contests, including a season-high 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting against Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 22, and added six points and five caroms in 17 minutes at No. 11 Villanova on Nov. 17. Morrow had four or more rebounds eight times in non-conference action, including six rebounds in 12 minutes against Prairie View A&M on Dec. 22 and five rebounds against Tennessee on Nov. 28. He made his first career start against Abilene Christian on Dec. 5, recording three points and four boards.

2015 (Spain Trip)
Morrow was a force on the interior for the Huskers, averaging 9.5 points on 57 percent shooting, 5.5 rebounds and 1.0 block per game. He tied tied Tai Webster for team-high honors with 17 points against Eurocolegio Casvi and grabbed nine rebounds in the win over CB Castelldefels.

Before Nebraska
Morrow was one of two highly regarded signees from the state of Illinois in Nebraska’s 2015 signing class. He hails from national power Simeon Career Academy in Chicago where he played for Coach Robert Smith. The 6-foot-7 forward was one of the top players in the class of 2015, checking in at No. 52 nationally on ESPN’s top 100 list and was the highest-rated high school recruit Nebraska has signed in nearly two decades. He was considered a four-star recruit by Rivals and is rated among the nation’s top 150 players by the site. He was selected to the Lebron James Skills Academy, which featured 80 of the top high school players in the nation, in the summer of 2014. Simeon went 28-4 and reached the Class 4A (largest class) Supersectional in 2015. He was a unanimous first-team all-state selection by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association, averaging 17 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots per game. He was part of a Simeon team which included three players who signed with Big Ten programs. Had nine double-doubles as a senior, including a 31-point, 16-rebound effort against Bogan during the regular season and a 19-point, 10-rebound, five-blocked shot effort in the city title game. He also had 16 rebounds and 11 points in a nationally televised loss to St. Rita. A first-team all-area and all-city selection, Morrow was the MVP of the Penny Hardaway Classic after scoring 25 points and grabbing nine rebounds against Arlington (Tenn.). As a junior, Morrow helped the school go 23-4 in his first season as a starter, averaging 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots per game. Despite being undersized in the post, he turned in a 24-point effort on Jahlil Okafor, a first-round NBA lottery pick in 2015 and had 22 points against Cliff Alexander, who was the No. 3 player in the 2014 class. For his efforts, he was a second-team All-City honoree by the Chicago Sun Times and a second-team all-state pick by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. As a sophomore, he came off the bench and played a significant role for a team which went 30-3, won its fourth consecutive Class 4A state title and finished fifth in the country. He played behind five senior starters in 2012-13, including Milwaukee Bucks standout Jabari Parker. Morrow played for the Mac Irvin Fire AAU program and Coach Mike Irvin, averaging 14.1 points on 68 percent shooting, 7.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game in the Nike EYBL in 2014. Morrow also helped lead the Mac Irvin Fire to the Las Vegas Classic in July of 2014, as the program featured six Division I signees.

Personal
Ed, who selected Nebraska over Iowa, is the son of Edward and Nafeesah Morrow, and was born on March 16, 1997, in Lincoln. He has three sisters, Khalilah, Zaziah and Aneesah and one younger brother, Ameer. Both of Ed's parents were student-athletes at Nebraska. Edward Sr. played football for Tom Osborne and was a member of the Huskers’ 1994 national title team, while Nafeesah Brown played three seasons for the Husker women’s basketball program, totaling 1,089 points and 574 rebounds. As a senior, she averaged 20.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game to earn first-team All-Big Eight honors. In addition his aunt, Roquilah Brown, played basketball for the Huskers. Ed has not declared a major at Nebraska.

		Minutes		Total			3-Point			F-Throws			Rebounds
Year	gp-gs	min	avg	fg	fga	pct	fg	fga	pct	ft	fta	pct	off	def	tot	avg	pf	fo	ast	t/o	blk	stl	pts	avg
2015-16	30-1	411	13.7	53	83	.639	0	0	.000	16	28	.571	46	53	99	3.3	67	1	3	31	21	0	122	4.1
2016-17	24-18	562	23.4	92	179	.514	0	0	.000	41	67	.612	77	103	180	7.5	67	2	8	47	27	8	225	9.4
TOTAL	54-19	973	18.0	145	262	.553	0	0	.000	57	95	.600	123	156	279	5.2	134	3	11	78	48	8	347	6.4