2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Ed Morrow
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Simeon HS
2019-20 season Notes (R-Sr.): Posted six points and six rebounds in the season opener against Loyola Maryland (Nov. 5).
2018-19 Season Notes (R-Jr.): Appeared in 33 games, earning one starting assignment … Started and played seven minutes in the season opener against UMBC (Nov. 6) ... Notched Marquette-best 18 points and eight rebounds, while shooting 8-of-12 from the floor against North Dakota (Dec. 18) ... Posted 12 points and five rebounds in his first career BIG EAST Conference game at St. John's (Jan. 1) … Grabbed 10 rebounds against Xavier (Jan. 6) at home … Shot 5-of-7 from the floor in 11-point night at Providence (Feb. 23) … Chipped in six points and 11 rebounds in season finale against Murray State (March 21).
2017-18 Season Notes: Redshirted in accordance with NCAA transfer rules.
2016-17 Season Notes (Nebraska): 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 … 7.5 rebounds per game were the best by a Husker since Aleks Maric averaged 10.2 rebounds per game in 2007-08 … 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 … 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.
2015-16 Season Notes (Nebraska): Played in 30 contests, averaging 4.1 points and 3.3 rebounds … Finished second on the team with 21 blocked shots, a total which was fifth all-time among Husker freshmen … Reached double figures four times despite averaging just 13.7 minutes per outing.
High School: Played at national power Simeon Career Academy in Chicago under head coach Robert Smith … Was considered a four-star recruit by Rivals and was rated among the nation’s top 150 players by the site … 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 … 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 … A first team all-area and all-city selection, he was the MVP of the Penny Hardaway Classic after scoring 25 points and grabbing nine rebounds against Arlington (Tenn.) … As a junior, he helped the school go 23-4 in his first season as a starter, averaging 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots per game … 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 … 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.
Personal: Born March 16, 1997 in Lincoln, Nebraska … Son of Edward and Nafeesah Morrow … Has three sisters, Khalilah, Nazlah and Aneesah, and one brother, Ameer … Father played football at Nebraska (won national title in 1994) and mother was an all-conference basketball player for the Huskers … Majoring in communication studies.
