By Stephen Hennessey
Collegian Staff Writer
Bill Edwards is experiencing some tough luck in his first semester as a Penn State basketball player.
After Sat-urday’s game against Temple, the freshman forward left his knee brace on the bus back to State College. Edwards missed Sunday’s practice without it. The bus company ended up returning the brace for Monday’s practice.
This came after he suffered a partially-torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) that sidelined him for the team’s first four games. And then he suffered a floor burn during practice last week that left Edwards with a quarter-sized blister on his hand. Then he jammed his wrist two days later, coach Ed DeChellis said.
All these factors have limited Edwards to only six practices, which has stifled his production for the Nittany Lions, but DeChellis is still excited about the forward’s potential.
“We think he’s a kid who can score and can rebound and he’s a good passer,” DeChellis said Monday during his weekly press conference. “I’m hoping that he has a good practice today and a couple more at the end of the week so we can get him in the flow of things.” …
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