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  Edwin Ubiles

Edwin Ubiles

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

High School:
St. Thomas More

Height / Weight:
6-6 / 199

Position:
G/F

Birthdate:
11/26/1986

GENERAL: The most athletic player in the MAAC...Explosive, extremely skilled, multi-position talent... Plays above the rim...Long, lean and bouncy... Can score in a variety of ways...Creative with and without the basketball...Electrifies fans with rim-rocking dunks and lightning-quick first step...Equally effective on the perimeter and off the dribble...Showed great improvement in consistency, defense and shooting in sophomore campaign...Legitimate conference Player of the Year candidate.

2007-2008: Preseason and Postseason First Team All-MAAC selection...Named to MAAC All-Tournament Team...NABC District 2 Second Team honoree...CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American...MAAC Player of the Week (12/24)...Led the team and finished fourth in the league with 17 points per game...Second on squad with 4.4 rebounds per game...Registered 1.7 assists per game...Averaged 25.4 points per game in the last five games of the regular season...Scored double figures in 33 of the team's 34 games...Scored 20 points or more 11 times...Led team in scoring nine times...Led team with 33 blocks and 33.2 minutes per game...Shutdown SEC Player of the Year Shan Foster in Saints' NCAA 21-point win over Vanderbilt (3/21)...Finished second on the team in 3-point shooting (34-81, 42%)... Scored career-high 37 points in overtime loss against Loyola (2/16) - the most by a Saint since March of 1994....Registered 28 points in key MAAC win at Niagara (1/11)...Grabbed career-high 12 rebounds in NCAA loss to Villanova (3/23).

2006-2007: MAAC co-Rookie of the Year (Frank Turner - Canisius)...MAAC All-Rookie team selection...Five-time MAAC Rookie of the Week (11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 1/8 and 2/11)...Appeared in all 32 games, starting 26 times...Finished third on the team and 23rd in the MAAC with 11.8 points per game...Ended season 10th in the MAAC and top among league rookies with a 47.5% field goal percentage...Reached double figures 22 times...Scored 15 points or more 11 times...Finished season strong, reaching double figures in seven of last nine games, averaging 12.7 points and shooting 60% (50-84) from the field...Scored season-high 23 points (18 in the second half) to help the Saints rally past Niagara on the road (1/5)...Scored 20 points and made 4-6 3-pointers in overtime win against rival UAlbany (12/2)...Added 17 points on 7-9 shooting in MAAC semifinal upset of Marist (3/4)...Failed to score in three games including collegiate debut at Stanford (11/11).

BEFORE SIENA: Played two seasons at St. Thomas More (Conn.) after transferring from Poughkeepsie High School...Averaged 16 points and six rebounds as a senior, helping St. Thomas More to first place Division finish and semifinals of Division Championship...Played AAU for the Albany City Rocks...Was a First-Team Poughkeepsie Journal selection as a senior at Poughkeepsie High (2004).

PERSONAL: Born November 26, 1986 in Brooklyn...A creative arts major who chose Siena because of its proximity to home.

The Edwin Ubiles File

Nickname: Easy E
My favorite TV show is: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
My favorite musician is: Jay- Z
My favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant
Best thing about Siena Basketball: We are a family
My favorite sports team is: Los Angeles Lakers
My favorite class at Siena is: Military Science
The funniest member of the team is: Me
When I first walked in Times Union Center, I thought: This place is big
The best player I ever played against was: Charron Fisher
My favorite movie: Bad Boyz II
My favorite flavor of ice cream: Butter Pecan

UBILES'S CAREER STATS

yearg/gsfgfgafg%3fg3fga3fg%ftftaft%ptsavgrebavgpf/dqastblktostlmin
06-0732/26160323.4951970.2713853.71737711.81294.031/074217231901
07-0834/33231439.5263481.42081115.70457717.01484.448/0573355411130
08-0935/34208422.4932168.30989140.63652615.01724.946/0753491521174
Totals101/935991184.50674219.338208308.675148014.74494.4125/0206882181243205