James Reese

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Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 169
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Eastover, SC
High School:
AC Flora HS
Prev School:
Odessa Junior College

CAREER
• Started all 59 games he played in
• Scored 573 career points (9.7 ppg)
• Grabbed 213 career rebounds (3.6 rpg)
• Made 110 career 3-pointers
• Played 29.6 minutes per game
• Shot 85.5 percent at the free throw line
• Scored a career-high 21 points twice
• Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds versus WKU in the 2021 C-USA Championship game on March 13, 2021
• Had a career-high five assists at UTSA on Jan. 8, 2021
• Made a career-high five 3-pointers on Nov. 26, 2020 versus Mississippi Valley
• Led UNT to the 2020 C-USA Regular Season championship and 2021 C-USA Tournament championship
• Never missed a game
• Scored 13 points in UNT's 78-69 (ot) NCAA Tournament First Round win over Purdue, which was the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory
• Including his one year at Buffalo, Reese scored 634 career points, made 118 career 3-pointers and grabbed 235 career rebounds

2020-21
• Played in and started all 28 games
• Averaged 10.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game
• Led the team with 57 made 3-pointers on 34.3 percent shooting
• Led the team with 42 steals on the year
• Averaged 31.8 minutes per game
• Shot 41.8 percent from the field
• Scored a career-high 21 points twice
• Made a career-high five 3-pointers on Nov. 26 versus Mississippi Valley
• Played a season-high 38 minutes in the C-USA Tournament championship win over WKU
• Had a season-high nine rebounds versus WKU in the C-USA Tournament championship game
• Had a career-high five assists at UTSA on Jan. 8
• Averaged 11.5 points per game in the NCAA Tournament
• Scored 13 points on March 19 in UNT's first round NCAA Tournament win over Purdue
• Scored double-digits 18 times

2019-20
• Played in and started all 31 games
• Averaged 8.6 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game,
• Made 53 3-pointers at a 36.6-percent clip
• Made 23-of-24 free throws (95.8 percent)
• Scored a season-high 18 points on Jan. 23 versus UTSA
• Made a season-high four 3-pointers twice
• Scored in double figures 15 times
• Played a season-high 43 minutes in the Mean Green's overtime victory over WKU on March 1 to clinch the regular season league title
• Had a season-high seven rebounds on Jan. 11 versus FAU

Odessa College (2018-19)
• 2019 NJCAA All-American Third Team
• Averaged 16 points per game
• Made 80 three-pointers at a 42-percent average
• Scored a season-high 41 points versus Hill College
• Scored over 30 points three times
• His 70 steals ranked 24th in the nation
• Led Odessa to the national tournament where they earned the No. 6 overall seed

Buffalo (2017-18)
• Played in 24 games and started three for a Buffalo team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament and upset Arizona in the first round
• Averaged 2.5 points per game
• Shot 93 percent from the free throw line (15-of-16)

Personal
Full Name: James Lanard Reese V
Birthday: Dec. 8, 1998
Nickname: "Reese"