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James Reese V

  • position G
  • height 6-4
  • weight 170
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Eastover, S.C.
  • Previous School North Texas
  • High school AC Flora
  • position G
  • height 6-4
  • weight 170
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Eastover, S.C.
  • Previous School North Texas
  • High school AC Flora

James Reese V Bio

PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Prior to time at South Carolina, spent freshman season at Buffalo (2017-18), before playing the 2018-19 season at Odessa College, and the 2019-20 and 2020-21 campaigns at North Texas
  • At Buffalo, saw action in 24 contests, averaging 2.5 points per game; the Bulls advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and upset Arizona in the first round that season
  • At Odessa, averaged 16 points per game en route to NJCAA All-American Third-Team honors
  • Led Odessa to the national tournament, where it earned the No. 6 overall seed; made 80 3-pointers at a 42 percent average 
  • At North Texas, started all 59 games he played in, averaging 9.7 points per game
  • Helped the Mean Green claim the C-USA Championship and reach the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, scoring 13 points, with two assists and three steals in the NCAA first-round overtime win over Purdue
  • Also helped North Texas earn the 2020 C-USA Regular Season championship  

PERSONAL

  • Son of James Reese and Shavonda Patterson
  • Has two sisters, LaRhonda and JaMia
  • Lists his favorite professional basketball player is Lebron James
  • His advice to young people is “keep working for what you want, it’ll come in due time.”
  • Lists his favorite vacation destination as Dubai, and his favorite dessert is banana pudding
  • Chose South Carolina because “it’s home for me!”
  • An African American studies major