ISAIAH REESE

POSITION: Guard

HEIGHT: 6-5 (196 cm)

WEIGHT: 185 lbs (84 kg)

BIRTHDATE: December 13, 1996 (Miami, Fla.)

HIGH SCHOOL: DME Academy (Daytona Beach, Florida)

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Canisius College ‘19 (Buffalo, NY)

INSTAGRAM: @isaiahreese13

HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent July 3, 2022

YEARS PRO: 3

BIO

PROFESSIONAL CAREER 

 

Owns career averages of 12.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 25.4 minutes in 117 professional games in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.


2022: Averaged 9.0 points 2.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 2.2 steals through 5 games with the Hamilton Honey Badgers ... Scored 18 points on six-of-eight shooting from deep to go along with a trio of assists July 9 at Edmonton ... Scored 11 points including the Elam-winning basket July 12 at Saskatchewan.

 

2021-22: Averaged 18.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 7.1 assists, and 32.6 minutes through 48 games with the London Lions of the U.K.’s British Basketball League (BBL) … Started in 46 games … Scored in double figures in all but two games, with eight double-double performances … Scored 20 or more points in 19 games … Poured in a season-high 32 points to go along with five rebounds and eight assists April 24 against the Manchester Giants … Recorded 22 points and 13 assists January 28 vs. Plymouth … Tallied a season-high 14 assists October 8 against Surrey … Scored 12 points to go along with 4 assists in London’s Basketball Champions League qualifier September 13 vs. Treviso … Named BBL Player of the Month in April.

 

2020-21: Averaged 8.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 22.7 minutes in 16 games for the Santa Cruz Warriors, NBA G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors … Helped the team play their way to an 11-4 record, the second-best mark in the league … The team’s regular season losses came in four of his lowest five minute totals of the season … Started in three games … Shot a professional career-best .358 from three on the season … Fueled the Warriors with a season-high 29 points to go along with 11 assists March 6 vs. OKC Blue … Scored 17 points to go along with eight rebounds and five assists February 28 against Austin … Signed with the Guelph Nighthawks in March 2021 … Started in all three games in which he appeared, averaging 13.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per contest … Scored 22 points to go along with six rebounds and six assists in a July 3 loss to Hamilton.

 

2019-20: Averaged 7.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 19.4 minutes through 42 games with the Santa Cruz Warriors in his first NBA G League season … Started in eight games … Exploded for a career-high 34 points to go along with six assists February 12 vs. Iowa … Tallied 22 points, five rebounds, and five assists March 6 against Sioux Falls.

 

2019: Appeared in three games for the Houston Rockets in the 2019 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas … Played 14 minutes, scoring two points and dishing a pair of assists. 

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER

 

Averaged 11.1 points. 5.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 28.1 minutes in 87 career games at Canisius College.

 

2018-19: Averaged 11.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 32.1 minutes in 20 games as a junior … Started 19 games … Scored in double figures 14 times … Led the team in rebounds per game and ranked second on the team in per-game scoring … Scored a season-high 21 points to go along with eight rebounds and four steals January 11 vs. Rider … Recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds December 5 against Robert Morris … Scored his 1,000th collegiate career point January 7 vs. Quinnipac.

 

2017-18: Averaged 16.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 33.4 minutes in 33 games as a sophomore … Started in all 33 games … Led the team in minutes per game, rebounds per game, assists per game, and steals per game (2.2) … Recorded a triple-double with 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists in the Griffins’ home opener November 19 against Youngstown State … Logged two double-doubles, with 13 points and 10 rebounds February 11 vs. Quinnipac, followed by 23 points and 12 rebounds February 19 vs. Rider … Scored a season-high 31 points to go along with seven rebounds and two steals December 7 vs. Saint Bonaventure … Named to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) First Team, becoming the first Canisius sophomore in 24 years to earn such honours.

 

2016-17: Averaged 7.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 20.7 minutes in 34 games as a freshman … Made his first career start December 4 at Monmouth … Scored in double figures seven times … Set season highs in points (19) and rebounds (11) in his first career double-double March 3 against Saint Peter’s … Assisted a season-high six baskets January 4 vs. Quinnipac.


PERSONAL


Son of Kenneth Reese and Frances Eberhardt … Has two younger brothers, Isaac and Jeremiah … Majored in sports management in college … Was honored as Junior Orange Bowl Tournament MVP in 2014 … Represented his hometown Miami Pro League in the 2022 Red Bull Pro-Am Classic, a tournament featuring 10-man rosters from the top Pro-Am leagues in the United States.

CAREER PROFESSIONAL STATISTICS (as of July 3, 2022)

Totals
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2022 Hamilton Honey Badgers 5 111 45 7-16 8-28 7-7 3 10 13 13 12 1 11 8
2021-22 London L. 48 1565 890 201-379 128-367 104-141 46 191 237 340 114 4 94 200
2021 Guelph 3 105 41 10-20 5-25 6-9 5 9 14 16 11 0 6 8
2020-21 Santa Cruz 16 363 129 30-64 19-53 9-15 5 53 58 71 30 2 14 36
2019-20 Santa Cruz 42 813 298 60-121 57-166 4-6 21 90 111 113 57 8 32 74
2019 Houston 3 14 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0
Totals 117 2,971 1,405 309-603 209-613 130-178 81 353 434 555 224 15 159 326
Averages
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2022 Hamilton Honey Badgers 5 22.2 9.0 .438 .286 1.000 0.6 2.0 2.6 2.6 2.4 0.2 2.2 1.6
2021-22 London L. 48 32.6 18.5 .530 .349 .738 1.0 4.0 4.9 7.1 2.4 0.1 2.0 4.2
2021 Guelph 3 35 13.7 .500 .200 .667 1.7 3.0 4.7 5.3 3.7 0 2.0 2.7
2020-21 Santa Cruz 16 22.7 8.1 .469 .358 .600 0.3 3.3 3.6 4.4 1.9 0.1 0.9 2.3
2019-20 Santa Cruz 42 19.4 7.1 .496 .343 .667 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.7 1.4 0.2 0.8 1.8
2019 Houston 3 4.7 0.7 .333 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0
Totals 117 25.4 12.0 .512 .341 .730 0.7 3.0 3.7 4.7 1.9 0.1 1.4 2.8

COLLEGIATE STATISTICS

Totals
Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2018-19 Canisius 20 641 236 54-117 35-115 23-34 15 102 117 88 45 8 33 53
2017-18 Canisius 33 1102 557 117-201 83-231 74-84 18 172 190 154 71 5 73 87
2016-17 Canisius 34 704 240 70-135 21-80 37-51 25 101 126 98 75 7 46 58
Totals 87 2,447 1,033 241-453 139-426 134-169 58 375 433 340 191 20 152 198

Averages

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
2018-19 Canisius 20 32.1 11.8 .462 .304 .676 0.8 5.1 5.9 4.4 2.3 0.4 1.7 2.7
2017-18 Canisius 33 33.4 16.9 .582 .359 .881 0.5 5.2 5.8 4.7 2.2 0.2 2.2 2.6
2016-17 Canisius 34 20.7 7.1 .519 .263 .725 0.7 3.0 3.7 2.9 2.2 0.2 1.4 1.7
Totals 87 28.1 11.9 .532 .326 .793 0.7 4.3 5.0 3.9 2.2 0.2 1.7 2.3