Jason Reese is UNI’s all-time leading scorer in men’s basketball with 2,033 points. Reese played in 114 games as a UNI Panther player from 1986-1990.
Reese will be remembered for leading the Panthers to the 1990 NCAA Tournament. He scored 18 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds in helping UNI to a 74-71 win over No. 3 seed Missouri in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Reese then poured in 29 points and tallied 10 rebounds in the Panthers’ second-round matchup with the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Reese scored a then-UNI record 638 points in his senior season (bested later by Randy Blocker’s 645 points in 1993-94). He was named to the Mid-Continent Conference’s All-Newcomer team as a freshman in 1987. Reese then tallied first-team all-Mid-Continent Conference honors as a junior and as a senior.
Following his collegiate career, Reese took part in NBA training camps with the Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics. He also played overseas in Australia and France.
Reese is a native of Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from Des Moines East High School.
