Paul Reed (basketball)


Paul Reed is an American college basketball player for the DePaul Blue Demons of the Big East Conference.

Early life and high school career

Reed grew up in Orlando, Florida and attended Wekiva High School. Reed grew from being 6'2 as freshman in high school to 6'6 as a junior and was 6'8 by the start of his senior year. As a senior, he averaged 18.2 points and 11.4 rebounds and was named the Central Florida Player of the Year as he led the Mustangs to the state championship game. Rated a three-star recruit and the #235 prospect in his class, Reed committed to play college basketball at DePaul over offers from Clemson, Kansas State, Rutgers and Murray State.

College career

As a true freshman, Reed averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 28 games played off the bench. He received more playing time towards the end of the season and averaged 5.6 points and 4.6 rebounds over the final 14 games of the season. As a sophomore, Reed averaged 12.3 points and a Big East Conference-leading 8.5 rebounds per game and was named the Big East Conference Most Improved Player. In the 2019 College Basketball Invitational Reed averaged 18.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.7 blocks, and 2.2 steals as he helped lead the Blue Demons to the best-of-three final.
Reed entered his junior season as a preseason All-Big East selection. Reed recorded ten double-doubles and was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll four times during DePaul's 13-game non-conference schedule at the start of the season. Reed scored 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting with nine rebounds in DePaul's 79–66 upset of No. 5 Butler on January 18. Reed missed several games in February and March with a hip pointer injury. At the conclusion of the regular season, Reed was named Second Team All-Big East after averaging 15.1 points and finishing second in the conference in rebounds, blocks and steals. He had 18 double-doubles for the season. After the season, Reed declared for the 2020 NBA draft, forgoing his final season of eligibility.

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