Marcquise Reed (born April 21, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for ONVO Büyükçekmece of the

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(BSL). He played

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for Clemson.

High school career

Reed attended St. Vincent Pallotti High School, where he was coached by Shae Johnson. His teammate, former St. John's and

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, received more attention from college coaches, who were often surprised by the play of Reed. As a senior, he transferred to Capitol Christian Academy and averaged 31.2 points per game, He received scholarship offers from the likes of

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, Drexel, LIU-Brooklyn and

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and committed to Robert Morris. Reed cited the program's winning tradition as well as the relative proximity to his home in Maryland.

College career

Robert Morris

In his second game as a freshman at Robert Morris, a loss to

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, Reed scored 24 points. He was named

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Rookie of the Week six times all season. At the conclusion of the regular season, Reed was named NEC Rookie of the Year as well as being an All-NEC Second Team selection. Robert Morris won the NEC Tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament, and Reed had 19 points in the First Four win over the

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and 22 points in the loss to the No. 1 seed

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. He finished second in scoring on the team behind Rodney Prior with 15.1 points per game.

Clemson

Reed transferred to Clemson after the season because he wanted to play in the

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. He sat out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA regulations. As a sophomore, Reed averaged 10 points per game in 21.5 minutes per game off the bench. Due to the graduation of star

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, coach

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told Reed that he would need to play a bigger part on the team next year. Reed led Clemson to a 12–1 start and their first AP Top 25 ranking in eight years on January 1, 2018. After the loss of senior power forward

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on January 20, Reed had to shoulder more of the scoring load. Reed scored a career-high 28 points in a 65-58 loss to

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on February 21. At the conclusion of the regular season, Reed was named to the All-ACC Second Team. As a junior, Reed led the Tigers in scoring with 15.8 points per game and added 4.6 rebounds per game on an NCAA Tournament team. After the season, he and teammate Shelton Mitchell declared for the

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but did not hire agents to retain collegiate eligibility. Both Reed and Mitchell withdrew from the draft before the deadline and returned to Clemson. Reed scored his 2,000th career point in his final college game, a second round NIT loss to

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. As a senior, Reed averaged 19.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.1 steals per game.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Reed joined

Chorale Roanne Basket Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue an ...

of the

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. He averaged 16.4 points per game in his rookie season. On July 17, 2020, Reed signed with Prometey Kamianske of the

Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) ( uk, Українська баскетбольна суперліга) is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine. Established in 1992, the league is currently contested by 10 c ...

. However, he parted ways with the team on November 20. On December 24, 2020, he has signed with

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays ...

of the

. Reed averaged 14.7 points, 4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. On July 22, 2021, he signed with

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. On July 16, 2022, he has signed with

New Basket Brindisi New Basket Brindisi, for sponsorship reasons named Happy Casa Brindisi or shortly Brindisi, is a professional Italian basketball based in Brindisi, Apulia. It plays in the first division LBA in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 2004, the well-s ...

of the

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. On July 2, 2023, he signed with ONVO Büyükçekmece of the

(BSL).

References

External links

Clemson Tigers bio
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