It runs within the household.
With Maryland advancing to the Candy 16, extra of the world is studying of Angel Reese’s youthful brother, Julian, and his expertise for the Terrapins.
However the siblings’ skills didn’t come out of nowhere — Angel provides credit score to their mother.
“Family business!” Angel Reese posted to X Sunday night time. “We get it from our momma!”
Angel and Julian’s mom, Angel Webb Reese, was additionally a basketball participant in her faculty days as she spent 4 seasons enjoying for the UMBC.
Webb Reese’s background was briefly highlighted in the course of the broadcast of Maryland’s second-round NCAA Match matchup towards Colorado State whereas Julian took a visit to the free-throw line.
Webb Reese was a 5-foot-11 ahead at UMBC from 1988-92 the place, identical to her youngsters, she was an elite glass-cleaner as she averaged 13.2 rebounds per sport in her senior season with the Retrievers. She averaged 17.6 factors that season as nicely, bringing her profession common to 12.8 factors per sport.
Evaluating the eldest daughter to her mom, the published’s graphic displayed Angel’s comparable rebounding numbers as she averaged 14.4 per sport in two seasons at LSU.
Earlier than Angel received a nationwide championship, she spent two seasons with Maryland, overlapping for one season along with her brother throughout Julian’s freshman yr.
Now in his senior season, Julian is averaging 13.3 factors and almost 10 rebounds per sport for the 4-seeded Terrapins as they proceed their March Insanity quest into the Candy 16.
Julian and Angel’s father, Michael Reese, additionally performed faculty basketball as he spent a season with Boston Faculty and two with Loyola Maryland.
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He and Mama Angel cut up when Julian and Angel have been younger — Webb Reese raised her children as a single mother.
“She has done everything on her own, raising my brother and I,” Angel Reese stated in 2019.
The 6-foot-9 Julian completed with 15 factors and 11 boards Sunday night time as Maryland took down 12-seeded Colorado State because of a buzzer-beating bucket from freshman sensation Derik Queen.
The Terps will now tackle No. 1 seed Florida on Thursday.
“Sweet 16. Let’s Dance!” Angel Reese posted to X. “GO TERPS!”
