EL PASO, Texas – 6-10 post Reid Cason (East Carolina) has signed with the UTEP men's basketball team, head coach
Joe Golding announced Friday.
A brief profile on Cason and a quote from Golding follows below.
Reid Cason
Forward
6-10, 239
East Carolina
Kingston, Okla.
AT EAST CAROLINA (2024-26)
2025-26 (SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in all 31 games, including making 12 starts, while pitching in 3.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 0.9 bpg (14th AC) in only 15.3 mpg … made 56.1 percent (46-82) of his shots from the floor (second on team) and knocked down 67.5 percent (27-40) at the free throw line, with his 40 attempts tying as the fourth most on the squad … active on the offensive boards, with 40 of his 103 rebounds coming at that end of the court … posted his first career double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) while also blocking a career-high five shots vs. UAB (1/11/26) … lit up the Blazers for a career-best tying 14 points on 6-8 shooting (2-4 FT) while adding four rebounds and swatting two shots in the season finale (3/8/26) … shot 7-8 from the floor on the way to a career-most 14 points in the season opener against Georgia Southern (11/4/25) … tallied nine points, including going 5-5 at the line, while grabbing four rebounds in making his first career start against Michigan State (11/25/25) … notched seven points to go along with four boards against Charlotte (1/18/26) … stuffed the stat sheet at North Texas (1/23/26), grabbing nine rebounds while adding four points and three rejections … recorded eight points while also snagging five caroms against Memphis (3/1/26) … blocked multiple shots on nine occasions … secured five or more rebounds seven times.
2024-25 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 24 games, chipping in 0.8 ppg and 0.8 rpg … voted as an Academic All-American… swatted two shots at Tulsa (1/21/25) … tallied a season-high four points in a victory against UAB (2/11/25).
PREP
Averaged a double-double (23 points and 12 rebounds) during his senior year with Kingston HS … added four assists and three blocked shots on overage during his prep career … twice tabbed as the conference Defensive Player of the Year while being named to the Lake Country All-Conference squad all four years … surprised both 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
"Reid is exactly the kind of center we were hoping to find in the portal this offseason.He has the size and skill to be a factor offensively in the Mountain West Conference, and we love how well he finishes around the rim. Even better, he plays as hard as anyone, and defensively he averaged 1 block per game. We need elite rim protection to be successful next season, and we think Reid will help us do just that. We can't wait to get him on campus."
Head coach Joe Golding
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