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‘It makes for a great storyline’: Reese siblings look to carve their own basketball legacies at Maryland

May 10 began like any other Mother’s Day. Julian Reese intended on giving his mother, Angel S. Reese, a present she knew was coming. She just didn’t think it would arrive so soon.

The St. Frances boys basketball standout called for his mom to come downstairs in their Randallstown home and gave her a black sweatshirt. The front showed a picture of Julian and his older sister, also named Angel, on a visit to the University of Maryland. On the back was the word “Committed.”

Julian’s commitment, the first for the Maryland men’s basketball team in the Class of 2021, wasn’t just special for his mother.