http://w3.nbebasketball.com/2009/12/27/jarelle-reischel-fielding-big-east-interest/JARELLE REISCHEL FIELDING BIG EAST INTEREST
December 27, 2009 by NBE Blogger
2011 forward improving game, seeing college interest
While most of the attention Saturday night in the Seton Hall Prep-Point Pleasant Beach high school basketball contest was focused on Prep guard Sterling Gibbs, one of the nation’s top guards in the class, another 2011 prospect is also getting some attention from some big name schools as well. Point Pleasant Beach’s 6-foot-6, 200-pound forward Jarelle Reischel is a name to remember this spring and summer as college coaches will be certain to evaluate when the time comes.
While Gibbs definitely stole the show Saturday, scoring 38 points in SHP’s 77-58 win, Reischel scored 14 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for Point Pleasant Beach, who dropped their first game of the season after opening with two wins.
Reischel has only been in the United States just over a year, coming from his native Germany, and making his game more ‘American’ has been an adjust for him and is one of the areas he told NBE earlier this week he has improved in.
“Georgetown, Penn State, Maryland, St. John’s, Providence, Kansas [and] Temple,†replied Reischel when asked by NBE what schools were actively recruiting him, noting that he is wide open to any and all schools in the process.
Late this summer at the Summer Primetime Shootout Reischel showed he can definitely make shots, but he also had stretches where he struggled to put the ball in the cup. A very good athlete, the German import has some shake ‘n bake to his game, a little pizzazz if you will, with a nasty crossover that he used effectively when driving to the cup, though he is not overly flashy. He was tough to defend, as he showed he was capable of beating his defender off the dribble, or pull-up and shoot a jumper beyond the arc. Reischel rebounded the ball very well, especially on the offense end, for a player his size.
At this point in his recruitment Reischel is still feeling out the process, but has an idea on what he is looking for in a school and program, outside of the comfort zone and relationship with the coaches and players.
“I want to find a team that will make me achieve my goals as a individual and as a team,†said Reischel.
NBE will be sure to check in with Jarelle Reischel again this season as well as this spring on the AAU and camp circuit.