RANKING THE REBELS: 86 – Jerel Blassingame
Jerel Blassingame
Years: 2003 to 2005
Career highlights:
■ Scored 623 points in 62 games and had 376 assists (6.1 per game) in his two-year career.
■ Led the team in assists both seasons, and ranks in the top 15 on the career list. Also led the team in steals both seasons.
■ The Rebels compiled a 35-27 record and reached the NIT in each season.
Quotable: "Jerel was very quick, and he could score the ball. He didn't say much at all, but he wasn't afraid of anything. He thought he could make plays against anybody." -- Charlie Spoonhour, former UNLV coach
Currently: Starting point guard for BC Odessa in Ukraine last season. Also has played professionally in Finland, Greece, Israel and Sweden.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
