Reggie Lynch
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 Lynch playing for Minnesota | |
| No. 50 – Halcones de Xalapa | |
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| Position | Center |
| League | LNBP |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 30, 1994 Edina, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Listed height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) |
| Listed weight | 118 kg (260 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Edina (Edina, Minnesota) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2018–present |
| Career history | |
| 2018–2019 | BC Kalev |
| 2020–2021 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| 2021 | Iraklis Thessaloniki |
| 2021–2022 | Napoli Basket |
| 2022 | Baskets Oldenburg |
| 2023 | Juventus Utena |
| 2023–2024 | Bnei Herzliya |
| 2024 | Soles de Mexicali |
| 2024–2025 | Śląsk Wrocław |
| 2025–present | Halcones de Xalapa |
| Career highlights | |
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Reginald Joseph Connor Lynch (born November 30, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Halcones de Xalapa of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He transferred from Illinois State in 2015 and sat out the 2015–16 season.[1] In 2016, he started at center for the Gophers and won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year after setting the Gophers single-season record in blocks with 114.[2][3][4]
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Reggie Lynch C |
Edina, MN | Edina | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 257 lb (117 kg) | Nov 9, 2013 | |
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Lynch played for Edina Highschool and helped the team reach the Minnesota State Tournament for the first time in over 2 decades.
College career
2015–16 season
Lynch transferred from Illinois State University to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Lynch sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2016–17 season
Lynch started 33 games for the Gophers. He won Big Ten Defensive Player of the year after recording 114 blocks which were second best in the entire nation. He had at least 5 blocks in 11 games during the season including a game where he posted 11 blocks at home against Penn State on February 25. Lynch was named the Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year. While also helping to take the Gophers to the NCAA tournament and making the biggest season-to-season turnaround in college basketball history.
2017–18 season
Lynch played the first 16 games of the season for the Golden Gophers averaging 10.1 points 8 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game before exiting the university after being found responsible for acts of sexual misconduct. Lynch initially appealed the expulsion but dropped the appeal in February 2018 to start his professional career.[5]
College statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Illinois State | 34 | 20 | 20.3 | .582 | .000 | .553 | 4.8 | .2 | .6 | 2.8 | 8.3 |
| 2014–15 | Illinois State | 33 | 30 | 22.2 | .509 | .000 | .683 | 5.4 | .2 | .7 | 2.8 | 9.5 |
| 2015–16 | Minnesota |  Redshirt | ||||||||||
| 2016–17 | Minnesota | 33 | 33 | 23.1 | .543 | .000 | .639 | 6.1 | .5 | .5 | 3.5 | 8.4 |
| 2017–18 | Minnesota | 16 | 16 | 26.4 | .584 | .000 | .717 | 8.0 | 1.3 | .7 | 4.1 | 10.1 |
| Career | 116 | 99 | 22.5 | .548 | .000 | .639 | 5.8 | .5 | .6 | 3.2 | 8.9 | |