Bennett Koch (born May 25, 1995) is an American

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player who plays for

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. Standing at , Koch plays as

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. He played college basketball for

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College career

Koch played five seasons for the

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, including a

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season in 2013–14. As a freshman, he played behind

Seth Tuttle Seth Tuttle (born September 5, 1992) is an American former basketball player and current assistant coach for the Northern Iowa Panthers. He had an All-American college career at Northern Iowa (UNI). Tuttle was considered one of the top college ...

on the NCAA Round of 32 team. Koch broke into the starting lineup as a sophomore and averaged 7.6 points per game. In his final season with Northern Iowa, Koch averaged 12.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.

College statistics

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, 28 , , 0 , , 4.1 , , .536 , , .000 , , .529 , , 0.6 , , 0 , , 0 , , .1 , , 1.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

, 36 , , 36 , , 18.8 , , .497 , , .000 , , .740 , , 2.6 , , .4 , , .3 , , .4 , , 7.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;",

, 29 , , 26 , , 20.3 , , .570 , , .000 , , .762 , , 3.8 , , .5, , .5 , , .7 , , 11.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

, 31 , , 23 , , 24.2 , , .556 , , .000 , , .734 , , 6.1 , , .5 , , .7 , , .8 , , 12.7 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=2 style="text-align:center;", Career , 124 , , 85 , , 17.2 , , .542 , , .000 , , .736 , , 3.6 , , .4 , , .4 , , .5 , , 8.3

Professional career

On July 30, Koch signed a one-year contract with

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of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). On 10 April 2019, Windmills withdrew from the DBL due to its financial problems. On August 7, 2019, Koch signed with

of the

British Basketball League The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of play in the countries. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs howeve ...

(BBL). He re-signed with Sheffield on September 7, 2021.

Personal life

Koch's older brothers Adam and Jake also played at the University of Northern Iowa.

References

External links

Northern Iowa Panthers bio
1995 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom American men's basketball players Basketball players from Wisconsin Dutch Basketball League players Dutch Windmills players Sheffield Sharks players Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball players People from Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Brown County, Wisconsin Power forwards {{1990s-US-basketball-bio-stub