Reginald Joseph Connor Lynch (born November 30, 1994) is an American professional

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player for

Bnei Herzliya Bnei Herzliya Basket (, lit. ''Sons of Herzliya''), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in the Sharon district in Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball. It ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

. He played college basketball for the

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. He transferred from

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in 2015 and sat out the 2015–16 season. In 2016, he started at

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for the Gophers and won

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Defensive Player of the Year after setting the Gophers single-season record in blocks with 114.

High school career

College career

2015–16 season

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

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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 before being expelled from the university after being found responsible for two separate acts of sexual misconduct. Lynch initially appealed the expulsion, but dropped the appeal in February 2018.

College statistics

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Professional career

On July 20, 2018, Lynch signed with Estonian team Kalev/Cramo. He averaged 7.2 points 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks. He spent the 2019–20 season for Serie A2 team Urania Basket Milano, averaging 11.3 points and 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. On August 16, 2020, Lynch signed a three-year deal with

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of the

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and the EuroCup. On August 11, 2021, Lynch signed with

Iraklis Thessaloniki Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

of the

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. On November 22, 2021, he parted ways with the Greek team, in order to sign with Italian club

Napoli Basket Napoli Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as GeVi Napoli, is an Italian professional basketball team of the city of Naples. It's the ''de facto'' successor of the S.S. Basket Napoli, Basket Napoli which was dissolved in 2009. The team has achi ...

. In 6

games with Iraklis, he averaged 12 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 blocks, playing around 27 minutes per contest. On March 29, 2022, Lynch signed with

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of the German

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until the end of the season. On January 10, 2023, Lynch signed with Juventus Utena of the

Lithuanian Basketball League Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

(LKL). He led the league in blocks, with 2.2 per game. On August 13, 2023, Lynch signed with

of the

References

External links

Minnesota Golden Gophers bioRealGM profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Reggie 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Edina, Minnesota American expatriate basketball people in Estonia American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania American expatriate basketball people in Russia American men's basketball players Basketball players from Minnesota BC Kalev/Cramo players BC Juventus players Bnei Herzliya basketball players Centers (basketball) Edina High School alumni EWE Baskets Oldenburg players Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball players Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball players Napoli Basket players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players