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per Marcus:
After his 11-blocks, zero-fouls performance for the Gophers in Saturday’s 81-71 victory against Penn State, Reggie Lynch left the floor to chants of “Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!” and a standing ovation from the sold-out Williams Arena crowd.
Lynch’s teammates met him with high-fives and slapped at his dreadlocks as he sat on the bench, congratulating the 6-10 center for setting the U’s single-season blocks record. Their nickname for him is “Block Nation.”
“The chant was awesome,” said Lynch, a junior from Edina. “It felt great.”
Years before Lynch was helping the Gophers (22-7, 10-6) make a run to the NCAA tournament this season, he was crafting the skill that would make him one of the most formidable interior defenders in the country and a candidate for Big Ten defensive player of the year.
His mother, Marlene Lynch, has a favorite video of when her son went on a blocking spree in a youth basketball game in Edina. An opposing sixth-grader kept scoring on Lynch’s team.
“He wasn’t playing Reggie’s position, but I remember Reggie’s face and it looked like, ‘This must stop,’ ” Marlene said. “He decided he’s going out there and trying to stop this kid. I just saw him take it on. That’s all he’s ever really done.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-reggie-lynch-is-no-new-kid-on-the-blocks/415169774/
Go Gophers!!
After his 11-blocks, zero-fouls performance for the Gophers in Saturday’s 81-71 victory against Penn State, Reggie Lynch left the floor to chants of “Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!” and a standing ovation from the sold-out Williams Arena crowd.
Lynch’s teammates met him with high-fives and slapped at his dreadlocks as he sat on the bench, congratulating the 6-10 center for setting the U’s single-season blocks record. Their nickname for him is “Block Nation.”
“The chant was awesome,” said Lynch, a junior from Edina. “It felt great.”
Years before Lynch was helping the Gophers (22-7, 10-6) make a run to the NCAA tournament this season, he was crafting the skill that would make him one of the most formidable interior defenders in the country and a candidate for Big Ten defensive player of the year.
His mother, Marlene Lynch, has a favorite video of when her son went on a blocking spree in a youth basketball game in Edina. An opposing sixth-grader kept scoring on Lynch’s team.
“He wasn’t playing Reggie’s position, but I remember Reggie’s face and it looked like, ‘This must stop,’ ” Marlene said. “He decided he’s going out there and trying to stop this kid. I just saw him take it on. That’s all he’s ever really done.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-reggie-lynch-is-no-new-kid-on-the-blocks/415169774/
Go Gophers!!
