Bennett Koch | |
Number: | 25 |
Position: | Power forward / center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 235 |
League: | British Basketball League |
Team: | Sheffield Sharks |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1995 |
Birth Place: | Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Ashwaubenon (Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin) |
College: | Northern Iowa (2014–2018) |
Draft Year: | 2018 |
Career Start: | 2018 |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Team1: | Dutch Windmills |
Years2: | 2019–present |
Team2: | Sheffield Sharks |
Bennett Koch (born May 25, 1995) is an American basketball player who plays for Sheffield Sharks. Standing at, Koch plays as power forward or center. He played college basketball for Northern Iowa.
Koch played five seasons for the Northern Iowa Panthers, including a redshirt season in 2013–14. As a freshman, he played behind Seth Tuttle 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.[1]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| Northern Iowa| 28 || 0 || 4.1 || .536 || .000 || .529 || 0.6 || 0 || 0 || .1 || 1.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Northern Iowa| 36 || 36 || 18.8 || .497 || .000 || .740 || 2.6 || .4 || .3 || .4 || 7.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Northern Iowa| 29 || 26 || 20.3 || .570 || .000 || .762 || 3.8 || .5|| .5 || .7 || 11.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Northern Iowa| 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
On July 30, Koch signed a one-year contract with Dutch Windmills of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[2] On 10 April 2019, Windmills withdrew from the DBL due to its financial problems.[3]
On August 7, 2019, Koch signed with Sheffield Sharks of the British Basketball League (BBL).[4] He re-signed with Sheffield on September 7, 2021.[5]
Koch's older brothers Adam and Jake also played at the University of Northern Iowa.[6]