Reggie Dupree
{{short description|American-Icelandic basketball player}}
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| name = Reggie Dupree
| image = Reggie Dupree in December 2014.jpg
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| caption = Dupree in 2014.
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| position = Point guard / shooting guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
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| nationality = American/Icelandic
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = United States
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| career_start = 2012
| career_end = 2022
| years1 = 2012–2014 | team1 = Reynir Sandgerði
| years2 = 2014–2022 | team2 = Keflavík
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Reginald Keil Dupree (born 10 December 1987) is an American-Icelandic former basketball player.{{cite news |author1=Guðmundur Hilmarsson |title=Prímusmótorinn í liðinu |url=https://timarit.is/page/6741409 |accessdate=6 October 2020 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=24 November 2015 |language=Icelandic}}
Club career
Dupree started his career with Reynir Sandgerði in the 1. deild karla. During the 2012–13 season, he averaged 20.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. In 2014, he signed with Keflavík. As the rules at the time only allowed one non-EU player on the court, he played sparingly, averaging 4.4 points in 10.1 minutes per game. The following summer, Dupree received an Icelandic citizenship and as a result his playing time and performance increased{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Með hundrað prósent þriggja stiga nýtingu á móti Njarðvík og KR |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016160129263 |accessdate=6 October 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=25 January 2016 |language=Icelandic}} with his averages jumping to 11.4 points in 29.5 minutes per game while shooting a career high 48.9% from the three point line.{{cite web |title=Reggie Dupree – Statistics |url=http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=190&season_id=109345&player_id=4615173 |website=kki.is |publisher=Icelandic Basketball Association |accessdate=6 October 2020 |language=Icelandic}}
In October 2016, Dupree was ejected from a game against Stjarnan after a minor confrontation with Justin Shouse ended with Dupree throwing Shouse's headband up to the stands.{{cite news |author1=Tómas Þór Þórðarson |title=Reggie rekinn út úr húsi fyrir að kasta svitabandi Justins upp í stúku |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2016161028698 |accessdate=6 October 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=28 October 2016 |language=Icelandic}}
After starting the 2017–18 season slow due to injuries, he exploded for a season high 29 points in a victory against Haukar on 26 October 2017.{{cite news |author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |title=Domino's Körfuboltakvöld: Dísætur Dupree |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2017171028643 |accessdate=6 October 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=29 October 2017 |language=Icelandic}} For the season he averaged 11.0 points while shooting 40.7% from the three point line.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/65988/reggie-dupree Profile] at proballers.com
- [http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=190&season_id=109345&player_id=4615173 Icelandic statistics] at Icelandic Basketball Association
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Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Icelandic men's basketball players