Editing Reggie Lewis (section)

==College career==
Lewis attended [[Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)|Northeastern University]] in [[Boston]]. Over his four years at Northeastern, Lewis scored 2,708 points, still the all-time record at the university. His Northeastern teams won the [[ECAC North]] all four seasons and played in the NCAA men's basketball tournament every year. The [[1983–84 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team|1983–84 Huskies]] advanced to the second round of the [[1984 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA tournament]], falling one point shy of the Sweet 16 when Rolando Lamb scored at the buzzer to lift [[Virginia Commonwealth University|VCU]] over the Huskies.

His uniform number was retired and hangs in tribute in [[Matthews Arena]] (the home of Northeastern University's men's basketball team and the Celtics' original home arena in 1946). As a Celtic, he and his family lived in [[Dedham, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://articles.philly.com/1993-07-29/sports/25978291_1_gilbert-mudge-waltham-weston-hospital-reggie-lewis | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150919123736/http://articles.philly.com/1993-07-29/sports/25978291_1_gilbert-mudge-waltham-weston-hospital-reggie-lewis | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 19, 2015 | title = The Reggie Lewis Aftermath Boston Mourns, Puzzles And Opines Over Celtics Star's Death | date = July 29, 1993 | first = Gwen | last = Knapp | newspaper = Philadelphia Inquirer | access-date = May 21, 2015}}</ref> He was a second cousin of [[PJ Dozier]], who wore the jersey number 35 as a member of the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] in honor of Lewis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doxy |first1=Andrew |title=Celtics sign PJ Dozier to a two-way contract |url=https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/8/3/17648526/celtics-sign-pj-dozier-to-a-two-way-contract |website=CelticsBlog |access-date=August 5, 2018 |date=August 3, 2018}}</ref>