Terrico White
June 16, 2022
Dario Hunt
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 2/05/89
- Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida (USA)
- Position: CTR
- Height (CM): 206
- Weight (KG): 105
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: Nevada (2008–2012)
- NBL DEBUT: 5/10/19
- AGE AT DEBUT: 30
- LAST NBL GAME: 5/01/20
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 30
- NBL History: Perth 2020
- Championships: 1
- Perth (2020)
BIO: Hunt, the son of two Air Force veterans, was born in Tampa, Florida. Growing up, he lived in Japan and Turkey, as well as in six or seven different states.
He attended four or five different elementary schools and two middle schools. Hunt spent his first three years of secondary school at Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
With the basketball team, he earned second-team all-state honours his junior year after leading the team in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. He averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior. He set school records for career rebounding and blocks, as well as single-season records for scoring, rebounding and blocks.
For his senior year, Hunt moved to North Carolina to attend Charis Prep School. During the 2007/08 season, he averaged 16.1 points, 15.3 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks per game, and helped Charis Prep to a 43–3 record. He was subsequently named team MVP and earned first-team all-league honours.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Dario Hunt made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats at 30 years of age. He scored 12 points in his first game.
The Wildcats’ first move of the 2019 off-season was re-signing four-time championship-winning coach Trevor Gleeson (three-year deal) as well as five-time championship-winning duo Damian Martin and Jesse Wagstaff and import Terrico White. In total, six members of the championship-winning squad would return, with Wani Swaka Lo Buluk being elevated from development player to the full roster and replace the retiring Greg Hire. The team also added Dario Hunt and Majok Majok to replace exiting big men Tom Jervis and Angus Brandt (to Europe).
Perth started the season in dominant fashion (5–1), but by round 10, had taken a step backwards (8-5) following back-to-back losses. The Wildcats regrouped behind four straight wins and closed out December with a 13–6 record. In December, Damian Martin played his 300th game for the Wildcats, then suffered a left heel injury, which saw him miss the entire month of January. After losing back-to-back games to start 2020, Gleeson and the Wildcat’s decided to release Dario Hunt (8.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists) and replace him with seven-year NBA veteran Miles Plumlee (9.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.0 steals, and 1.0 blocks).
The addition of Plumlee gave Perth the inside presence they needed, showcased in a Perth win over New Zealand (80–79), when he recorded 23 points and 18 rebounds, becoming the first Wildcat to record 20+ points and 15+ rebounds in a game since 2007.
in the semifinals, Perth defeated Cairns (2–1) to advance to their 15th NBL Grand Final where thanks to a big games from Cotton (32 points) and Kay (14 points and 6 rebounds) they claimed game one (88–86) in front of 11,647 rabid Kings fans.
As the team’s prepared for game two in Perth, it was decided that the remaining games would all take place with no fans in the building. Without a single fan in the building, the Kings evened the series (1-1) thanks to Jae’Sean Tate (21 points) nailing seven of his nine shots and Andrew Bogut (24 points and 14 rebounds) having one of his best games of the season.
In game three of the grand final series against the Sydney Kings, Kay (30 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists) delivered a career high scoring effort, including seven three-pointers alongside Cotton (31 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists) to propel Perth to a game three victory (111–96).
Prior to game four, the Sydney Kings chose to withdraw from the series due to uncertainties of the coronavirus and travel restrictions. With multiple Kings players based overseas, many were concerned the restrictions would prevent any return home. After a week spent deliberating, it was decided Perth would be awarded the championship due to holding a 2-1 lead at the time, securing their tenth title. After averaging 30.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.7 assists over the three games, Cotton was named Grand Final MVP for the second time in four years, becoming the first player in Wildcats history to be named league MVP, Grand Final MVP and win a championship all in the same season.
Dario Hunt played one season in the NBL. He averaged 8.5 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 21 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 30 | Perth | 19-9 (2) | 21 | 397.8 | 180 | 127 | 35 | 55 | 72 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 54 | 75 | 127 | 59% | 0 | 1 | 0% | 30 | 53 | 57% | 59% | 59% | 21 | Totals | 21 | 398 | 180 | 127 | 35 | 55 | 72 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 54 | 75 | 127 | 59.1% | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 30 | 53 | 56.6% | 60% | 59% | 21 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 30 | Perth | 19-9 (2) | 21 | 18.9 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 59% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 1.4 | 2.5 | 57% | 59% | 59% | 21 | Total | 21 | 18.9 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 59.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 56.6% | 60% | 59% | 21 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Has played in Ukraine, Italy, France, Germany and Belgium. Was a teammate of Bryce Cotton at Italian club Brescia Leonessa in 2018.
COLLEGE
Dario Hunt attended Nevada from 2008–09 through 2011–12 and became a four-year frontcourt mainstay, starting 92 of his first 100 career games entering his senior season while building one of the most decorated defensive résumés in the program’s WAC era.
As a true freshman in 2008–09, Hunt played 34 games with 27 starts and averaged 3.6 points and 4.4 rebounds in 18.8 minutes per game, while leading the WAC and ranking 48th nationally at 2.0 blocks per game.
That freshman season established his shot-blocking reputation, as his 67 blocks set Nevada’s freshman single-season record and ranked third on the school’s single-season list, with notable single-game marks including nine points at Portland (Nov. 29, 2008), nine points vs Fresno State (Jan. 17, 2009), nine rebounds vs North Carolina (Dec. 31, 2008), and a career-best six blocks at Idaho (Jan. 31, 2009).
Hunt’s role expanded as a sophomore in 2009–10 when he started 33 of 34 games and lifted his production to 6.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game while again ranking among the WAC’s best rim protectors at 1.94 blocks per game, finishing with 66 blocks (fourth on Nevada’s single-season charts) and earning WAC All-Defensive honours.
As a junior in 2010–11, Hunt surged to 12.4 points and a WAC-leading 9.7 rebounds per game while also leading the conference in blocks (1.84 per game) and offensive rebounds (3.63 per game), posting 10 double-doubles and twice grabbing a career-high 19 rebounds (vs San Jose State on Feb. 5, 2011 and vs Idaho on Feb. 24, 2011).
That 2010–11 season brought major recognition as he earned second-team All-WAC, second-team NABC District 6, and team MVP honours, and he tied his single-game career-high with six blocks against New Mexico State in the WAC Tournament (March 10, 2011) while his 59 blocks ranked fifth on Nevada’s single-season list.
Entering his senior season in 2011–12, Hunt was named to the WAC Coaches preseason second team and the media preseason squad, and he was a multi-year WAC All-Defensive selection who entered that year with 192 career blocks tied for the top mark in school history and with his three-year run producing the third-, fourth-, and fifth-best single-season block totals in Nevada history (67, 66, 59).
In his final year, his season averages were listed at 10.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game, and later reporting described him as Nevada’s all-time blocked shots leader coming out of his Wolf Pack career.
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