Darryl McDonald
July 23, 2020
Durrell McDonald
- Nationality: AUS/USA
- Date of Birth: 25/02/94
- Place of Birth: New York, New York (USA)
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 188
- Weight (KG): 78
- Junior Assoc: VIC - Bulleen
- College: DePaul (2012-2015) / Mercyhurst (2016-2017)
- NBL DEBUT: 18/02/18
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 18/02/18
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
- NBL History: Melbourne 2018
- Championships: 1
- Melbourne (2018)
NICKNAME/S: Nugget
BIO: Durrell McDonald was born in New York, New York (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Durrell McDonald made his NBL debut with the Melbourne United at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
2017 saw the beginning of the ‘Dean Vickerman’ era with the Sydney assistant coach replacing Dean Demopoulos, who had struggled to fit in with the playing group during his tenure. Vickerman signed on for two seasons and shortly after, the team re-signed David Barlow and imports Josh Boone and Casper Ware. Vickerman brought with him forward Craig Moller (via Sydney) as a replacement for the departing Todd Blanchfield (to Illawarra) and added Casey Prather (via Perth) as the team’s third import. McDonald was later signed as a development player.
Melbourne won their season opener against Adelaide (99–97) with Prather (20 points) leading the team offensively. Despite United’s hot start, they would win only five of their first ten games.
On December 16, Prather went down with a dislocated elbow in the second quarter of Melbourne’s win over Illawarra (84–78) and was subsequently ruled out for a minimum of eight weeks. While United looked for an injury replacement, development player Felix Von Hofe was elevated into the team until they signed former NBA talent Carrick Felix. Felix joined the team in December and with his addition, the team sparked a strong run home, finishing 15-3 for the remainder of the season.
McDonald would appear in only one game for the season, failing to score.
Melbourne finish in first place (20-8) during the regular season, before going on to meet fourth-seed New Zealand in the semifinals. In game one, Prather (15 points) led the team in scoring despite starting on the bench and led United to an 11-point win (88–77). Prather (12 points) then helped Melbourne win game two in overtime (88–86) and progress to the Grand Final to face Adelaide.
The series would go to the full five games with Melbourne defeating Adelaide (100-82) in front of a sold-out crowd at Hisense Arena to win their first title since re-branding from the Tigers.
Durrell McDonald played in one NBL game during the 2017-18 season, scoring 0 points, 0 rebounds, and 1 assists.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 24 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Totals | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 24 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Total | 1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Waverley 2021 | North Adelaide 2023-2024
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COLLEGE
McDonald played college basketball at DePaul during the 2012-13 season before transferring to Mercyhurst, where he competed from 2016 to 2017 after redshirting in 2015-16.
McDonald suited up for DePaul during the 2012-13 season, appearing in 32 games with nine starts and averaging 11.1 minutes per game as a freshman.
In that 2012-13 season, McDonald totaled 93 points (2.9 points per game) while shooting 39-for-89 from the field (43.8%), going 10-for-25 on three-pointers (40.0%), and making 5-of-10 free throws (50.0%).
Across those 32 games in 2012-13, he recorded 30 total rebounds (0.9 per game), with 3 offensive rebounds and 27 defensive rebounds, along with 22 assists (0.7 per game), 20 steals (0.6 per game), 1 block, 38 turnovers, 51 personal fouls, and 355 total minutes played.
DePaul’s season-by-season log credits McDonald with a seven-point DePaul debut against UC Riverside, a 12-point effort with three assists against Seton Hall, and a nine-point game against Austin Peay that included two steals and two rebounds during his freshman year.
McDonald returned for the 2013-14 season and played in 33 games with seven starts, lifting his workload to 647 total minutes (19.6 per game).
In 2013-14, he scored 179 points (5.4 per game) and shot 65-for-159 from the field (40.9%), hitting 27-for-65 from three-point range (41.5%) and 22-for-33 at the foul line (66.7%).
His 2013-14 totals also included 60 rebounds (1.8 per game) split across 18 offensive and 42 defensive, plus 39 assists, 37 steals, 4 blocks, 31 turnovers, and 74 personal fouls over those 33 appearances.
One single-game defensive peak documented in DePaul’s archived notes from that season was McDonald collecting six steals against Arizona State on December 6, 2013.
McDonald’s final season at DePaul came in 2014-15, when he played all 32 games and moved into the starting group for 21 of them while averaging 23.9 minutes per outing.
In 2014-15, he totaled 138 points (4.3 per game) on 51-for-134 shooting (38.1%), went 21-for-69 from three (30.4%), and made 15-of-21 free throws (71.4%).
He finished that 2014-15 season with 89 rebounds (2.8 per game), consisting of 13 offensive rebounds and 76 defensive rebounds, while adding 72 assists (2.3 per game), 44 steals (1.4 per game), 7 blocks, 43 turnovers, and 78 personal fouls across 764 minutes.
DePaul’s team bio for 2014-15 lists McDonald as second on the roster in both steals (44) and assists (72), and it also places him among BIG EAST steals leaders for the full season at 10th in the league at 1.3 steals per game, with a conference-games-only mark listed at 1.1 steals per game (tied 13th).
Several individual game lines called out in his 2014-15 DePaul write-up included six assists at Marquette, nine points and two rebounds at Butler, seven points with five rebounds and four assists against Seton Hall, 12 points with two steals against Loyola Marymount, and a six-point, six-rebound, two-steal outing against Colorado.
After the 2014-15 season, McDonald was granted his request to transfer from DePaul on April 26, 2015, which closed his three-year run with the Blue Demons at 97 games played and a DePaul career scoring total of 410 points, along with 179 rebounds, 133 assists, and 101 steals based on DePaul’s official cumulative career table for his tenure.
McDonald later joined Mercyhurst and sat out the 2015-16 season as a redshirt before making his on-court debut for the Lakers in 2016-17.
In the 2016-17 season at Mercyhurst, McDonald earned All-PSAC West Second Team recognition and appeared in 28 games while leading the team in total points with 432 for the season.
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