Bobby Locke
July 23, 2020
Lafester Rhodes
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 6/6/64
- Place of Birth: Des Moines, Iowa (USA)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 202
- Weight (KG): 96
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Iowa State (1984-1988)
NBL CAREER OVERVIEW
NBL DEBUT
4/04/92
Age 27
LAST NBL GAME
2/05/92
Age 27
TEAM HISTORY
1 seasons | 1 team- 1992GS
Geelong Supercats1 season
CHAMPIONSHIPS
NoneBIO: Lafester Rhodes was born in Des Moines, Iowa (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Lafester Rhodes made his NBL debut with the Geelong Supercats at 27 years of age. He scored 17 points in his first game.
Lafester Rhodes played one season in the NBL. He averaged 23.5 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists in 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 28 | Geelong | 2-22 (13) | 6 | 205 | 141 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 56 | 98 | 57% | 10 | 28 | 36% | 19 | 21 | 90% | 66% | 62% | 33 | Totals | 6 | 205 | 141 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 56 | 98 | 57.1% | 10 | 28 | 35.7% | 19 | 21 | 90.5% | 66% | 62% | 33 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 28 | Geelong | 2-22 (13) | 6 | 34.2 | 23.5 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 9.3 | 16.3 | 57% | 1.7 | 4.7 | 36% | 3.2 | 3.5 | 90% | 66% | 62% | 33 | Total | 6 | 34.2 | 23.5 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 9.3 | 16.3 | 57.1% | 1.7 | 4.7 | 35.7% | 3.2 | 3.5 | 90.5% | 66% | 62% | 33 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 33 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
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COLLEGE
Rhodes played college basketball at Iowa State from 1984 to 1988. As a freshman in 1984-85, he joined a Johnny Orr-coached Cyclones team that went 21–13 overall and 7–7 in Big Eight play, reached the Big Eight tournament title game, and then entered the NCAA tournament as a No. 13 seed before losing 75–64 to Ohio State in the first round.
As a sophomore in 1985-86, Rhodes appeared as part of a 22–11 Iowa State team (9–5 Big Eight) that again finished as the Big Eight tournament runner-up and then advanced to the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen as a No. 7 seed after beating Miami (Ohio) and Michigan before falling to NC State, and his published per-game line for that season is 4.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.
As a junior in 1986-87, Rhodes played on a Cyclones team that finished 13–15 overall and 5–9 in Big Eight play under Orr, with Iowa State ending the year in the lower half of the league standings.
As a senior in 1987-88, Rhodes emerged as a primary scorer for a 20–12 Iowa State team (6–8 Big Eight) that earned an at-large NCAA tournament bid as a No. 12 seed and lost 78–90 to Georgia Tech in Hartford, and he finished the season with a 22.5 points per game scoring average while earning second-team All-Big Eight honors.
On December 19, 1987, Rhodes scored a school-record 54 points in a 102–100 overtime rivalry win over Iowa, and that 54-point game has remained both an Iowa State program record and a Hilton Coliseum record while also ranking as the fourth-best single-game total in Big Eight/Big 12 Conference history.
Rhodes’ 1987-88 season included 720 points, which has been tracked among Iowa State’s best single-season point totals, and that year he paired with Jeff Grayer for one of the program’s top-scoring tandems with Grayer (811) and Rhodes (720) combining for 1,531 points.
On February 17, 1988, Rhodes produced a notable line of 34 points, 13 rebounds, and five assists in a 102–89 win over No. 15 Missouri at Hilton Coliseum.
Across his Iowa State career, Rhodes is credited with 82 games played and career averages of 11.1 points per game, and his record-book mentions from the 1987-88 season include being the program’s lone 50-point scorer for that season and being listed among the school’s career 40-point scorers for the 1985–88 period.
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