Robert Rose
July 23, 2020
Dujuan Wiley
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan (USA)
- Position: F/C
- Height (CM): 206
- Weight (KG): 104
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Wabash Valley College (1994-1996) / Michigan State (1996-1998)
- NBL DEBUT: 21/10/00
- AGE AT DEBUT: 0
- LAST NBL GAME: 20/01/01
- NBL History: Townsville 2001
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Dujuan Wiley was born in Detroit, Michigan (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Dujuan Wiley made his NBL debut with the Townsville Crocodiles on 21/10/2000. He scored 12 points in his first game.
Ian Stacker entered 2000/01 with the nucleus that had delivered Townsville’s maiden playoff berth, retaining Robert Rose, Sam MacKinnon, Pat Reidy, Mike Kelly, Andrew Goodwin, Brad Davidson, Peter Crawford and David Pennisi, and bringing in Dujuan Wiley to replace Ben Knight (to Cairns), the team’s lone departure.
Townsville launched by routing Queensland rivals Cairns at The Swamp (120–85), Robert Rose (13 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists) controlling the tempo and Andrew Goodwin (24 points and 8 rebounds) putting points on the board as the Crocs signalled intent from the jump.
The early momentum carried to 4–1 before a rougher patch—road losses at Adelaide (105–121) and Perth (108–121), the latter featuring a Rose triple-double (22 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists)—plus a two-game stumble against Victoria, saw them fall to a record of 5–4 . Soon after, severe bone bruising ended Sam MacKinnon’s year at 16 games despite averages of (17.4 points, 9.8 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.5 steals, 1.1 blocks), resulting in the decision to replace Wiley (7.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.9 blocks). In February, Townsville released the import, bringing in David Hinton (9.8 points, 6.0 rebounds)—to open the floor, lift tempo and keep size on the glass without sacrificing spacing.
After Wiley’s exit, Hinton’s mid-season inclusion preceded an eleven-game surge and a 22–6 regular-season finish, with the rebalanced rotation powering a run through Sydney and Victoria to a Grand Final meeting with Wollongong that the Hawks edged 2–1, marking the league’s first title for a NSW club.
Dujuan Wiley played one season in the NBL. He averaged 7.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 0.4 assists in 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | 0 | Townsville | 22-6 (2) | 16 | 316 | 127 | 98 | 7 | 36 | 62 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 44 | 48 | 104 | 46% | 6 | 20 | 30% | 25 | 32 | 78% | 53% | 49% | 17 | Totals | 16 | 316 | 127 | 98 | 7 | 36 | 62 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 44 | 48 | 104 | 46.2% | 6 | 20 | 30.0% | 25 | 32 | 78.1% | 54% | 49% | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | 0 | Townsville | 22-6 (2) | 16 | 19.8 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 46% | 0.4 | 1.3 | 30% | 1.6 | 2.0 | 78% | 53% | 49% | 17 | Total | 16 | 19.8 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 46.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.0% | 0.4 | 1.3 | 78.1% | 54% | 49% | 17 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Austria - Panthers Fürstenfeld (1999–2000) | Cyprus - Keravnos Strovolou (2000s) | Germany - German club (2000s) | Hungary - Marso-Vagep Nyíregyháza KK (2009–2010)
Wiley joined BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld for the 1999–2000 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga season, beginning his European professional career in Austria while playing as a 206 cm power forward/center after graduating from Michigan State.
DuJuan Wiley joined Keravnos Strovolou for the early-2000s Cyprus Division A season, appearing as an import frontcourt player in the Cypriot top division while competing against clubs such as APOEL and AEK Larnaca.
DuJuan Wiley joined a German professional club for a mid-2000s Basketball Bundesliga stint, continuing his European career as a rotation frontcourt player while competing in Germany’s top domestic league against teams including Alba Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen.
DuJuan Wiley joined Marso-Vagep Nyíregyháza KK for the 2009–2010 Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B season, recording an 18-point performance in a league game for Nyíregyháza while playing alongside Hungarian teammates in the club’s second-division campaign.
COLLEGE
Wiley played college basketball at Wabash Valley College, As a freshman he joined Mark Coomes’ Warriors in 1994-95 and was part of a Great Rivers Athletic Conference championship team that finished 30-3.
He remained at Wabash Valley in 1995-96 under Coomes and helped the Warriors go 34-3, win another Great Rivers Athletic Conference title, set a school record with 34 wins, and post a 24-game winning streak on the way to a fifth-place national finish.
Across Wiley’s two junior college seasons, Wabash Valley went a combined 64-6, and his 1995-96 campaign ended with Third Team NJCAA All-American honours before he moved on to the Big Ten.
Wiley then transferred to Michigan State for the 1996-97 season, joining Tom Izzo’s program as a junior center and wearing No. 55 for the Spartans.
In 1996-97, Michigan State finished 17-12 overall and 9-9 in the Big Ten, tying for sixth place before reaching the second round of the NIT.
That junior season, Wiley played in 24 games and made 0 starts, averaging 6.9 minutes, 1.4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.0 assists per game.
His full 1996-97 season row was 24 games, 0 starts, 165 total minutes, 34 total points, 33 total rebounds, 1 total assist, 3 steals, 19 blocks and 11 turnovers, while shooting 51.9 percent from the field, with no three-point attempts, and 60.0 percent from the free-throw line.
Wiley’s role on that 1996-97 team was as a reserve interior player behind a rotation that included Mateen Cleaves, Ray Weathers, Jon Garavaglia, Antonio Smith, Morris Peterson and Jason Klein.
Michigan State opened postseason play in the NIT by beating George Washington before losing to Florida State in the second round, which closed Wiley’s first NCAA season.
Wiley returned in 1997-98 for his senior year and played on a Michigan State team that went 22-8 overall and 13-3 in the Big Ten, tying for first place in the conference.
The Spartans also won the Coca Cola Spartan Classic, entered the inaugural Big Ten tournament as the No. 1 seed, lost to Minnesota in the quarterfinals, and then reached the NCAA tournament as a No. 4 seed before advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.
In 1997-98, Wiley played 30 games and made 3 starts, averaging 16.2 minutes, 6.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.
His complete 1997-98 season row was 30 games, 3 starts, 485 total minutes, 190 total points, 102 total rebounds, 9 assists, 14 steals, 50 blocks and 30 turnovers, while shooting 62.4 percent from the field, with no three-point attempts, and 72.3 percent from the foul line.
He led Michigan State in field-goal percentage in 1997-98, and his 50 blocked shots ranked among the best single-season totals in program history while also placing him third in the Big Ten at 1.7 blocks per game that season.
His senior-year development made him an important bench contributor on a roster that also featured Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, Jason Klein, Antonio Smith, Morris Peterson, Andre Hutson, David Thomas and A.J. Granger.
One of Wiley’s notable performances came in Michigan State’s 78-57 road win over No. 10 Iowa on January 21, 1998, when he scored 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting.
He also appeared in all three NCAA tournament games that year, posting 2 points and 3 rebounds against Eastern Michigan in the first round as Michigan State won 83-71 before later beating Princeton and then losing to North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen.
Across his Sports Reference NCAA career at Michigan State, Wiley played 54 games and made 3 starts, averaging 12.0 minutes, 4.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game.
His NCAA career totals were 650 minutes, 224 points, 135 rebounds, 10 assists, 17 steals, 69 blocks and 41 turnovers, while shooting 60.5 percent from the field, with no three-point attempts, and 70.2 percent at the free-throw line.
Those 69 career blocked shots left Wiley tied among Michigan State’s leading career shot blockers, while his 50 blocks in 1997-98 remained one of the program’s top single-season marks for many years afterward.
Wiley’s college path therefore ran from a highly successful two-year junior college stay at Wabash Valley College to two NCAA seasons at Michigan State, where he finished on a Big Ten co-championship team and a Sweet Sixteen team in the closing year of his college career.
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