Darnell Mee
July 23, 2020
Ron Kelley
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 9/02/79
- Place of Birth: Emory, Texas (USA)
- Position: CTR
- Height (CM): 208
- Weight (KG): 111
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: North Carolina State (1997-2001)
- NBL DEBUT: 26/01/02
- AGE AT DEBUT: 22
- LAST NBL GAME: 17/11/02
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
- NBL History: Cairns 2002-03
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Ron Kelley was born in Emory, Texas (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Ron Kelley made his NBL debut with the Cairns Taipans at 22 years of age. He scored two points in his first game.
Kelley would join the Taipans on January 2002 as a replacement for kiwi Tony Rampton who was considered a import player at the time. Kelly would play the final 11 games of the season and average 12.0 points and 5.6 rebounds, enough to earn a contact for the 2002/03 season.
In November, 2002, the Cairns Taipans cut Ron Kelley 8 games into the season and replaced him with Darnell Mee who had returned to Australia after playing in Europe.
Ron Kelley played two seasons the Cairns Taipans. He averaged 9.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 0.6 assists in 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 | 24 | Cairns | 13-17 (8) | 8 | 72.0 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 30 | 47% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 20 | 65% | 52% | 47% | 19 |
| 2001-02 | 23 | Cairns | 9-21 (11) | 11 | 278.0 | 132 | 62 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 48 | 56 | 114 | 49% | 0 | 1 | 0% | 20 | 29 | 69% | 52% | 49% | 25 | Totals | 19 | 350 | 173 | 78 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 63 | 70 | 144 | 48.6% | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 33 | 49 | 67.3% | 52% | 49% | 25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 | 24 | Cairns | 13-17 (8) | 8 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 47% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 1.6 | 2.5 | 65% | 52% | 47% | 19 |
| 2001-02 | 23 | Cairns | 9-21 (11) | 11 | 25.3 | 12.0 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 10.4 | 49% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0% | 1.8 | 2.6 | 69% | 52% | 49% | 25 | Total | 19 | 18.4 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 48.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.1 | 67.3% | 52% | 49% | 25 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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COLLEGE
Ron Kelley played college basketball at North Carolina State from the 1997–98 season through the 2000–01 season under head coach Herb Sendek, beginning his career on a 1997–98 Wolfpack team that finished 17–15 overall and 5–11 in ACC play, then continuing through three more seasons that included a 19–14 campaign in 1998–99, a 20–14 season in 1999–00, and a 13–16 finish in 2000–01.
As a freshman in 1997–98, Kelley appeared in 15 games and made 12 starts before a sprained foot ended his season, and at the time of the injury he was averaging 8.9 points and 4.9 rebounds while totaling 16 blocked shots, with his year including a 7-point, 3-rebound outing in 22 minutes at Clemson on February 27, 1998 before fouling out.
In 1998–99, Kelley played all 33 games and started 21 times as NC State went 19–14 (6–10 ACC), and he averaged 11.2 points and 5.2 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game while shooting 139-for-270 from the field (51.5%) and 93-for-156 at the line (59.4%), with 26 total blocks and 58 assists across the season.
Kelley’s 1998–99 season also featured a 20-point, 8-rebound performance against Virginia on January 15, 1999, and he was part of an NC State group that advanced to the postseason again, with the Wolfpack’s year ending with a 58–61 loss to Princeton on March 15, 1999 after a 92–86 win over Providence in the prior round.
As a junior in 1999–00, Kelley saw action in 27 games with nine starts, averaging 8.1 points and 4.0 rebounds in 20.8 minutes per game while shooting 46.3% from the field, and he opened that season with early production that included a 17-point effort against Purdue on December 1, 1999, plus the year included a February 2000 knee surgery note that sidelined him from the lineup for a stretch as the Wolfpack finished 20–14 overall (6–10 ACC) and reached the NIT semifinals en route to a fourth-place NIT finish.
In his senior season (2000–01), Kelley averaged 6.6 points and 4.1 rebounds as NC State went 13–16 (5–11 ACC), and across his four-year Wolfpack career (1997–98 through 2000–01) he totaled 235 career offensive rebounds, a figure that places him ninth on NC State’s career offensive rebounding list.
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