Tad Dufelmeier Jr

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 9/02/96
Place of Birth: Canberra (ACT)
Position: GRD
Height (CM): 183
Weight (KG): 79
Junior Assoc: ACT - Tuggeranong
College: Salt Lake CC (2015-2016) / Concordia (CA) (2017-2018)

NBL DEBUT: 12/06/19
AGE AT DEBUT: 23
LAST NBL GAME: #REF!
AGE AT LAST GAME: #REF!
NBL History: Cairns 2020-21 | Adelaide 2022
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Born and raised in Canberra, Australia, Dufelmeier attended Erindale College.

FAMILY: Tad Dufelmeier Jr is the son of Tad Dufelmeier Jr who played 178 games in the NBL.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Tad Dufelmeier Jr made his NBL debut with the Cairns Taipans at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.

For the 2019/20 NBL season, Dufelmeier joined the Cairns Taipans as a development player.

He played in five games during the season. He returned to the Taipans in February 2021 as an injury replacement for Majok Deng.

Tad Dufelmeier Jr played three seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Cairns Taipans and the Adelaide 36ers. He averaged 4.6 points, 2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 52 NBL games.

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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
2021-22	26	Adelaide	10-18 (7)	27	367.4	116	56	58	27	29	16	1	27	36	45	114	39%	8	33	24.2%	18	27	67%	46%	43%	12
2020-21	25	Cairns	8-28 (9)	21	328.0	126	50	54	13	37	17	1	27	40	43	115	37%	13	44	29.5%	27	39	69%	47%	43%	14
2019-20	24	Cairns	16-12 (3)	4	9.0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0%	0	1	0.0%	1	2	50%	17%	0%	1
Totals				52	704	243	107	114	41	66	33	2	55	79	88	231	38.1%	21	78	26.9%	46	68	67.6%	47%	43%	14

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2021-22	26	Adelaide	10-18 (7)	27	13.6	4.3	2.1	2.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.2	39%	0.3	1.2	24.2%	0.7	1.0	67%	46%	43%	12
2020-21	25	Cairns	8-28 (9)	21	15.6	6.0	2.4	2.6	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.3	1.9	2.0	5.5	37%	0.6	2.1	29.5%	1.3	1.9	69%	47%	43%	14
2019-20	24	Cairns	16-12 (3)	4	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	0%	0.0	0.3	0.0%	0.3	0.5	50%	17%	0%	1
Total				52	13.5	4.7	2.1	2.2	0.8	1.3	0.6	1.1	1.5	1.7	4.4	38.1%	0.0	0.0	26.9%	0.4	1.5	67.6%	47%	43%	14

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
14	7	6	4	1	4	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Canberra 2014-2015 | Hobart 2019, 2021 | Darwin 2022

FIBA EXPERIENCE

He was named to the under-17 Australian national Team and won a Asia-Pacific Games Silver Medal.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

New Zealand - Southern (2019)

Dufelmeier had a two-game stint with the Southern Huskies, a team based in Tasmania but played within the NZNBL and averaged 6.5 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.

COLLEGE

Dufelmeier played his freshman season as a member of the SLCC Bruins. He averaged 3.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. In his sophomore season, he averaged 9.7 points and 3.9 rebounds, starting all the games but one. The Bruins would advance to the national championship game in 2016, winning the school's second title.

Dufelmeier was selected to the All-tournament team, and also received the Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award. Upon completion of his NJCAA eligibility, Dufelmeier signed with NCAA Division II CUI.

In his first season at Concordia, he averaged 11.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game. His following season saw those numbers rise to 12.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 5.5 assists.

AWARDS

- Second-team All-PacWest (2018)
- NJCAA D1 champion (2016)

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