Chadrack Lufile

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Chadrack Lufile

| image =

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| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

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| weight_lb = 265

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| league =

| team = Free agent

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|09|11}}

| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire

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| nationality = Congolese / Canadian

| high_school = Assumption Catholic
(Burlington, Ontario)

| college = *Coffeyville CC (2010–2012)

Wichita State (2012–2014)

| draft_year = 2014

| career_start = 2014

| career_end =

| years1 = 2014–2015

| team1 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years2 = 2015–2016

| team2 = Puerto Montt

| years3 = 2016–2017

| team3 = Cape Breton Highlanders

| years4 = 2018

| team4 = St. John's Edge

| years5 = 2018–2019

| team5 = Halifax Hurricanes

| years6 = 2019

| team6 = Guelph Nighthawks

| years7 = 2019–2020

| team7 = Estudiantes Concordia

| years8 = 2021–2022

| team8 = Miercurea Ciuc

| years9 = 2022

| team9 = DUC Dakar

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| years10 = 2022

| team10 = ABC Fighters

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Chadrack Lufile (born September 11, 1990) is a Congolese-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the ABC Fighters of the Road to BAL. Internationally, he also plays for {{bklink|DR Congo}}.

Early life

Lufile was born in Zaire but left for Texas with his family as the age of three. At the age of seven, he moved to Canada. Lufile grew up playing soccer. He learned basketball at Burlington's Assumption Catholic Secondary School as a junior and grew into a prominent recruit. Lufile averaged 20 points per game as a senior and scored 33 points against Central Commerce Collegiate.{{cite news |last1=Grossman |first1=David |title=Hoop star's meteoric rise scores plenty of attention |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2009/02/04/hoop_stars_meteoric_rise_scores_plenty_of_attention.html |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=Toronto Star |date=February 4, 2019}}

College career

Lufile attended Coffeyville Community College for two seasons, averaging 11.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Lufile played two seasons at Wichita State. He was on the team that reached the 2013 NCAA Tournament Final Four as a junior, averaging 1.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per game off the bench. He scored 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds in a 70–65 win against Saint Louis on December 1, 2013.{{cite news |last1=Suellentrop |first1=Paul |title=WSU’s Lufile gets tips from best big men around |url=https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article1129162.html |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=The Wichita Eagle |date=December 6, 2013}} On December 7, Lufile scored a career-high 14 points and had seven rebounds in a 71–58 win over Oral Roberts.{{cite news |last1=Lutz |first1=Bob |title=Bob Lutz: Lufile is making a name for himself |url=https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/article1129269.html |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=The Wichita Eagle |date=December 8, 2013}} He started 11 games and played in all 36 games as a senior, averaging 5.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.{{cite news |last=Eldridge|first=Taylor|title=After watching his brother play at WSU, Elijah Lufile had ‘chills’ facing Shockers |url=https://account.kansas.com/paywall/registration?resume=237724799 |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=The Wichita Eagle |date=November 24, 2019}}

Professional career

In 2014, Lufile was selected in the third round of the NBA Development League draft by the Sioux Falls Skyforce.{{cite news |title=Burlington's Heslip, Lufile selected in NBA D-League Draft |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/community-story/4956779-burlington-s-heslip-lufile-selected-in-nba-d-league-draft/?fbclid=iwar2qlxijqdmpkkpbf8h1efn5l8gh7nwgkl19ysju1k-vn67m0mf--hghf_q |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=InsideHalton.com |date=November 2, 2014}} The following season, he played in Chile for Puerto Montt. Lufile spent the 2016–17 season with the Cape Breton Highlanders of NBL Canada, averaging 12 points and eight rebounds per game. In 2018, he attempted to sell his Final Four ring to pay for medical expenses for his mother, but a Wichita State fan contributed to a GoFundMe account so he would not have to sell the ring. In November 2018, Lufile signed with the St. John's Edge.{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Brendan |title=Edge adding Canadian power forward as they begin Maritime road trip |url=https://www.thetelegram.com/sports/edge-adding-canadian-power-forward-as-they-begin-maritime-road-trip-264151/ |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=The Telegram |date=November 30, 2018}} After three games, he joined the Halifax Hurricanes and had 14 points and eight rebounds in his first start for the team.{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Glenn |title=Playing together a dream come true for Hurricanes’ Lufile brothers |url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/sports/playing-together-a-dream-come-true-for-hurricanes-lufile-brothers-278436/ |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=The Chronicle Herald |date=January 24, 2019}} He joined the Guelph Nighthawks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League for its inaugural season in 2019.{{cite web |title=Guelph Nighthawks Reveal Selections From Inaugural Canadian Elite Basketball League 2019 Entry Draft |url=https://www.thenighthawks.ca/guelph-nighthawks-reveal-selections-from-inaugural-canadian-elite-basketball-league-2019-entry-draft |website=Guelph Nighthawks |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |date=March 29, 2019}} Lufile joined Estudiantes Concordia during the 2019–20 season and averaged 7.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. He was waived on March 17, 2020.{{cite news |title=Estudiantes de Concordia liberó a Lufile y a Nzeakor |url=https://www.iamnoticias.com.ar/2020/03/17/estudiantes-de-concordia-libero-a-lufile-y-a-nzeakor/ |accessdate=July 6, 2020 |work=IAM Noticias |date=March 17, 2020 |language=Spanish}} On October 9, 2021, Lufile signed with CSM Miercurea Ciuc of the Romanian Liga Națională.{{cite web |last1=Beres |first1=Arnold |title=Miercurea Ciuc tabs Chadrack Lufile |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Romania/news/708279/Miercurea-Ciuc-tabs-Chadrack-Lufile |website=Eurobasket |access-date=October 9, 2021 |date=October 9, 2021}}

On March 3, 2022, Lufile was announced to be on the roster of the Senegalese club DUC for the 2022 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).{{cite news |title=BAL – Team du Dakar Université Club (Duc) : Américain, Français, Ivoirien et Congolais en renfort |url=https://lequotidien.sn/bal-team-du-dakar-universite-club-duc-americain-francais-ivoirien-et-congolais-en-renfort/ |access-date=3 March 2022 |work=Le Quotidien |date=3 March 2022}}

In November 2022, he played for Ivorian team ABC Fighters in the 2023 Road to BAL.{{Cite web |title=Abidjan Basket Club at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2023 2022 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2023/qualifiers/team/Abidjan-Basket-Club |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}

National team career

Lufile represented the DR Congo national basketball team at the FIBA AfroBasket in 2017 and 2021.{{cite web |title=Congo DR at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2021/team/Congo-DR#tab=overview,average_statistics |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=28 August 2021 |language=en}}

BAL career statistics

| style="text-align:left;"|2022

| style="text-align:left;"|DUC

| 5 || 2 || 11.6 || .333 || .000 || .556 || 3.4 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 3.4

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

| 5 || 2 || 11.6 || .333 || .000 || .556 || 3.4 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 3.4

Personal life

Lufile is the son of a minister. His brothers Meshack, Abednego, and Elijah are also basketball players.

References

External links

[https://goshockers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/chadrack-lufile/2246 Wichita State Shockers bio]
[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Chadrack-Lufile/Summary/44095 RealGM profile]
[https://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/player/Chadrack-Lufile?fbclid=IwAR3V8d731HR7j_xDG67oiP4_jhyx13QuL1W_I9Fa_juFV6l-YnonCijR-dA FIBA profile]

Category:1990 births

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Category:Canadian expatriate basketball people in Argentina

Category:Canadian men's basketball players

Category:DUC Dakar players

Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Canada

Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo men's basketball players

Category:Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) players