Chadrack Lufile

Chadrack Lufile
Born	(1990-09-11) September 11, 1990 Kinshasa, Zaire
Occupation	Professional basketball player
Known for	Playing for ABC Fighters and DR Congo national basketball team

Chadrack Lufile (born September 11, 1990) is a professional basketball player of Congolese-Canadian descent who most recently competed for the ABC Fighters in the Road to BAL. On the international stage, he plays for .

Early life

Originally from Zaire, Lufile relocated to Texas at the age of three before settling in Canada when he was seven. He began his athletic journey playing soccer but transitioned to basketball during his time at Assumption Catholic Secondary School in Burlington, Ontario, where he quickly became a prominent prospect. In his final year of high school, he maintained an average of 20 points per game, highlighted by a standout 33-point effort against Central Commerce Collegiate.

College career

Lufile spent two seasons competing at Coffeyville Community College, where he posted averages of 11.6 points and 8.4 rebounds as a sophomore. He then transferred to Wichita State, playing a role in the squad’s journey to the 2013 NCAA Final Four. Primarily utilized as a reserve during his junior year, he averaged 1.6 points and 1.8 rebounds per contest. Key performances included scoring 12 points with eight boards in a victory over Saint Louis and achieving a personal best of 14 points alongside seven rebounds against Oral Roberts. As a senior, Lufile started in 11 games and appeared in all 36 matchups, averaging 5.9 points and 5.0 rebounds.

Professional career

Lufile was chosen in the third round of the 2014 NBA Development League draft by the Sioux Falls Skyforce. The next season saw him competing in Chile with Puerto Montt. During the 2016–17 campaign, he averaged 12 points and eight rebounds while playing for the Cape Breton Highlanders in NBL Canada. In 2018, when confronted with medical bills for his mother, he contemplated selling his NCAA Final Four ring; however, a Wichita State supporter initiated a GoFundMe campaign to help him retain it. That November, Lufile signed on with the St. John's Edge, but after three appearances, he moved to the Halifax Hurricanes, where he recorded 14 points and eight rebounds in his first start. Subsequently, he joined the Guelph Nighthawks for the inaugural season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League in 2019.

For the 2019–20 season, Lufile played with Estudiantes Concordia, averaging 7.6 points and 5.4 rebounds before being released in March 2020. On October 9, 2021, he inked a deal with Romanian side CSM Miercurea Ciuc competing in Liga Națională.

In March 2022, Lufile signed with Senegal’s DUC Dakar to participate in the 2022 BAL season of the Basketball Africa League. Later that year in November, he represented Ivorian club ABC Fighters during the qualifiers for the 2023 Road to BAL.

National team career

Lufile has donned the jersey of the DR Congo national basketball team at both the FIBA AfroBasket tournaments held in 2017 and again in 2021.

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

The son of a minister, Lufile has brothers Meshack, Abednego, and Elijah who also have careers as professional basketball players.

External links

• Profile at Wichita State Shockers
• Player summary on RealGM
• FIBA player profile