Bader playing defense against Bowling Green
|
|
Basket Recanati | |
---|---|
Position | Shooting guard |
League | Serie A2 |
Personal information | |
Born |
Okemos, Michigan |
July 2, 1991
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Okemos (Okemos, Michigan) |
College | Oakland (2010–2014) |
NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Career history | |
2014 | ASVEL Basket |
2015 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
2015–2016 | Neptūnas Klaipėda |
2016–present | Basket Recanati |
Career highlights and awards | |
|
|
Richard Travis Bader (born July 2, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Basket Recanati of the Serie A2. He played college basketball for Oakland University. Bader, a shooting guard, is the NCAA career leader for three-point field goals and field goal attempts. He led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I in three-point field goals per game during his junior season, averaging 4.21 three-pointers made per game.
Bader attended Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan. He was named the Lansing State Journal Player of the Year his senior year.
Bader's only Division I scholarship offer came from Oakland. He received many NCAA Division II scholarship offers and was invited to walk-on at Central Michigan, Detroit and The Citadel.
After sitting out his first year on campus, Bader came into his redshirt freshman season expecting to be a role player, but started the first game of his college career against West Virginia after he replaced a starting player that violated team rules. Bader finished that game 3–8 on three-point field goals. He started 22 of the season's 35 games and averaged 10.5 points per game in 25.7 minutes per game and shot 44% from three-point range. The 44% was the fourth-highest single-season percentage in Oakland men's basketball history.