Bennet Hundt

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Bennet Hundt
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Hundt with Academics Heidelberg in January 2023
No. 44–MLP Academics Heidelberg
Position Point guard
League Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 25)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Listed weight70 kg (154 lb)
Career information
High school Dalton
(Dalton, Georgia)
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2019 Alba Berlin
2016–2019→SSV Lokomotive Bernau
2019–2020 BG Göttingen
2020–2021 Brose Bamberg
2021–2023 Baskets Oldenburg
2023–present USC Heidelberg
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
FIBA U20 European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Germany Team

Bennet Hundt (born 20 August 1998) is a German professional basketball player for USC Heidelberg of the Basketball Bundesliga. He has represented Germany in several youth international tournaments.

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Early career

Hundt grew up in Berlin. [1] He began his youth career at TuS Lichterfelde, competing in the Jugend Basketball Bundesliga, the German under-16 league. [2] In the 2014–15 season, he played for Dalton High School in Dalton, Georgia, where he was an exchange student. He lived with school board member Rick Fromm as his host family. [1] After one year, Hundt joined Alba Berlin and split playing time between the main club in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroCup, and its affiliated ProB team, SSV Lokomotive Bernau. [3]

Professional career

On 25 June 2019, Hundt signed a one-year contract with BG Göttingen of the BBL. [4] On 6 June 2020, he scored a career-high 30 points, shooting 5-of-9 from three-point range, in an 89–78 win over Crailsheim Merlins in the preliminary round of the 2020 BBL Final Tournament. [5]

On 10 July 2020, Hundt signed a one-year contract with Brose Bamberg of the BBL. [6]

On 2 June 2021 he signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. [7]

On 9 January 2023 he transferred to the MLP Academics Heidelberg of the Basketball Bundesliga. [8]

National team career

Hundt represented Germany in several youth international tournaments. In 2014, he averaged 3.2 points and 1.7 assists per game at the U16 FIBA European Championships. [1] He won a bronze medal at the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship in Chemnitz. [9] In February 2020, Hundt made his senior national team debut at the EuroBasket qualification stage. [10]

Personal life

Hundt's father Oliver and mother played basketball at the professional level in Germany. His older brother, Jannes, also plays the sport professionally. [11] [1]

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  6. ↑ "Brose Bamberg verpflichtet Bennet Hundt" (in German). Brose Bamberg. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bennet Hundt wechselt von Bamberg nach Oldenburg". ewe-baskets.de (in German). June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Bennet Hundt wechselt von Oldenburg nach Heidelberg". basketball.de (in German). January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  9. ↑ "DBB-Team holt Bronze « Deutscher Basketball Bund" (in German). German Basketball Federation. 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Bennet Hundt". FIBA . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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