Player Bio

Terance Stanley Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Daynia La-Force andEustace Mann. He grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. His mother is the head women's basketball coach at Rhode Island and played college basketball at Georgetown. His brother, Martin, is a forward at Pace University in New York. Terance attended the Tilton School in Tilton, New Hampshire, where he averaged 23.1 points and 7.8 rebounds while shooting 61 percent from the field as a senior. Mann led the Rams to New Hampshire Class AA state championship in 2015. He was named the Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year in the state of New Hampshire in 2015. Mann played in the Jordan Brand Regional game in Brooklyn, New York, in 2015 and registered a double-double of 20 points and 13 rebounds to go along with four assists and two steals in 22 minutes. He has volunteered as a mentor for children with special needs and as a youth basketball coach. Learn more about Mann by following him on Twitter and on Instagram (@terance_mann). For four seasons, Mann provided excellent defense for coach Leonard Hamilton and Florida State. The 6-foot-7 guard did not start a game as a freshman but averaged 5.2 points and 3.7 rebounds in 17.0 minutes. He scored a season-high 18 points on a 6-for-7 tally from the field in a loss to Georgia Tech. The team missed the NCAA Tournament, but that would be the last such occurrence in Mann's career. He moved into the starting lineup as a sophomore and provided 8.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. Mann popped for 22 points and nine rebounds in a win over Virginia Tech. He helped the Seminoles with 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds as a junior. The team advanced to the Elite Eight, but Mann suffered a torn abdominal and groin muscle during the NCAA Tournament. He played through the injury and scored 18 points in the Sweet 16 win over Gonzaga. The guard averaged 11.4 points and 6.5 rebounds in his senior season. The team advanced to the Sweet 16 again, but Florida State was ousted on that occasion by Gonzaga. In the first two games of the NCAA Tournament, Mann was 13-for-19 from the field on his way to a combined 37 points. Mann was drafted with the 48th pick of the 2019 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.