Peter Lucas Nance (born February 19, 2000) is an American

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player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the

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(NBA). He played college basketball at Northwestern and

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High school career

Nance played at Revere High School. In his senior season, Nance was 6 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 205 pounds. That year, Nance led Revere to its first district championship, and he was named the Ohio Division II Player of the Year. On June 29, 2017, Nance committed to playing for

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team starting in the 2018–19 season. In doing so, Nance declined offers from the

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and the

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. Nance was a four-star recruit and the highest-ranked recruit in program history.

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ranked him as the 83rd-best overall player and the 19th-best power forward in the country. Meanwhile,

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ranked him 64th overall.

College career

Northwestern

Nance debuted in an exhibition game against the

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, during which he notched 12 points, eight rebounds, three blocks, and four steals in 19 minutes off the bench. In his first regular season college basketball game, Nance scored three points and provided one assist in a win against the

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. Nance earned his first collegiate start in an 80–60 loss to the Michigan Wolverines. He averaged 8.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore. As a junior, Nance averaged 11.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. He missed a game against

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on January 15, 2022, due to an ankle injury. Nance averaged 14.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a senior. After testing the waters in the

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, Nance ultimately returned to college and transferred to

North Carolina

Nance transferred to North Carolina to play in his fifth collegiate season, joining a team that had been National Runners-Up the season prior. He was able to join the Tar Heels due to an NCAA rule granting all student-athletes an extra year of eligibility because of the

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shutting down sports at the end of the 2019-20 season. Immediately becoming a starter and a key part of the rotation, Nance and the Tar Heels struggled through an up-and-down season. Hampered by a nagging back injury that kept him out of a few games, Nance started all 30 games in which he played as a Tar Heel. He averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds per game, and shot 42% from the floor in his lone season in Chapel Hill.

Professional career

Cleveland Cavaliers

After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Nance signed an

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contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his father

Larry Nance Larry Donnell Nance Sr. (born February 12, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. A forward from Clemson University, Nance played 13 seasons (1981–1994) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Phoen ...

and brother

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’s former team.

Career statistics

College

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, style="text-align:left;", Northwestern , 24 , , 23 , , 27.7 , , .495 , , .364 , , .784 , , 6.8 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .7 , , 11.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;", Northwestern , 30 , , 30 , , 27.2 , , .497 , , .452 , , .768 , , 6.5 , , 2.7 , , .3 , , 1.1 , , 14.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2022–23 , style="text-align:left;",

, 30 , , 30 , , 30.2 , , .422 , , .320 , , .816 , , 6.0 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 1.1 , , 10.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 137 , , 104 , , 25.3 , , .449 , , .347 , , .759 , , 5.5 , , 1.7 , , .4 , , .9 , , 9.7

Personal life

Nance is the son of

and the younger brother of

, both of whom have played in the

. Nance also has an older sister named Casey.

References

External links

North Carolina Tar Heels bioNorthwestern Wildcats bio
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