Terence Jerome Dials, Jr. (born July 15, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately with the

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. He has been playing professionally since 2006 for various teams outside of his country of the United States. Dials was born in

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but grew up in

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and attended

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there. A

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, he once broke a basketball backboard during a team practice in high school. He was offered an athletic scholarship to play for

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. During his four-year career with the Buckeyes, Dials scored 1,566 points and grabbed 876 rebounds in 132 total games played. He was named the

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as a senior in 2005–06. Dials went undrafted in the 2006 NBA Draft. For the 2012–13 season he signed with Hyères-Toulon of the

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. In April 2013, he signed with his former team

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. In November 2014, he signed with

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of Switzerland.

References

External links

French League profileTerence Dials
at DraftExpress
Terence Dials
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