Pace Shewan Mannion (born September 22, 1960) is an American former professional

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player who played in the

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(NBA) and in the Italian league with the team of

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(which won the

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in 1991 defeating

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in the final when he scored 35 points). He has worked as a studio analyst for the

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television pre- and post-game shows. A

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born in

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and from the

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, he was selected 43rd overall by the

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in the 1983 NBA draft. Over six NBA seasons with as many teams, he averaged 3.1 points, 1.2

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and 1.1 assists per game. Mannion played for the Rockford Lightning of the

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(CBA) from 1987 to 1989 and was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1989.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" , Golden State , 57 , , 0 , , 8.2 , , .397 , , .231 , , .783 , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 2.1 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

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, 34 , , 0 , , 5.6 , , .429 , , .000 , , .696 , , 0.7 , , 0.8 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 2.1 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,

, 57 , , 0 , , 11.8 , , .453 , , .190 , , .646 , , 1.4 , , 1.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 4.5 , - , align="left" , 1986–87 , align="left" ,

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, 23 , , 3 , , 12.3 , , .330 , , .333 , , .581 , , 1.7 , , 2.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 3.6 , - , align="left" , 1987–88 , align="left" ,

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, 35 , , 1 , , 13.6 , , .407 , , .167 , , .676 , , 1.5 , , 1.6 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 3.5 , - , align="left" , 1988–89 , align="left" ,

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, 5 , , 0 , , 2.8 , , 1.000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.8 , - , align="left" , 1988–89 , align="left" ,

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, 5 , , 0 , , 3.6 , , .333 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 0.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 216 , , 4 , , 9.8 , , .413 , , .203 , , .663 , , 1.2 , , 1.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 3.1

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

, 8 , , 0 , , 5.1 , , .333 , , .000 , , .833 , , 0.9 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 2.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 8 , , 0 , , 5.1 , , .333 , , .000 , , .833 , , 0.9 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 2.3

College

, - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 28 , , - , , 16.3 , , .378 , , - , , .867 , , 1.9 , , - , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 3.1 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

, 28 , , - , , 32.2 , , .448 , , - , , .595 , , 3.3 , , - , , 1.0 , , 0.2 , , 6.9 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

, 28 , , - , , 37.9 , , .433 , , - , , .660 , , 4.4 , , - , , 1.7 , , 0.5 , , 10.4 , - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" ,

, 32 , , - , , 37.3 , , .483 , , - , , .812 , , 4.6 , , - , , 2.0 , , 0.4 , , 13.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 116 , , - , , 31.2 , , .451 , , - , , .724 , , 3.6 , , - , , 1.4 , , 0.3 , , 8.8

Pace Mannion Fan Club

In 1983, a group of

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students at Wiess College started the Pace Mannion Fan Club after watching him trip over his own feet while taking a breakaway layup during the NCAA playoffs. The fan club would attend Mannion's NBA games in Houston and occasionally San Antonio, and would scream for Mannion to play, normally only to see him get a few minutes of floor time. On January 14, 1986, Mannion and the

came to play the

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, who had a 20-game home unbeaten streak. About 125 members of the Pace Mannion Fan Club attended the game. The fan club cheered "Pace, Pace, he's our Mannion" all night. Utah coach

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sent Mannion into the game early in the fourth quarter. By the time the game ended, Mannion had 13 points. The Jazz won the game 105–102.

Personal life

He is the father of basketball player

Nico Mannion Niccolò "Nico" Mannion (born March 14, 2001) is an Italian-American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Ar ...

References

External links

College & NBA stats
@ basketball-reference.com
CBA stats
@ justsportsstats.com
Lega Basket stats
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