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Pace Shewan Mannion (born September 22, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in the Italian league with the team of Cantù (which won the FIBA Korać Cup in 1991 defeating Real Madrid in the final when he scored 35 points). He has worked as a studio analyst for the Utah Jazz television pre- and post-game shows.

A 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) small forward born in Salt Lake City, Utah and from the University of Utah, he was selected 43rd overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 1983 NBA draft. Over six NBA seasons with as many teams, he averaged 3.1 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1983–84 Golden State 57 0 8.2 .397 .231 .783 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 2.1
1984–85 Utah 34 0 5.6 .429 .000 .696 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.1 2.1
1985–86 Utah 57 0 11.8 .453 .190 .646 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.1 4.5
1986–87 New Jersey 23 3 12.3 .330 .333 .581 1.7 2.0 0.8 0.2 3.6
1987–88 Milwaukee 35 1 13.6 .407 .167 .676 1.5 1.6 0.4 0.2 3.5
1988–89 Detroit 5 0 2.8 1.000 .000 .000 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.8
1988–89 Atlanta 5 0 3.6 .333 .000 .000 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.8
Career 216 4 9.8 .413 .203 .663 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.1 3.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1984–85 Utah 8 0 5.1 .333 .000 .833 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.3 2.3
Career 8 0 5.1 .333 .000 .833 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.3 2.3

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979–80 Utah 28 - 16.3 .378 - .867 1.9 - 0.8 0.1 3.1
1980–81 Utah 28 - 32.2 .448 - .595 3.3 - 1.0 0.2 6.9
1981–82 Utah 28 - 37.9 .433 - .660 4.4 - 1.7 0.5 10.4
1982–83 Utah 32 - 37.3 .483 - .812 4.6 - 2.0 0.4 13.9
Career 116 - 31.2 .451 - .724 3.6 - 1.4 0.3 8.8

Pace Mannion Fan Club

In 1983, a group of Rice University 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.[1][2]

On January 14, 1986, Mannion and the Utah Jazz came to play the Houston Rockets, who had a 20-game home unbeaten streak. About 125 members of the Pace Mannion Fan Club attended the game.[1][2]

The fan club cheered "Pace, Pace, he's our Mannion" all night. Utah coach Frank Layden 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.[1][2]

Personal life

He is the father of basketball player Nico Mannion.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Falkoff, Robert (January 15, 1986), "Jazz halts Rocket streak at 20", The Houston Post, pp. 1H
  2. ^ a b c Harasim, Paul (January 15, 1986), "Mannion fan club prevents Rockets from keeping the pace", The Houston Post, pp. 3A
  3. ^ Ballard, Chris. "Nico Mannion: Peek into life of basketball prodigy | Longform". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.

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