Terence Rudolph Stansbury (born February 27, 1961) is an American-French former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of tall, he played at the shooting guard position.
College career Stansbury, a graduate of Newark High School, played college basketball for the Temple Owls. As a junior, he averaged 24.6 points for the Owls and 18.6 points as a senior. Stansbury starred at Temple from 1980 to 1984, scoring a total of 1,811 points (15.7 points per game).
Professional career Stansbury played three seasons (1984–1987) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the Indiana Pacers and Seattle SuperSonics. He finished with 1,200 points in his career, and was a three-time participant in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, where he won three straight third-place positions in a row, from 1985 to 1987, before leaving the NBA.
He later spent six seasons at Levallois in France. Stansbury was granted French citizenship. In the 1992–93 season, he led the French ProA league in scoring (26.3 points per contest).
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Indiana | 74 || 14 || 17.3 || .459 || .160 || .810 || 1.5 || 1.7 || .6 || .2 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Indiana | 74 || 17 || 18.0 || .433 || .170 || .811 || 1.9 || 2.8 || .8 || .1 || 6.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | 44 || 0 || 8.5 || .429 || .379 || .620 || .5 || 1.3 || .3 || .0 || 4.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 192 || 31 || 15.5 || .444 || .224 || .779 || 1.4 || 2.0 || .6 || .1 || 6.3
Honors He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
Personal life His daughter Tiffany Stansbury played in the WNBA.
References
External links
Terence Stansbury at FIBA List of Slam Dunk Contest participants Pro and College Stats Obscure Dunker: Slam contests highlighted Stansbury's brief NBA career