BIOGRAPHY
Terence Davis was born on May 16, 1997, in Southaven, Missouri. He is a guard in the NBA.
Davis is the son of Trinita Smith & Terence Davis, Sr. and began playing basketball at the age of six. He became a star football player at Southaven High School, competing at wide receiver. Davis earned 20 scholarship offers from major universities in football but opted to pursue basketball in college instead.
Davis played sparingly as a freshman at Ole Miss, averaging 1.9 points and 6.9 minutes per game. Coach Andy Kennedy's advice was to become a ball-getter and he improved markedly as a sophomore, scoring 30 points on 6-for-7 3-pointers in an NIT win over Syracuse. He averaged 14.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore. In his junior season, Davis led the team in scoring with 13.8 points per game, while contributing 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
After the season, coach Kennedy was fired and Kermit Davis was tapped as the new coach. As a senior, Davis posted 15.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He was named SEC player of the week after scoring 27 points and pulling down 12 rebounds, in a win over Auburn on January 9, 2019. Davis was named to the Second-team All-SEC. He led Ole Miss to the first NCAA tournament in his career. After the season Davis participated in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft, Davis joined the Denver Nuggets for the NBA Summer League. On July 11, 2019, Davis signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors, with a full guarantee in year one.
