Tevin Mack
No. 8 – New Taipei CTBC DEA | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
League | Taiwan Professional Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | May 1, 1997 | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Dreher (Columbia, South Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
College | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2020: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2021–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2021 | Prishtina | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Orlandina Basket | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Apollon Patras | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Tianjin Pioneers | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Karditsa | ||||||||||||||
2024 | Al Ahli Tripoli | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | New Taipei CTBC DEA | ||||||||||||||
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Tevin Stanvontae Mack (born May 1, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Clemson Tigers.
Early life
[edit]Mack grew up in Columbia, South Carolina and began playing basketball at the age of three. He attended Dreher High School. He initially committed to VCU over offers from Clemson, South Carolina, UConn, and Georgia. When VCU coach Shaka Smart accepted the job at Texas, Mack followed him there.[1]
College career
[edit]Mack averaged 5.1 points and 2.0 rebounds per game as a freshman at Texas, helping the team reach the NCAA Tournament. As a sophomore, he averaged 14.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game before being suspended indefinitely for violating team rules in January 2017. Following the season, Mack transferred to Alabama. He averaged 9.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. Mack transferred to Clemson for his redshirt senior season, partially to be closer to his mother.[1] On January 28, 2020, he scored a career-high 32 points in a 71-70 win against Syracuse.[2] As a senior, Mack finished second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 12.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.[3]
Professional career
[edit]On January 31, 2021, Mack signed with KB Prishtina in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.[4] He averaged 24.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. On July 29, he signed with Orlandina Basket of the Serie A2 Basket.[5]
On February 4, 2023, he joined Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League.[6] On March 25, 2023 Mack scored 27 points in a huge win over local rivals Promitheas Patras. In a total of 5 league games, he averaged 18.8 points (shooting with 45% from the 3-point line) and 2.8 rebounds, playing around 29 minutes per contest.
After a stint in the Chinese Basketball Association, Mack returned to Greece for Karditsa on December 16, 2023.
On October 3, 2024, Mack was announced to have signed with Libyan champions Al Ahli Tripoli, ahead of their participation in the Road to BAL.[7]
On December 12, 2024, Mack signed with the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[8]
National team career
[edit]Mack was a part of the Clemson team chosen to represent the United States in the 2019 Summer Universiade in Italy. The U.S. received a gold medal after defeating Ukraine in the title game, and Mack averaged 9.5 points and four rebounds per game.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Connolly, Matt (February 21, 2020). "Tevin Mack's road to Clemson was long. Closer to home and more mature, he belongs". The State. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ Iacobelli, Pete (January 28, 2020). "Tevin Mack scores 32 points to send Clemson basketball over Syracuse". The Greenville News. Associated Press. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ Crumpton, Tony (March 23, 2020). "WATCH: Tevin Mack 2019-2020 season highlights". TigerNet.com. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Tevin Mack joins Prishtina". Eurobasket. January 31, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Cd'Orlando adds Mack to their roster, ex Prishtina". Eurobasket. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ Bezjak, Lou (February 4, 2023). "Tevin Mack (ex Sporting) signs at AS Apollon Patras". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "Ahli Tripoli tabs Tevin Mack". www.afrobasket.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "TPBL職籃場均24分得分王捷翼慘失業 特攻宣布簽新洋將德芬". ETtoday. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ^ Bezjak, Lou (July 30, 2019). "Italy trip could foreshadow big things ahead for Tevin Mack, Clemson hoops". The State. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1997 births
- Living people
- American men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Kosovo
- American expatriate basketball people in Portugal
- Apollon Patras B.C. players
- Basketball players from South Carolina
- Texas Longhorns men's basketball players
- Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball players
- Clemson Tigers men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Columbia, South Carolina
- Small forwards
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Al Ahli Tripoli basketball players
- Tianjin Pioneers players
- KB Prishtina players
- Orlandina Basket players
- Sporting CP basketball players
- ASK Karditsas B.C. players
- New Taipei CTBC DEA players
- Taiwan Professional Basketball League imports