All-Big South honorable mention – 2022

General: Atlanta-area high school product who transferred to Tech after playing three seasons at Gardner-Webb University … Enjoyed a successful 2022-23 campaign for the Jackets, but did not see action in 2023-24 due to a leg injury … Took a red-shirt year and finished his college eligibility with a career-best season in 2024-25 … Good shooter who can also drive to the basket, and is excellent in transition … Scored 745 points in two full seasons at Tech, compared to 593 in two-plus seasons at Gardner-Webb … Finished his college career with 1,343 career points and 204 career 3-point field goals … Played in 115 games in his college career, 60 of them at Tech, and made 84 career starts (47 at Tech) … Converted 36.7% of his 3-point field goals and 78.1% of his free throws in 5 college seasons … All-Big South conference choice who led the Runnin’ Bulldogs in scoring in 2021-22 and helped his team to 11 Big South wins, a program high as a member of that conference … Showed ability to be a high-scorer against top-level competition, reaching double figures against power-conference foes four times … Majored in sports education while at Gardner-Webb, and received his bachelor’s degree in history, technology and society from Georgia Tech in May, 2024 … Now pursuing a certificate in economics

Lance Terry leads Georgia Tech to blowout win over Miami – Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 4, 2025
Georgia Tech guard finishing final season strong – Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 28, 2025
Heritage alum Lance Terry shines in Georgia Tech’s victory over No. 21 Louisville – Newnan Times-Herald, February 5, 2025
Lance Terry emerges as vital piece to Georgia Tech’s men’s basketball success – Yellow Jacked Up, December 13, 2024
After a season off, Lance Terry returns for Georgia Tech basketball – Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 4, 2024
Georgia Tech transfer Lance Terry believes he’s an ACC-caliber player – Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 19, 2022

2024-25 (red-shirt senior year at Georgia Tech)

Tech’s top outside shooting threat who also attacks the basket with authority, and is the team’s top perimeter defender … Overcame a wrist injury that caused him to miss 3 games and hampered him in others during the final 2 months of the season to finish his career strong … Played 36 minutes or more 8 times in Tech’s final 9 games, and played all 80 minutes in Tech’s 2 ACC Tournament games … Finished as Tech’s scoring leader at a career-high 14.5 points per game while hitting 42.6% of his shots from the floor, 35.8% from 3-point range and 70.7% from the foul line … was 2nd on the team in steals (36) … In ACC games: averaged 14.6 points, connected on 40.1% from the floor, 31.6% from 3-point range and 68.6% from the foul line … Also had 30 assists and 20 steals … Averaged 14 points in Tech’s last 9 games (after Virginia), including a career-high 31 in his final regular-season home game against Miami … Hit a career-high 12 field goals in 19 attempts, 6-of-11 from 3-point range, and added 4 assists and 7 rebounds vs. the Hurricanes … Also scored 15 at Boston College, 20 at Pittsburgh (14-of-16 from the free throw line) and 15 vs. NC State (3-of-8 on 3-pt FG, 4 reb, 3 ast) … Scored 23 points at FSU (1/18) and 23 vs. Louisville (2/1) in between missed games … Scored 20-plus points in 9 games, 6 times in ACC games (22 points in Tech’s ACC opener at North Carolina, 23 at Florida State, 23 vs. Louisville, 20 vs. Boston College, 20 at Pitt, 31 vs. Miami) … Prolific and accurate 3-point shooter who made 5 or more threes in a game 4 times, and ranked among the ACC’s top 10 in 3-pointers made per game (2.23), total 3-pointers made (69) and attempted (193) … Scored in double digits in all but 8 games and led the Jackets in scoring 10 times

2023-24 (red-shirt year at Georgia Tech)

Recovered from a pre-season injury that forced him to miss the first eight games, but elected to red-shirt and return to action in 2023-24 … Cleared to practice just before Tech’s trip to Hawaii

2022-23 (senior at Georgia Tech)

No. 2 on the team in scoring at 10.1 points per game while hitting 42.1 percent of his shots from the floor, 38.8 from three-point range (top percentage on the team) and 81.4 percent from the foul line … Averaged 11.4 points in ACC games (No. 2 on the team), connecting on 41.3 percent from the floor, a team-high 42.1 from three-point distance and 79.4 percent from the free throw stripe … Was a key figure both as a starter and a reserve offensively, and his best offensive games occurred in Tech’s seven ACC wins (tournament win included) … Scored a season-high 24 points in the Jackets’ Jan. 4 win over No. 12 Miami, 19 in their Feb. 8 win over Notre Dame, 14 vs. Virginia Tech on Feb. 15, 17 vs. Louisville on Feb. 25, 24 at Syracuse on Feb. 28 and 17 at Boston College … In those seven wins, averaged 17.7 points, connected on 47.3 percent of his field goals, and 52.1 percent of his threes, playing the full 40 minutes in all but the Syracuse game, in which he was subbed out with 56 seconds left when the Jackets emptied the bench … Missed four straight ACC games (Syracuse on Jan. 21 through Louisville on Feb. 1) with a hamstring injury … After his return (Tech’s last 11 games), averaged 13.3 points per game while hitting 43.4 percent from the floor (53-of-122) and 43.3 percent from behind the arc (26-of-60) … Scored the game-winning basket on the tip-in at the final horn against Notre Dame … Scored 41 points in Tech’s in back-to-back games against Miami (season-high 24) and Florida State (17) in early January … Hit 14-of-28 FG, 7-11 3-point FG and 6-of-8 FT, with 11 rebounds, in those two games … Scored nine of his points in Tech’s closing 12-0 run against the Hurricanes … Started 21 of the 29 games he played, including 15 ACC games (regular season plus tournament) … Had the best turnover rate on the team (1.3 per 40 minutes) … Thirteen double-figure scoring games altogether in 2022-23, eight in ACC games

2021-22 (junior at Gardner-Webb): Earned honorable mention All-Big South recognition after helping lead Gardner-Webb to an 18-13 overall record and a program-best 11-5 record in Big South conference play … Finished the 2021-22 Big South campaign as Gardner-Webb’s second-leading scorer at 14.3 points per game, and also averaged 3.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 steals per game … His 45.9-percent shooting overall ranked seventh-highest in the league for the regular season, while his 35.0-percent hit rate from beyond the arc was fifth-best … Started all 31 games and averaged 31.4 minutes … Posted double figures in 14 of 16 league games and eclipsed 20 points three times on the season while finishing as GWU’s leading scoring in seven contests … Went for 16 points at Arkansas and 15 at Duke in back-to-back games in November, then 14 in his team’s win at Georgia in December … Over the final six games of the regular season, Terry hit his stride for the Runnin’ Bulldogs, rounding out the regular season averaging 18.5 points while corralling a career-high seven rebounds on two separate occasions … In addition to his all-conference nod, was also named as Gardner-Webb’s representative on the Big South Conference Men’s Basketball Academic Team for his dedication in the classroom that helped him carry above a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average as a Sports Education major.

2020-21 (sophomore at Gardner-Webb): Played in nine games and made six starts as a sophomore … Made a major impact in the starting five for the first stretch of the season prior to going down to injury for a 14-game stretch mid-season … Shot 48.4 percent (31-of-64) from the floor and 43.9 percent (18-of-41) from beyond the arc as one of the Runnin’ Bulldogs top scoring threats to open the year … Also shot 92.0 percent (23-of-25) from the free throw line … Averaged 11.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 22.4 minutes per game … Scored in double figures in five of six contests to open the year … Posted a career-high 26 points on 7-of-11 shooting with a trio of three-pointers at Hampton (12/30) … Tallied 23 points in 30 minutes at Florida State (12/21) … Opened the season with 15 points at Western Kentucky (12/10) … Logged a season-high six rebounds at Pittsburgh (12/12) … Returned to the court for a three-game stretch in mid-February before missing the final three games of the season.

2019-20 (freshman at Gardner-Webb): Appeared in the first 15 games of the season before missing the final 17 games of the season … Shot 36.7 percent (18-of-49) from the field and 34.2 percent (13-of-38) from downtown … Averaged 3.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 10.5 minutes of action per game … Scored nine points on three triples in his career debut vs. Furman (11/5) … Scored a season-high 12 points in a win over Bob Jones (12/19).

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High School: Played at The Heritage (Ga.) School under Coach Joab Jerome … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com in the Class of 2019 … Rated by the same organization as the nation’s No. 28 point guard prospect … Rated as the Peach State’s No. 2 point guard prospect, behind only Southern Cal signee Kyle Sturdivant (Norcross) … A national top-275 talent according to 247Sports.com … Rated as the No. 13 senior prospect in the State of Georgia, regardless of position … Three-time County Player of the Year selection by the Newnan Times-Herald … Three-time Georgia Independent Schools (GISA) All-State selection … Scored more than 2,000 career points … Four-time All-Region choice … Earned GISA Class AAA All-State honors for the third season in a row in 2019 … Led Heritage to its first GISA Class AAA State Championship … Averaged a career-high 22.1 points per game on the season … Powered team to a pair of wins over Holy Spirit Academy and the nation’s top prospect, Anthony Edwards (Georgia) in the postseason … Scored 31 points in a regional final win over Holy Spirit … Notched a team-high 28 points in the state title game win … Earned GISA Class AAA All-State honors as a junior in 2017-2018 … Named Coweta County Player of the Year by the Newnan Times-Herald in 2018 … Averaged 19.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game as a junior … Drew recruiting interest from DePaul, Georgia Tech and Georgia State.

Travel Basketball: Played for a strong Atlanta XPress 17U summer squad on the Under Armour Association circuit … Averaged 13.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in 2018 … Shot 49.0 percent from long range, which ranked third on the entire UAA circuit … Shot 75.0 percent from the free throw line … Was team’s second-leading scorer in 2018 … Netted a high of 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting vs. Sports U … Had 18 points in two different games and netted 17 markers vs. Canada Elite … Shot a sizzling 48.7 percent from long range over the final seven games of the spring period … Named to the 16U Bob Gibbons Tournament of Championships All-Tournament Team in 2017.

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