Nance played at Revere High School.[2] In his senior season, Nance was 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg).[3] That year, Nance led Revere to its first district championship, and he was named the Ohio Division II Player of the Year.[4] On June 29, 2017, Nance committed to playing for Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team starting in the 2018–19 season.[5][6] In doing so, Nance declined offers from the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University.[7] Nance was a four-star recruit and the highest-ranked recruit in program history.[8][9]Scout.com ranked him as the 83rd-best overall player and the 19th-best power forward in the country.[10] Meanwhile, 247Sports ranked him 64th overall.[8]
College career
Northwestern
Nance debuted in an exhibition game against the McKendree Bearcats, during which he notched 12 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and four steals in 19 minutes off the bench.[11] In his first regular-season college basketball game, Nance scored three points and provided one assist in a win against the New Orleans Privateers.[12] Nance earned his first collegiate start in an 80–60 loss to the Michigan Wolverines.[13] He averaged 8.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore.[14] As a junior, Nance averaged 11.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.[15] He missed a game against Michigan State on January 15, 2022, due to an ankle injury.[16]
Nance averaged 14.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a senior. After testing the waters in the 2022 NBA draft, Nance ultimately returned to college and transferred to North Carolina.[17]
Nance transferred to North Carolina to play in his fifth collegiate season, joining a team that had been national runners-up the season prior. He was able to join the Tar Heels due to an NCAA rule granting all student-athletes an extra year of eligibility because of the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down sports at the end of the 2019–20 season. Immediately becoming a starter and a key part of the rotation, Nance and the Tar Heels struggled through an up-and-down season. Hampered by a nagging back injury that kept him out of a few games, Nance started all 30 games in which he played as a Tar Heel. He averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds per game, and shot 42% from the floor in his lone season in Chapel Hill.[18]
On January 18, 2024, Nance signed a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers,[22] making him the third member of the Nance family to play for the Cavaliers (after his father Larry and brother Larry Jr.).[23] On January 30, he returned to the Cleveland Charge[24] and on February 19, he signed a two-way contract with the Cavaliers.[25]
On September 24, 2024, Nance signed a standard contract with the Cavaliers,[26] but was waived on October 19.[27] Seven days later, he re-joined the Charge.[28]
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