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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1965-07-03)July 3, 1965 (age 60) Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Ewing (Ewing Township, New Jersey) |
| College | Wagner (1983–1987) |
| NBA draft | 1987: 2nd round, 42nd overall pick |
| Drafted by | Atlanta Hawks |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career highlights | |
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Terrance Bailey (born July 3, 1965) is an American formerbasketball player wholed NCAA Division I in scoring as ajunior in 1985–86. A native ofNewark, New Jersey, Bailey played atWagner College for four years and established himself as one of theNortheast Conference's all-time greatest players.
Raised inEwing Township, New Jersey,[1] Baily played prep basketball atEwing High School.[2]
Bailey played in 110 career games for theWagner Seahawks and scored a conference record 2,591 points, nearly 300 more than the next closest player. In his NCAA-leading junior season, he averaged 29.4 points per game, was named theNortheast Conference Player of the Year, an honorable mentionAll-American and was in his second of an unmatched three consecutive first team all-conference seasons. He once had back-to-back 40 point games and was namedSports Illustrated's Player of the Week. The New York Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association twice named him to their All-Met team. After his collegiate career ended, Bailey was selected in the second round (42nd overall) of the1987 NBA draft by theAtlanta Hawks but never got to play in the league. He then played overseas, notably with thePresto Tivolis, in thePhilippine Basketball Association in 1989.
As of 2013, he lived inTrenton where he worked as a pre-school teacher.[3] He was awarded a bachelor's degree in 2021 from Wagner College with a major in education and minors in speech and theater.[2]