Background
Mason was born in Queens, New York, in 1992. He is the son of late former National Basketball Association player Anthony Mason and Latifa Whitlock Mason.
Mason was born in Queens, New York, in 1992. He is the son of late former National Basketball Association player Anthony Mason and Latifa Whitlock Mason.
Mason attended New Rochelle High School and was named the school"s athlete of the year as a senior.
He spent his first three years of college eligibility at Niagara University. He then transferred to Auburn University. Antoine went undrafted in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft.
He has one brother, Anthony Junior.
Mason joined Niagara as a freshman in 2010-2011.
He played in three games before suffering a foot injury that ended his season. The following year, he started every game and was named to the MAAC All-Rookie team
In 2012-2013, Mason scored 18.7 points per game to rank second in the MAAC. He was named to the All-MAAC first team and the MAAC All-Tournament team As of March 8, 2014, he was averaging 25.6 points per game to rank second in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I.
On May 21, 2014, and upon the conclusion of his redshirt junior season, he announced that he would be transferring for the 2014-2015 season.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association did not make him wait a season for transferring since he had already earned his undergraduate degree.