[2] He attended Eastern Alamance High School, in Mebane, North Carolina; in his freshman season, Curry scored a total of 639 points, which at the time was the highest mark for a freshman in North Carolina high school history: the record was then beaten by Junior Robinson in 2011.

[3] In his junior year, Curry scored 972 points, another North Carolina record, beating the mark of 954 that Lawrence Clayton had established in 1958.

[3] He averaged 40.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game as a senior and was a two-time Associated Press All-State first team selection.

[2] On January 19, 2004, Curry scored 65 points against Western Alamance High School, 2 shy of the all-time North Carolina record of 67 established in 1950 by Bob Poole.

[8][11] He scored an OSU freshman all-time NCAA Tournament-best 18 points in the 2005 second-round game against Southern Illinois on March 20, 2005.

[8][12] Highlights of his sophomore season include a career-high 30 points in a 97–61 victory over Mercer on December 18, 2005,[13] and a 22-point, nine-rebound effort in an 81–60 win over Texas on February 19, 2006.

[8][9][16] In his junior season, on November 29, 2006, Curry scored a career-high 35 points (on 12-for-19 shooting) to go along with a season-high 9 assists[8][9] with no turnovers in a 95–73 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

[17] On January 16, 2007, Curry scored 28 points and grabbed a season-high 9 rebounds[9] in 52 minutes played in a 105–103 triple-overtime win over Texas.

[28] In August 2008, Curry signed with Pau-Orthez of the French league,[32][33] but was waived in October after failing to impress the coaching staff.

[35] On January 22, 2010, Curry signed a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Clippers after averaging 16.1 points, 7.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds with Springfield.

[45] In February 2004, Curry was among 49 students arrested in a drug raid that involved North Carolina's Alamance County school system.

[30][46] Curry pleaded guilty to the drug charges, and the University of North Carolina, with whom he had signed a letter-of-intent, rescinded the scholarship to him.

In April 2017, Curry was injured in a traffic collision, flipped on a freeway while trying to retrieve his dropped mobile phone.

It ended his basketball career as he dislocated his ribs and fractured his lower back that needed metal rods inserted there to stabilize it.