Blake Ervin

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Blake Ervin
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    195
  • Hometown:
    Maryville, Tenn.
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Heritage
  • Previous College:
    Roane State
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    4.5
  • fg %
    42.9
  • 3pt %
    40.3
  • ft %
    82.6
  • reb/g
    2.0
  • a/g
    1.5
Bio

PRIOR TO CARSON-NEWMAN: Ervin averaged 10.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists in his only season at Roane State.  A highly efficient guard, Ervin shot 51.8 percent from the field and made 47.3 percent of his threes.  He had 14 double-digit scoring efforts on the year, topping out at 26 points in an 84-73 win over Motlow State.  Ervin was an unconscious 8-for-9 from long range that day.  That game was one of 11 for Ervin where he knocked down at least three threes at a bare-minimum 50 percent clip.

HIGH SCHOOL: In high school, he played for Bill Duncan at Heritage where he averaged 15 points per game and earned district MVP, tournament MVP and all-district honors.  He twice helped the Mountaineers to district titles. 

PERSONAL: The son of Georgette Kirk, he plans to study business at Carson-Newman. 

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 17
Games started 8 7
Minutes 493 333
Minutes per game 19.0 19.6
FG 36-84 23-58
FG Pct 42.9 39.7
3PT 25-62 16-41
3PT Pct 40.3 39.0
FT 19-23 17-20
FT Pct 82.6 85.0
Off rebounds 8 6
Def rebounds 43 31
Total rebounds 51 37
Rebounds per game 2.0 2.2
Personal fouls 31 19
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 39 27
Turnovers 23 17
Assist to turnover ratio 1.7 1.6
Steals 16 8
Blocks 1 1
Points 116 79
Points per game 4.5 4.6
Points per 40 min 9.4 9.5
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 13 at Anderson (S.C.) W, 96-70
Feb 16 at Catawba L, 90-75
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 79-65
Feb 23 #10 Queens (N.C.) L, 102-88
Mar 2 at Newberry W, 89-78
Mar 6 at #6/7 Queens (N.C.) L, 84-75
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 9 at Southern Wesleyan W, 67-50 - 19 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Nov 10 vs. Lander W, 77-65 - 25 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Nov 14 Lees-McRae W, 108-77 - 17 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 17 at King (Tenn.) W, 87-86 0 19 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Nov 21 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 81-73 - 18 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 28 at Lincoln Memorial L, 90-68 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 at Wingate L, 82-62 - 21 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 5 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 78-62 - 10 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 8 Fort Valley St. W, 95-67 - 9 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 15 at Coker W, 79-63 - 24 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 19 at Mars Hill L, 87-74 - 19 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 2 Virginia-Wise W, 90-83 - 15 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 3
Jan 5 Catawba L, 81-64 - 13 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 4-4 100.0 7
Jan 9 Anderson (S.C.) W, 87-79 - 8 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 12 at #9 Queens (N.C.) L, 81-77 1 23 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 7
Jan 16 at Tusculum L, 63-49 - 20 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 19 Newberry W, 112-105 1 23 3-8 37.5 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 9
Jan 21 Johnson C. Smith L, 85-71 1 24 2-5 40.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 26 Wingate L, 76-74 1 29 3-3 100.0 3-3 100.0 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 30 Lincoln Memorial W, 79-75 1 35 3-7 42.9 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 9
Feb 2 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 100-91 1 29 5-8 62.5 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 12
Feb 6 Mars Hill W, 85-73 1 23 1-7 14.3 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 9 Coker W, 75-73 1 25 2-6 33.3 1-4 25.0 7-7 100.0 12
Feb 13 at Anderson (S.C.) W, 96-70 - 12 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 16 at Catawba L, 90-75 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 79-65 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 23 #10 Queens (N.C.) L, 102-88 - 10 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Mar 2 at Newberry W, 89-78 - 9 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Mar 6 at #6/7 Queens (N.C.) L, 84-75 - 14 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 9 at Southern Wesleyan W, 67-50 - 19 0 1 1 2 0 1 0
Nov 10 vs. Lander W, 77-65 - 25 1 3 4 1 0 1 0
Nov 14 Lees-McRae W, 108-77 - 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 17 at King (Tenn.) W, 87-86 0 19 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Nov 21 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 81-73 - 18 0 2 2 5 2 2 0
Nov 28 at Lincoln Memorial L, 90-68 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 at Wingate L, 82-62 - 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dec 5 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 78-62 - 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dec 8 Fort Valley St. W, 95-67 - 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dec 15 at Coker W, 79-63 - 24 2 1 3 4 0 0 0
Dec 19 at Mars Hill L, 87-74 - 19 0 2 2 0 1 1 1
Jan 2 Virginia-Wise W, 90-83 - 15 0 3 3 1 1 1 0
Jan 5 Catawba L, 81-64 - 13 0 3 3 0 3 0 0
Jan 9 Anderson (S.C.) W, 87-79 - 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jan 12 at #9 Queens (N.C.) L, 81-77 1 23 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jan 16 at Tusculum L, 63-49 - 20 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 19 Newberry W, 112-105 1 23 0 3 3 3 0 1 0
Jan 21 Johnson C. Smith L, 85-71 1 24 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Jan 26 Wingate L, 76-74 1 29 2 1 3 4 3 1 0
Jan 30 Lincoln Memorial W, 79-75 1 35 1 5 6 3 2 2 0
Feb 2 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 100-91 1 29 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Feb 6 Mars Hill W, 85-73 1 23 0 6 6 2 2 0 0
Feb 9 Coker W, 75-73 1 25 0 2 2 3 2 0 0
Feb 13 at Anderson (S.C.) W, 96-70 - 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Feb 16 at Catawba L, 90-75 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 79-65 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 23 #10 Queens (N.C.) L, 102-88 - 10 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Mar 2 at Newberry W, 89-78 - 9 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Mar 6 at #6/7 Queens (N.C.) L, 84-75 - 14 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 9 at Southern Wesleyan W, 67-50 - 0 - -
Nov 10 vs. Lander W, 77-65 - 1 - -
Nov 14 Lees-McRae W, 108-77 - 1 - -
Nov 17 at King (Tenn.) W, 87-86 0 2 0 0.0
Nov 21 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 81-73 - 1 - 2.5
Nov 28 at Lincoln Memorial L, 90-68 - - - -
Dec 1 at Wingate L, 82-62 - 0 - -
Dec 5 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 78-62 - 0 - -
Dec 8 Fort Valley St. W, 95-67 - 1 - -
Dec 15 at Coker W, 79-63 - 0 - -
Dec 19 at Mars Hill L, 87-74 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 2 Virginia-Wise W, 90-83 - 2 - 1.0
Jan 5 Catawba L, 81-64 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 9 Anderson (S.C.) W, 87-79 - 0 - 1.0
Jan 12 at #9 Queens (N.C.) L, 81-77 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 16 at Tusculum L, 63-49 - 0 - 1.0
Jan 19 Newberry W, 112-105 1 2 - -
Jan 21 Johnson C. Smith L, 85-71 1 3 - -
Jan 26 Wingate L, 76-74 1 1 - 1.3
Jan 30 Lincoln Memorial W, 79-75 1 2 - 1.5
Feb 2 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 100-91 1 5 1 -
Feb 6 Mars Hill W, 85-73 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 9 Coker W, 75-73 1 0 - 1.5
Feb 13 at Anderson (S.C.) W, 96-70 - 1 0 -
Feb 16 at Catawba L, 90-75 - - - -
Feb 20 Tusculum L, 79-65 - - - -
Feb 23 #10 Queens (N.C.) L, 102-88 - 1 - -
Mar 2 at Newberry W, 89-78 - 2 - 1.0
Mar 6 at #6/7 Queens (N.C.) L, 84-75 - 1 - 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 26 19.0 1.4-3.2 1.0-2.4 0.7-0.9 4.5
Total 26 19.0 1.4-3.2 1.0-2.4 0.7-0.9 4.5
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 26 8 493 36-84 42.9 25-62 40.3 19-23 82.6 116
Total 26 8 493 36-84 42.9 25-62 40.3 19-23 82.6 116
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 26 493 19.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 40.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 26 493 19.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 40.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 26 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.0
Total 26 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2018-19 26 8 8 43 51 39 23 16 1
Total 26 8 8 43 51 39 23 16 1
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 26 19.0 1.4-3.2 1.0-2.4 0.7-0.9 4.5
Conference 17 19.6 1.4-3.4 0.9-2.4 1.0-1.2 4.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 18.5 1.3-3.4 1.1-2.6 1.0-1.1 4.6
Away 11 19.0 1.5-3.1 0.7-2.0 0.5-0.6 4.1
Neutral 1 25.0 2.0-3.0 2.0-3.0 0.0-0.0 6.0
Result
Wins 15 18.7 1.3-3.5 1.0-2.7 0.6-0.8 4.3
Losses 11 19.3 1.5-2.8 0.9-2.0 0.9-1.0 4.7
Month
November 5 19.6 1.4-3.0 1.2-2.8 0.0-0.0 4.0
December 5 16.6 0.6-2.0 0.2-1.6 0.0-0.0 1.4
January 9 21.1 1.8-3.7 1.6-2.8 1.0-1.2 6.1
February 5 19.8 1.6-4.6 0.8-3.0 1.4-1.6 5.4
March 2 11.5 1.0-1.5 0.0-0.0 1.5-2.0 3.5
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 26 8 493 36-84 42.9 25-62 40.3 19-23 82.6 116
Conference 17 7 333 23-58 39.7 16-41 39.0 17-20 85.0 79
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 14 6 259 18-47 38.3 15-37 40.5 14-16 87.5 65
Away 11 2 209 16-34 47.1 8-22 36.4 5-7 71.4 45
Neutral 1 - 25 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Result
Wins 15 4 281 20-53 37.7 15-40 37.5 9-12 75.0 64
Losses 11 4 212 16-31 51.6 10-22 45.5 10-11 90.9 52
Month
November 5 0 98 7-15 46.7 6-14 42.9 0-0 - 20
December 5 - 83 3-10 30.0 1-8 12.5 0-0 - 7
January 9 5 190 16-33 48.5 14-25 56.0 9-11 81.8 55
February 5 3 99 8-23 34.8 4-15 26.7 7-8 87.5 27
March 2 - 23 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 7
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 26 493 19.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 40.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 17 333 19.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 39.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 259 18.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 40.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 11 209 19.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 36.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 1 25 25.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 66.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 281 18.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 37.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 11 212 19.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 45.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 98 19.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 42.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 5 83 16.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 12.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 9 190 21.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 56.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 5 99 19.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 2 23 11.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 26 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.0
Conference 17 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.3 2.1 2.4 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.0
Away 11 0.3 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.1
Neutral 1 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 0.3 2.0 2.3 1.8 0.9 0.7 0.0
Losses 11 0.3 1.2 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.1
Month
November 5 0.2 1.6 1.8 1.6 0.8 1.0 0.0
December 5 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.2
January 9 0.3 2.2 2.6 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.0
February 5 0.2 2.2 2.4 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.0
March 2 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 26 8 8 43 51 39 23 16 1
Conference 17 7 6 31 37 27 17 8 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 6 4 29 33 26 16 9 0
Away 11 2 3 11 14 12 7 6 1
Neutral 1 - 1 3 4 1 0 1 0
Result
Wins 15 4 5 30 35 27 13 11 0
Losses 11 4 3 13 16 12 10 5 1
Month
November 5 0 1 8 9 8 4 5 0
December 5 - 3 3 6 6 1 2 1
January 9 5 3 20 23 16 12 6 0
February 5 3 1 11 12 8 4 1 0
March 2 - 0 1 1 1 2 2 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 17 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
Late first-half run powers top-seeded Queens past Carson-Newman in SAC quarters
  • Article
  • March 06, 2019
Late first-half run powers top-seeded Queens past Carson-Newman in SAC quarters

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Top-seeded and No. 6 Queens (28-3) powered out a 17-5 run late in the first half and never looked back in an 84-75 win over eighth-seeded Carson-Newman (15-14) Wednesday night at Curry Arena in the quarterfinals of the Pilot/Flying J SAC Men’s Basketball Championships. 

  • March 06, 2019
Bates’ layup in final seconds sinks Coker
  • Article
  • February 09, 2019
Bates’ layup in final seconds sinks Coker

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Mason Bates (Cookeville, Tenn.) became the 27th member of Carson-Newman’s 1,000-point club, but it was his 1,007th point that proved to be the most important.

  • February 09, 2019
Lenoir-Rhyne surges to 100-91 overtime win over C-N
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  • February 02, 2019
Lenoir-Rhyne surges to 100-91 overtime win over C-N

HICKORY, N.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne (16-4, 9-3 South Atlantic Conference) overcame a 19-point first half deficit with good free-throw and three-point shooting to down Carson-Newman (11-10, 4-9 SAC) in overtime 100-91 Saturday at Shuford Gym. 

  • February 02, 2019
Bates, Eagles chop down Railsplitters 79-75
  • Article
  • January 30, 2019
Bates, Eagles chop down Railsplitters 79-75

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Bolstered by clutch free throws from senior Mason Bates (Cookeville, Tenn.) in the final four minutes, Carson-Newman (11-9, 4-8 South Atlantic Conference) snapped a five-game losing streak to Lincoln Memorial (14-5, 9-3 SAC) with a riveting 79-75 win over their rivals to the north Wednesday night in Holt Fieldhouse.

  • January 30, 2019
Logan’s leaner sinks Eagles in final second, 76-74
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  • January 26, 2019
Logan’s leaner sinks Eagles in final second, 76-74

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Wingate (11-8, 7-4 South Atlantic Conference) guard Emarius Logan knocked down a 15-foot runner from the free-throw line after splitting a double-double team with 0.6 seconds left to down Carson-Newman (10-9, 3-8 SAC) Saturday afternoon at Holt Fieldhouse.

  • January 26, 2019
C-N alters record book, stiff-arms Newberry in wire-to-wire 112-105 win
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  • January 19, 2019
C-N alters record book, stiff-arms Newberry in wire-to-wire 112-105 win

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (10-7, 3-7 South Atlantic Conference) built a 27-point lead behind a record-book altering performance before fending off a furious Newberry (5-10, 1-7 SAC) rally with a 112-105 win over the Wolves Saturday afternoon at Holt Fieldhouse. 

  • January 19, 2019
Second half offensive woes down C-N at Tusculum
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  • January 16, 2019
Second half offensive woes down C-N at Tusculum

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. –  Carson-Newman was limited to just 17 second half points with a 31-13 Tusculum scoring spurt in the final 18 minutes of gameplay en route to a 63-49 loss to Tusculum on Wednesday night at Pioneer Arena.

  • January 16, 2019
Carson-Newman scuffles by Tennessee Wesleyan 81-73
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  • November 21, 2018
Carson-Newman scuffles by Tennessee Wesleyan 81-73

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman got to a 5-0 start for a second straight year, but Eagle head coach Chuck Benson thought C-N may have had its eyes on a Thanksgiving turkey instead of Tennessee Wesleyan (5-3) in a 81-73 win over the Eagles’ old VSAC foes Wednesday night inside Holt Fieldhouse.

  • November 21, 2018
Bates, Teichmann carry Eagles over Lander 77-65
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  • November 10, 2018
Bates, Teichmann carry Eagles over Lander 77-65

CENTRAL, S.C. – Carson-Newman (2-0) got a combined 49 points from two of its senior guards to coast to a 77-65 decision over Lander (0-2) Saturday afternoon at History Tysinger Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

  • November 10, 2018
Carson-Newman Basketball Position Previews: The Backcourt
  • Article
  • October 25, 2018
Carson-Newman Basketball Position Previews: The Backcourt

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – This is the second half of a two-part series breaking down Carson-Newman men’s basketball’s positions for 2018-19. This preview analyzes the Eagles’ guards with help from senior Grant Teichmann (Brentwood, Tenn.).

  • October 25, 2018
Photos
Blake Ervin action photo 1
Newberry vs. Carson-Newman

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