Mason Bates

21 Mason Bates

Height:

6-4
Weight:

200
Hometown:

Cookeville, Tenn.
Position:

G
Year:

Junior
High School:

Cookeville
Major:

Education

gp

4
pts/g

6.8
fg %

52.6
3pt %

0.0
ft %

87.5
reb/g

3.0
a/g

0.3

Bio

2016-17: Appered in four games before tearing his labrum and sitting out the rest of the year with a medical redshirt. He averaged 6.8 points per game and three rebounds. His top effort came in the Eagles' upset of LMU (11/22) with 10 points.

2015-16: Bates was Carson-Newman's sixth-leading scorer as a sophomore. He averaged 8.5 points per game to go along with 3.4 rebounds per contest. He shot 51 percent from the field and 39 percent from three to go along with a 72.1 percent effort at the charity stripe. Bates topped double digits in 11 games for C-N as a sophomore including a career high 20 against Mars Hill (2/3). The Eagles were 9-2 when he scored at least 10. He snagged at least five rebounds on nine occasions, topping out with a career high of eight in that same game against the Lions. He dished out a career best seven assists in the Eagles' upset victory over No. 20 Lenoir-Rhyne (12/19). Bates led Carson-Newman in steals on eight occasions and had a career high four pilfers in a game against No. 15 Queens (1/30).

2014-15: Bates was Carson-Newman's sixth-leading scorer as a freshman. He appeared in 30 games and started 23, missing two because of a concussion. Bates shot 40 percent from the field and 30 percent from three en route to averagine 6.0 points per game. He also averaged 3.3 rebounds and dished out 2.4 assists per game. He connected on 76 percent of his free throws. Bates finished the year with six double-digit scoring efforts. He hit has career high of 15 twice, against Tusculum (1/21) and Mars Hill (1/7). Carson-Newman was 4-2 when he crested 10 points. Bates snagged five or more rebounds on seven occasions, including a seven rebound effort twice, once against Lenoir-Rhyne (2/7) and agaub against Tusculum (11/19). He led the Eagles in assists on eight occasions and had a career high six helpers in his second career game against Mount Olive (11/15).

High School: A 6-4, 200-pound guard, averaged 14 points, 7.0 boards and 4.8 assists in his senior season for the Cavaliers. He canned 50 percent of his shots and 36 percent of his threes his senior year. He earned All-Discrict accolades while dishing out 100 assists. Was also an All-Region selection and BCAT East/West All Star Game participan. Cookeville earned a regular season district championship his senior year. As a junior, he earned Watertown Christmas Classic honors and won the Newcomer of the Year award for the league. He helped Cookeville to a district regular season and tournament championship and helped Cheatham County to a regional title in his junior season.

Personal: Bates is a member of the Beta Club and a National Science and Bible award winner. He's the son of Lee and Barbara Bates. His sister, Destinee played basketball for Tusculum and his cousin Tyler Jacquess played basketball for Tennessee Wesleyan. Bates plans to major in education.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	4	1
Games started	-	-
Minutes	58	14
Minutes per game	14.5	14.0
FG	10-19	4-6
FG Pct	52.6	66.7
3PT	0-3	0-0
3PT Pct	0.0	-
FT	7-8	2-2
FT Pct	87.5	100.0
Off rebounds	2	0
Def rebounds	10	2
Total rebounds	12	2
Rebounds per game	3.0	2.0
Personal fouls	10	4
Disqualifications	0	-
Assists	1	0
Turnovers	5	1
Assist to turnover ratio	0.2	0.0
Steals	2	1
Blocks	1	1
Points	27	10
Points per game	6.8	10.0
Points per 40 min	18.6	28.6

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 11	vs. Southern Wesleyan	W, 106-83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 12	at Lander	W, 88-75	-	10	2-4	50.0	0-1	0.0	3-4	75.0	7
Nov 16	Virginia-Wise	W, 96-91	-	22	3-6	50.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	8
Nov 22	Lincoln Memorial	W, 111-109	-	14	4-6	66.7	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	10
Nov 25	vs. Hillsdale	L, 73-61	-	12	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Nov 26	vs. Winona St.	L, 73-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 30	Johnson C. Smith	L, 88-75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 3	at Newberry	W, 116-94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	Queens (N.C.)	L, 112-90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 14	Catawba	W, 78-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 17	at Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 72-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 31	at Mars Hill	W, 76-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 4	Tusculum	W, 95-84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Wingate	L, 79-77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 11	at Brevard	W, 86-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	at Coker	W, 84-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 100-77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 21	Newberry	W, 110-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Lincoln Memorial	L, 108-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 28	at Queens (N.C.)	L, 72-70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	Mars Hill	W, 91-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	at Catawba	L, 77-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 8	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 73-70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 11	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 93-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 11	vs. Southern Wesleyan	W, 106-83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 12	at Lander	W, 88-75	-	10	0	2	2	0	2	0	0
Nov 16	Virginia-Wise	W, 96-91	-	22	1	5	6	1	1	0	0
Nov 22	Lincoln Memorial	W, 111-109	-	14	0	2	2	0	1	1	1
Nov 25	vs. Hillsdale	L, 73-61	-	12	1	1	2	0	1	1	0
Nov 26	vs. Winona St.	L, 73-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 30	Johnson C. Smith	L, 88-75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 3	at Newberry	W, 116-94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	Queens (N.C.)	L, 112-90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 14	Catawba	W, 78-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 17	at Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 72-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 31	at Mars Hill	W, 76-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 4	Tusculum	W, 95-84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Wingate	L, 79-77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 11	at Brevard	W, 86-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	at Coker	W, 84-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 100-77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 21	Newberry	W, 110-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Lincoln Memorial	L, 108-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 28	at Queens (N.C.)	L, 72-70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	Mars Hill	W, 91-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	at Catawba	L, 77-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 8	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 73-70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 11	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 93-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 11	vs. Southern Wesleyan	W, 106-83	-	-	-	-
Nov 12	at Lander	W, 88-75	-	1	0	0.0
Nov 16	Virginia-Wise	W, 96-91	-	3	-	1.0
Nov 22	Lincoln Memorial	W, 111-109	-	4	-	0.0
Nov 25	vs. Hillsdale	L, 73-61	-	2	-	0.0
Nov 26	vs. Winona St.	L, 73-69	-	-	-	-
Nov 30	Johnson C. Smith	L, 88-75	-	-	-	-
Dec 3	at Newberry	W, 116-94	-	-	-	-
Dec 10	Queens (N.C.)	L, 112-90	-	-	-	-
Dec 14	Catawba	W, 78-71	-	-	-	-
Dec 17	at Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 72-66	-	-	-	-
Dec 31	at Mars Hill	W, 76-71	-	-	-	-
Jan 4	Tusculum	W, 95-84	-	-	-	-
Jan 7	Wingate	L, 79-77	-	-	-	-
Jan 11	at Brevard	W, 86-71	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	at Coker	W, 84-78	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 100-77	-	-	-	-
Jan 21	Newberry	W, 110-91	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Lincoln Memorial	L, 108-76	-	-	-	-
Jan 28	at Queens (N.C.)	L, 72-70	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	Mars Hill	W, 91-78	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	at Catawba	L, 77-76	-	-	-	-
Feb 8	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 73-70	-	-	-	-
Feb 11	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 93-65	-	-	-	-
Feb 15	at Tusculum	W, 75-74	-	-	-	-
Feb 18	at Wingate	L, 90-79	-	-	-	-
Feb 22	Brevard	W, 96-55	-	-	-	-
Feb 25	Coker	W, 120-91	-	-	-	-
Mar 1	Newberry	W, 96-74	-	-	-	-
Mar 4	vs. Lincoln Memorial	L, 105-62	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2014-15	31	24.7	2.1-5.5	0.7-2.4	1.0-1.4	6.0
2015-16	29	27.0	2.9-5.8	1.0-2.5	1.7-2.3	8.5
2016-17	4	14.5	2.5-4.8	0.0-0.8	1.8-2.0	6.8
2017-18	27	19.9	3.2-6.0	1.0-1.9	2.6-3.2	9.9
2018-19	27	27.4	4.3-9.0	0.9-2.8	4.6-5.6	14.0
Total	118	24.4	3.1-6.5	0.8-2.3	2.4-3.0	9.4

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2014-15	31	24	765	66-169	39.1	21-73	28.8	32-43	74.4	185
2015-16	29	27	782	85-169	50.3	28-73	38.4	49-68	72.1	247
2016-17	4	-	58	10-19	52.6	0-3	0.0	7-8	87.5	27
2017-18	27	2	537	86-163	52.8	27-52	51.9	69-87	79.3	268
2018-19	27	26	741	116-242	47.9	24-76	31.6	123-150	82.0	379
Total	118	79	2883	363-762	47.6	100-277	36.1	280-356	78.7	1106

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40
2014-15	31	765	24.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	28.8	0.0-0.0
2015-16	29	782	27.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	38.4	0.0-0.0
2016-17	4	58	14.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0
2017-18	27	537	19.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	51.9	0.0-0.0
2018-19	27	741	27.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	31.6	0.0-0.0
Total	118	2883	24.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	36.1	0.0-0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2014-15	31	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.5	1.8	1.2	0.0
2015-16	29	0.7	2.8	3.4	2.2	2.2	1.1	0.3
2016-17	4	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.3
2017-18	27	1.1	4.5	5.6	3.2	1.6	0.6	0.2
2018-19	27	1.4	4.6	6.0	2.6	2.9	0.9	0.4
Total	118	0.9	3.6	4.5	2.5	2.1	1.0	0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2014-15	31	24	18	84	102	76	57	36	1
2015-16	29	27	20	80	100	64	63	33	8
2016-17	4	-	2	10	12	1	5	2	1
2017-18	27	2	30	122	152	86	44	17	5
2018-19	27	26	38	124	162	71	78	25	11
Total	118	79	108	420	528	298	247	113	26

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2014-15	31	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2015-16	29	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016-17	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017-18	27	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018-19	27	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	118	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	4	14.5	2.5-4.8	0.0-0.8	1.8-2.0	6.8
Conference	1	14.0	4.0-6.0	0.0-0.0	2.0-2.0	10.0
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	2	18.0	3.5-6.0	0.0-1.0	2.0-2.0	9.0
Away	1	10.0	2.0-4.0	0.0-1.0	3.0-4.0	7.0
Neutral	1	12.0	1.0-3.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	2.0
Result
Wins	3	15.3	3.0-5.3	0.0-1.0	2.3-2.7	8.3
Losses	1	12.0	1.0-3.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	2.0
Month
November	4	14.5	2.5-4.8	0.0-0.8	1.8-2.0	6.8

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	4	-	58	10-19	52.6	0-3	0.0	7-8	87.5	27
Conference	1	-	14	4-6	66.7	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	10
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	2	-	36	7-12	58.3	0-2	0.0	4-4	100.0	18
Away	1	-	10	2-4	50.0	0-1	0.0	3-4	75.0	7
Neutral	1	-	12	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Result
Wins	3	-	46	9-16	56.3	0-3	0.0	7-8	87.5	25
Losses	1	-	12	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Month
November	4	-	58	10-19	52.6	0-3	0.0	7-8	87.5	27

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	4	58	14.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	1	14	14.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	2	36	18.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	1	10	10.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	1	12	12.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	3	46	15.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	1	12	12.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
November	4	58	14.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	4	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.3
Conference	1	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	2	0.5	3.5	4.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5
Away	1	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	1	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Result
Wins	3	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.3
Losses	1	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Month
November	4	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.3

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	4	-	2	10	12	1	5	2	1
Conference	1	-	0	2	2	0	1	1	1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	2	-	1	7	8	1	2	1	1
Away	1	-	0	2	2	0	2	0	0
Neutral	1	-	1	1	2	0	1	1	0
Result
Wins	3	-	1	9	10	1	4	1	1
Losses	1	-	1	1	2	0	1	1	0
Month
November	4	-	2	10	12	1	5	2	1

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	1	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	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Month
November	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

News mentions

Article
February 21, 2017

Eagles can lock up first round home game with win Wednesday against Brevard

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (16-10, 13-7 South Atlantic Conference) can secure a first-round home game in the South Atlantic Conference tournament with a win Wednesday night at 8 against Brevard (2-24, 0-20 SAC).

February 21, 2017

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November 22, 2016

Eagles take heavyweight prizefight from No 6 Lincoln Memorial 111-109 in overtime

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Malik Abraham (Snellville, Ga.) delivered the knockout blow with a second left in overtime with to a 17-foot two from the right wing to propel Carson-Newman (4-0, 1-0 South Atlantic Conference) to a 111-109 overtime victory over No. 6 Lincoln Memorial (3-2, 0-1 SAC) Tuesday night inside Holt Fieldhouse.

November 22, 2016

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November 16, 2016

Clark eclipses 1,000-point mark as Eagles comeback against Cavs

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (3-0) held UVA-Wise (1-2) to two field goals in the final 8:30 of game action to rally from down six in the final three minutes and collect its first overtime win in two seasons, 96-91 in front of 1,271 fans inside a raucous Holt Fieldhouse Wednesday night.

November 16, 2016

Article
November 12, 2016

Eagles ride the strength of starting five to 88-75 win over Lander

GREENWOOD, S.C.—All five of Carson-Newman’s starters tallied double-digit scoring efforts as the Eagles took down a pesky Lander club 88-75 to conclude the Lander University Tip-Off Challenge with a perfect 2-0 record.

November 12, 2016

Article
November 01, 2016

Carson-Newman men’s basketball frontcourt position preview

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – To get set for Carson-Newman men’s basketball season, a two-part series will break down C-N’s position groups. This first part breaks down the Eagles’ forwards with assistance from junior Mason Bates (Cookeville, Tenn.).