Ben Beeker

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Ben Beeker
  • Height:
    6-9
  • Weight:
    225
  • Hometown:
    Hendersonville, N.C.
  • Position:
    F
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Hendersonville
  • Previous College:
    Furman
  • gp
    23
  • pts/g
    4.7
  • fg %
    59.7
  • 3pt %
    -
  • ft %
    48.5
  • reb/g
    2.7
  • a/g
    0.6
Bio

2022-23: In his first season on the banks of Mossy Creek, Beeker tallied 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 23 appearances and one start.  Beeker shot 59.7 percent from the field.  The post had a trio  of double-digit scoring efforts, all in the first semester.  He topped out at 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting at Clayton State (Nov. 23). His best rebound effort came at Catawba (Feb. 4) when he had eight boards, including five on the offensive glass. He had a career-best three steals against Johnson (Nov. 28). 

PRIOR TO CARSON-NEWMAN:

2021-22: Appeared in seven games, averaging 0.9 points per game and 0.6 rebounds per game. Did all his scoring against North Greenville when he tallied six points and three rebounds. 

2020-21: Appeared in six games as a sophomore... Averaged 2.0 points per game while shooting 57.1% from the field... Poured in a career-high nine points on 4-of-4 shooting and added two rebounds and two assists in a victory over South Carolina State.

2019-20: Earned playing time in 14 games off the bench as a freshman... Averaged 1.0 points and 1.2 rebounds per game while shooting 53.8% from the field... Scored a season-best four points in a New Year's Day victory at VMI... Totaled two points and season-best five rebounds in wins over Charleston Southern at Columbia International.

HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior at Hendersonville High School, Beeker averaged 17.6 points and 13.0 rebounds per game to go with 2.2 blocks and 2.2 steals.  He was named the conference player of the year as a senior.  He helped the Bearcats to a pair of Mountain 6 Conference Championships. 

PERSONAL: The son of Tom and Angie Beeker, he will pursue a degree in business at Carson-Newman. 

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 23 14
Games started 1 -
Minutes 250 114
Minutes per game 10.9 8.1
FG 46-77 20-36
FG Pct 59.7 55.6
3PT 0-0 0-0
3PT Pct - -
FT 16-33 5-10
FT Pct 48.5 50.0
Off rebounds 24 11
Def rebounds 38 23
Total rebounds 62 34
Rebounds per game 2.7 2.4
Personal fouls 33 20
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 13 3
Turnovers 33 20
Assist to turnover ratio 0.4 0.1
Steals 11 4
Blocks 7 4
Points 108 45
Points per game 4.7 3.2
Points per 40.0 min 17.3 15.8
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 8 at Mars Hill L, 69-64
Feb 11 Anderson (S.C.) L, 80-65
Feb 15 at Tusculum L, 78-69
Feb 18 at Wingate W, 87-68
Feb 22 Emory & Henry W, 106-79
Feb 25 Coker W, 71-70
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 11 vs. Lees-McRae L, 73-70 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at King (Tenn.) W, 86-74 - 13 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5-8 62.5 7
Nov 19 Southern Wesleyan W, 109-58 - 11 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 23 at Clayton St. W, 92-89 - 13 6-7 85.7 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 14
Nov 26 Erskine W, 84-47 - 12 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Nov 28 Johnson University Tennessee W, 112-76 - 15 5-5 100.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 10
Dec 2 Columbus St. L, 58-56 - 20 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 1-4 25.0 5
Dec 7 at Limestone W, 74-56 - 8 5-5 100.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 10
Dec 10 Virginia-Wise W, 81-77 - 10 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 14 Mars Hill W, 82-70 - 11 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 17 at Emory & Henry W, 85-69 - 16 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 9
Dec 19 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 110-65 - 15 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 31 Lander L, 94-85 - 15 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3-6 50.0 5
Jan 3 at Belmont Abbey L, 72-64 1 22 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 4
Jan 7 at #6/5 Lincoln Memorial L, 84-76 - 9 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 11 Tusculum L, 72-59 - 6 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 14 at Newberry L, 63-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Limestone L, 73-62 - 12 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 21 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 60-53 - 5 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 25 at Virginia-Wise L, 78-65 - 4 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 1 #8/9 Lincoln Memorial L, 84-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 4 at Catawba L, 86-78 - 11 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 8
Feb 8 at Mars Hill L, 69-64 - 10 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 4
Feb 11 Anderson (S.C.) L, 80-65 - 8 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 15 at Tusculum L, 78-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 18 at Wingate W, 87-68 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 Emory & Henry W, 106-79 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 25 Coker W, 71-70 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 11 vs. Lees-McRae L, 73-70 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at King (Tenn.) W, 86-74 - 13 2 1 3 1 1 1 1
Nov 19 Southern Wesleyan W, 109-58 - 11 2 0 2 1 0 1 1
Nov 23 at Clayton St. W, 92-89 - 13 2 2 4 2 1 0 0
Nov 26 Erskine W, 84-47 - 12 1 2 3 2 2 2 0
Nov 28 Johnson University Tennessee W, 112-76 - 15 0 2 2 0 2 3 0
Dec 2 Columbus St. L, 58-56 - 20 2 0 2 2 2 0 1
Dec 7 at Limestone W, 74-56 - 8 2 1 3 1 1 0 0
Dec 10 Virginia-Wise W, 81-77 - 10 0 2 2 1 1 1 1
Dec 14 Mars Hill W, 82-70 - 11 2 1 3 1 3 1 0
Dec 17 at Emory & Henry W, 85-69 - 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Dec 19 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 110-65 - 15 2 3 5 2 3 0 0
Dec 31 Lander L, 94-85 - 15 1 4 5 0 1 0 0
Jan 3 at Belmont Abbey L, 72-64 1 22 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Jan 7 at #6/5 Lincoln Memorial L, 84-76 - 9 1 2 3 0 2 1 0
Jan 11 Tusculum L, 72-59 - 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Jan 14 at Newberry L, 63-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Limestone L, 73-62 - 12 0 1 1 0 4 0 1
Jan 21 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 60-53 - 5 0 2 2 0 3 0 0
Jan 25 at Virginia-Wise L, 78-65 - 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Feb 1 #8/9 Lincoln Memorial L, 84-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 4 at Catawba L, 86-78 - 11 5 3 8 0 1 0 1
Feb 8 at Mars Hill L, 69-64 - 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 1
Feb 11 Anderson (S.C.) L, 80-65 - 8 0 3 3 0 3 1 0
Feb 15 at Tusculum L, 78-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 18 at Wingate W, 87-68 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 Emory & Henry W, 106-79 - 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Feb 25 Coker W, 71-70 - 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 11 vs. Lees-McRae L, 73-70 - - - -
Nov 12 at King (Tenn.) W, 86-74 - 1 - 1.0
Nov 19 Southern Wesleyan W, 109-58 - 2 - -
Nov 23 at Clayton St. W, 92-89 - 3 - 2.0
Nov 26 Erskine W, 84-47 - 0 - 1.0
Nov 28 Johnson University Tennessee W, 112-76 - 2 - 0.0
Dec 2 Columbus St. L, 58-56 - 2 - 1.0
Dec 7 at Limestone W, 74-56 - 4 - 1.0
Dec 10 Virginia-Wise W, 81-77 - 0 - 1.0
Dec 14 Mars Hill W, 82-70 - 1 - 0.3
Dec 17 at Emory & Henry W, 85-69 - 1 - -
Dec 19 Tenn. Wesleyan W, 110-65 - 1 - 0.7
Dec 31 Lander L, 94-85 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 3 at Belmont Abbey L, 72-64 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 7 at #6/5 Lincoln Memorial L, 84-76 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 11 Tusculum L, 72-59 - 3 - -
Jan 14 at Newberry L, 63-55 - - - -
Jan 18 Limestone L, 73-62 - 2 - 0.0
Jan 21 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 60-53 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 25 at Virginia-Wise L, 78-65 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 1 #8/9 Lincoln Memorial L, 84-69 - - - -
Feb 4 at Catawba L, 86-78 - 3 - 0.0
Feb 8 at Mars Hill L, 69-64 - 1 - -
Feb 11 Anderson (S.C.) L, 80-65 - 3 - 0.0
Feb 15 at Tusculum L, 78-69 - - - -
Feb 18 at Wingate W, 87-68 - - - -
Feb 22 Emory & Henry W, 106-79 - 0 0 -
Feb 25 Coker W, 71-70 - 1 - 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 23 10.9 2.0-3.3 0.0-0.0 0.7-1.4 4.7
2023-24 29 19.3 3.1-4.7 0.0-0.0 1.4-2.7 7.8
Total 52 15.6 2.6-4.1 0.0-0.0 1.1-2.1 6.4
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 23 1 250 46-77 59.7 0-0 - 16-33 48.5 108
2023-24 29 - 559 91-137 66.4 1-1 100.0 42-78 53.8 225
Total 52 1 809 137-214 64.0 1-1 100.0 58-111 52.3 333
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 23 250 10.9 7.4-12.3 0.0-0.0 - 2.6-5.3 17.3
2023-24 29 559 19.3 6.5-9.8 0.1-0.1 100.0 3.0-5.6 16.1
Total 52 809 15.6 6.8-10.6 0.0-0.0 100.0 2.9-5.5 16.5
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 23 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.3
2023-24 29 2.0 3.8 5.8 2.0 1.2 0.3 0.3
Total 52 1.6 2.8 4.4 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.3
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 23 1 24 38 62 13 33 11 7
2023-24 29 - 57 110 167 58 36 8 9
Total 52 1 81 148 229 71 69 19 16
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 23 3.8 6.1 9.9 2.1 5.3 1.8 1.1
2023-24 29 4.1 7.9 11.9 4.2 2.6 0.6 0.6
Total 52 4.0 7.3 11.3 3.5 3.4 0.9 0.8
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 23 10.9 2.0-3.3 0.0-0.0 0.7-1.4 4.7
Conference 14 8.1 1.4-2.6 0.0-0.0 0.4-0.7 3.2
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 10.3 1.6-2.7 0.0-0.0 0.3-0.8 3.6
Away 9 11.8 2.6-4.3 0.0-0.0 1.3-2.4 6.4
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 13 10.2 2.5-3.6 0.0-0.0 0.8-1.3 5.8
Losses 10 11.7 1.3-3.0 0.0-0.0 0.6-1.6 3.2
Month
November 5 12.8 3.8-4.8 0.0-0.0 1.4-2.4 9.0
December 7 13.6 2.3-4.0 0.0-0.0 1.0-2.1 5.6
January 6 9.7 1.0-2.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.2 2.0
February 5 6.6 1.0-2.2 0.0-0.0 0.4-1.0 2.4
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 23 1 250 46-77 59.7 0-0 - 16-33 48.5 108
Conference 14 - 114 20-36 55.6 0-0 - 5-10 50.0 45
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 14 - 144 23-38 60.5 0-0 - 4-11 36.4 50
Away 9 1 106 23-39 59.0 0-0 - 12-22 54.5 58
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result
Wins 13 - 133 33-47 70.2 0-0 - 10-17 58.8 76
Losses 10 1 117 13-30 43.3 0-0 - 6-16 37.5 32
Month
November 5 - 64 19-24 79.2 0-0 - 7-12 58.3 45
December 7 - 95 16-28 57.1 0-0 - 7-15 46.7 39
January 6 1 58 6-14 42.9 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 12
February 5 - 33 5-11 45.5 0-0 - 2-5 40.0 12
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 23 250 10.9 7.4-12.3 0.0-0.0 - 2.6-5.3 17.3
Conference 14 114 8.1 7.0-12.6 0.0-0.0 - 1.8-3.5 15.8
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 14 144 10.3 6.4-10.6 0.0-0.0 - 1.1-3.1 13.9
Away 9 106 11.8 8.7-14.7 0.0-0.0 - 4.5-8.3 21.9
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result
Wins 13 133 10.2 9.9-14.1 0.0-0.0 - 3.0-5.1 22.9
Losses 10 117 11.7 4.4-10.3 0.0-0.0 - 2.1-5.5 10.9
Month
November 5 64 12.8 11.9-15.0 0.0-0.0 - 4.4-7.5 28.1
December 7 95 13.6 6.7-11.8 0.0-0.0 - 2.9-6.3 16.4
January 6 58 9.7 4.1-9.7 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.7 8.3
February 5 33 6.6 6.1-13.3 0.0-0.0 - 2.4-6.1 14.5
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 23 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.3
Conference 14 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.2 1.4 0.3 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.6 1.8 0.6 0.3
Away 9 1.6 1.4 3.0 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 13 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.8 1.4 0.7 0.2
Losses 10 1.1 1.8 2.9 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.4
Month
November 5 1.4 1.4 2.8 1.2 1.2 1.4 0.4
December 7 1.3 1.7 3.0 1.0 1.6 0.3 0.3
January 6 0.3 1.3 1.7 0.0 1.8 0.2 0.2
February 5 1.2 2.2 3.4 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.4
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 23 1 24 38 62 13 33 11 7
Conference 14 - 11 23 34 3 20 4 4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 - 10 25 35 9 25 9 4
Away 9 1 14 13 27 4 8 2 3
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 13 - 13 20 33 11 18 9 3
Losses 10 1 11 18 29 2 15 2 4
Month
November 5 - 7 7 14 6 6 7 2
December 7 - 9 12 21 7 11 2 2
January 6 1 2 8 10 0 11 1 1
February 5 - 6 11 17 0 5 1 2
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 23 3.8 6.1 9.9 2.1 5.3 1.8 1.1
Conference 14 3.9 8.1 11.9 1.1 7.0 1.4 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 14 2.8 6.9 9.7 2.5 6.9 2.5 1.1
Away 9 5.3 4.9 10.2 1.5 3.0 0.8 1.1
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 13 3.9 6.0 9.9 3.3 5.4 2.7 0.9
Losses 10 3.8 6.2 9.9 0.7 5.1 0.7 1.4
Month
November 5 4.4 4.4 8.8 3.8 3.8 4.4 1.3
December 7 3.8 5.1 8.8 2.9 4.6 0.8 0.8
January 6 1.4 5.5 6.9 0.0 7.6 0.7 0.7
February 5 7.3 13.3 20.6 0.0 6.1 1.2 2.4
News mentions
C-N rally comes up short at Catawba
  • Article
  • February 04, 2023
C-N rally comes up short at Catawba

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.- Carson-Newman (11-11, 5-7 South Atlantic Conference) fell behind by its largest deficit of the season, but rallied to get within a pair of possessions before falling 86-78 at Catawba (15-5, 10-2 SAC) Saturday at Goodman Gym. 

  • February 04, 2023
Late rally not enough, as C-N falls in overtime to Belmont Abbey
  • Article
  • January 03, 2023
Late rally not enough, as C-N falls in overtime to Belmont Abbey

Despite an 11-2 scoring run in the final five and half minutes of the game, Carson-Newman (10-4) dropped its first road contest of the season, falling in overtime to Belmont Abbey, 72-64 Saturday evening inside the Wheeler Center.

  • January 03, 2023
Defense, rebounding key Eagles to sixth straight road win
  • Article
  • December 07, 2022
Defense, rebounding key Eagles to sixth straight road win

GAFFNEY, S.C. – Carson-Newman (6-2, 1-0 South Atlantic Conference) used an efficient offense and an overwhelming defense to go on run after run to en route to collecting a 74-56 road win at the Timken Center of Limestone (3-5, 1-1 SAC) Wednesday night. 

  • December 07, 2022
Streaking Eagles wrap up three-game homestand with defensive-minded Cougars
  • Article
  • December 01, 2022
Streaking Eagles wrap up three-game homestand with defensive-minded Cougars

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (5-1) will look to keep the good times of a five-game winning streak rolling when it wraps up a three-game homestand in Holt Fieldhouse at 6 p.m. Friday against Columbus State (3-2). 

  • December 01, 2022
Eagles defenestrate Royals, 112-76
  • Article
  • November 28, 2022
Eagles defenestrate Royals, 112-76

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. –  Carson-Newman (5-1) stretched its win streak to five and matched its best start to a season since 2018 with a 112-76 beatdown of Johnson (0-9) Monday night at Holt Fieldhouse.

  • November 28, 2022
Haymaker for haymaker, C-N lands final blow to KO net-scorching Clayton State
  • Article
  • November 23, 2022
Haymaker for haymaker, C-N lands final blow to KO net-scorching Clayton State

MORROW, Ga. – Carson-Newman (3-1) got a three with 30 seconds to go from John Zhao (Sevierville, Tenn.) to stave off a hot-shooting Clayton State (0-6) and cement a fifth-consecutive road win, 92-89, Wednesday afternoon at The Loch. 

  • November 23, 2022
C-N defeats King behind Dyer and Thomas’ 20-point performances
  • Article
  • November 12, 2022
C-N defeats King behind Dyer and Thomas’ 20-point performances

Carson-Newman men’s basketball (1-1) took an early lead and never surrendered it defeating King University (0-2), 86-74 Saturday evening inside the Student Center Complex.

  • November 12, 2022
Carson-Newman Basketball Position Previews: The Frontcourt
  • Article
  • November 06, 2022
Carson-Newman Basketball Position Previews: The Frontcourt

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – This is the first in a two-part series breaking down the Carson-Newman men’s basketball team’s positions for 2022-23. This part analyzes the forwards and centers with assistance from All-SAC center Bryant Thomas.

  • November 06, 2022