Tavon Blackmon

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Upper Marlboro, MD
High School:
Gonzaga College HS

2015-16: Led the Ivy League in assists with 5.5 per game...Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in three-point FG percentage (.444), seventh in free throw percentage (.750), seventh in steals (1.2 per game) and 10th in scoring (13.3 ppg)...Scored in double figures 20 times... Tossed in 20 or more points four times including a career high 23 points and 10 assists vs. Penn, while hitting 4-of-4 treys against the Quakers...Also scored 22 points vs. Dartmouth and 20 each vs. Bethune Cookman and Maine...Had 14 points and nine assists vs. Marist...Handed out eight assists four times - vs. Holy Cross, Rhode Island, Columbia and Penn...2014-15: Had a break-out season for the Bears, averaging 10.4 points per game and handing out 114 assists… Started 27-of-28 games and ranked fourth in the Ivy League in free throw percentage (.831)…Scored a career high 25 points vs. Harvard on 7-of-12 shooting from the field and 11-of-12 shooting from the free throw line, while also handing out a career high nine assists against the Crimson…Ranked fifth in the Ivy League with 3.9 assists per game and fourth in the league in free throw percentage (.820)… Scored in double figures 17 times…Played all 40 minutes in four games, vs. Providence and Cornell twice, while playing 42 minutes in an overtime game vs. Harvard…

2013-14: Ranked fifth in the Ivy League with 3.5 assists per game…Started 27 of 28 games played at point guard…Scored in double figures eight times, including a season high 15 points against Holy Cross in the collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament…Handed out a season high seven assists vs. Harvard, Yale and Longwood…Tossed in 14 points vs. New Hampshire …Registered four steals vs. Princeton…Netted 11 points vs. American, Rhode Island and Harvard…Grabbed a season high four rebounds vs. Harvard and Yale.

Secondary School Background: A graduate of Gonzaga College High School where he lettered in basketball (3)…Two-time Gonzaga Defensive Player of the Year…3^rd Team WCAC as a junior and senior…Team captain as a senior…DC Classic All-Tournament Team in 2011…Personal: Tavon E. Blackmon…The son of Fletcher and Karmilla Blackmon…Has a sibling, Kaira…Enjoys video games and spending time with friends and family.

Concentration: Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations

Why Brown?: “Brown gives me the opportunity to receive one of the best educations in the country.”

Career Highs:

Points: 25 vs. Harvard (2/6/15)

Rebounds: 5 vs. Princeton (2/13/15)

Assists: 10 vs. Penn (1/30/16)

Steals: 4 vs. Providence (11/21/15); vs. Marist (12/22/15)

Treys: 4 vs. Penn (1/30/16)