Jervaughn Scales

Jervaughn Scales

Personal information
Born	(1971-08-11) August 11, 1971 New York
Nationality	American / Argentinian
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school	Colonel White (Dayton, Ohio)
College	Southern (1991–1994)
NBA draft	1994: undrafted
Playing career	1994–2015
Position	Power forward
Career history
1994–1995	Oostende
1995	Regensdorf
1995	Canberra Cannons
1995–1996	Monzon
1996–1997	Algeciras
1997	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1997–1999	Wetzikon
1999	Canberra Cannons
1999	Kansas Cagerz
1999–2000	Black Hills Gold
2000–2001	Regatas Corrientes
2001–2002	Central Entrerriano
2002–2007	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia
2004	Provincial Osorno
2007–2008	Penarol Mar del Plata
2008–2009	Atletico Independiente Neuquen
2009	Everton de Vina del Mar
2009–2010	El Nacional Monte Hermoso
2010–2011	Asociacion Espanola
2011–2012	Club Alianza Viedma
2012–2013	Huracan Trelew
2013–2014	San Lorenzo de Almagro
2014–2015	Olimpo de Bahia Blanca
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Americas League winner (2008) LNB champion (2006) DIMAYOR champion (2004) All-NBL Third Team (1995) SWAC Player of the Year (1994) 2× First-team All-SWAC (1993, 1994)

Jervaughn Scales (born August 11, 1971) is an American-Argentinian former professional basketball player. He played three years of college basketball for the Southern Jaguars before playing professionally between 1994 and 2015.

Early life

A native of New York City, Scales and his family moved four different times within the metropolitan area before he was 15 years old. They relocated, permanently, to Dayton, Ohio at that time, and it was in Ohio that he discovered how much he enjoyed playing basketball. Due to low test scores, Scales did not get recruited out of high school. Only Southern University took a calculated risk in recruiting him, although he was forced to sit out his freshman season due to Proposition 48 rules.

College

In his three years of eligibility between 1991–92 and 1993–94, Scales had a standout career. He led the Southern Jaguars to the 1993 NCAA Tournament as a junior. As a #13 seed, they upset the heavily favored #4 seed Georgia Tech 93–78 behind Scales' 27 points and 18 rebounds. They lost in the next round, however. As a senior, he finished in the top 5 in the nation for both scoring average and rebounding average. At one point during that season he was number one in both statistical categories and could have joined Kurt Thomas, Hank Gathers and Xavier McDaniel as the only players in Division I history to have led the nation in both categories in the same season. On February 7, 1994, Scales grabbed 32 rebounds in a game against Grambling State, which is tied for the third-highest total in the post-1973 basketball era. At the end of his senior year he was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

Professional

After starting out playing in Europe, Australia and the United States, Scales began playing exclusively in South America in 2000. He played 15 seasons in Argentina and had two short stints in Chile. He won a DIMAYOR championship with Provincial Osorno in 2004, an LNB championship with Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia in 2006, and won the FIBA Americas League with Penarol Mar del Plata in 2008.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game

External links

• Australian NBL stats