Gents Back On Road This Weekend In SCAC Play
The Centenary men's basketball team is on the road for the second weekend in a row for a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contests beginning on Friday when the Gents face the Austin College 'Roos at 6 PM inside Hughey Gymnasium.
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Sherman, Texas - The Centenary men's basketball team is on the road for the second weekend in a row for a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contests beginning on Friday when the Gents face the Austin College 'Roos at 6 PM inside Hughey Gymnasium.
Live stats and live video are available for the game at the links below:
STATS: https://www.acroos.com/sports/mbkb/2025-26/boxscores/20260116_h6h0.xml
VIDEO: https://www.flocollege.com/events/14663312-2026-centenary-la-vs-austin-college-mens
The Gents (2-10, 1-3 SCAC) enter Friday's game against the 'Roos (3-10, 0-4 SCAC) after a solid weekend on the road in which they split conference games against McMurry University and Schreiner University, defeating the War Hawks by a score of 94-89 on Friday in Abilene, Texas and falling 68-65 to Schreiner University on Sunday in Kerrville, Texas.
Austin College is 2-4 at home this season and lost a pair of conference road games last weekend, falling 87-69 at Colorado College and 86-46 at the University of St. Thomas. The teams split a pair of games last season as each won on their home court.
Senior G Quentin Beverly (Katy, Texas) eclipsed 1,000 career points on Sunday afternoon with 27 against Schreiner as he becomes just the 37th Gent to score 1,000 or more career points in the 102 years of Centenary men's basketball. He led all scorers on Sunday after scoring 30 on Friday night in the win over McMurry.
Beverly reached double figures for the 11th game in a row as he has scored 20+ points five times this season and now has four 30-point games in his career. Beverly now has 1,010 career points, is averaging 18.1 PPG this season, and 12.0 for his career. He was appropriately named the SCAC Men's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Centenary led 46-45 at halftime and outscored McMurry 48-44 in the second half to secure the road win as the Maroon and White scored a season high in points. The Gents shot a sizzling 54.1 % (33-61) from the floor and 52.0 % (13-25) from 3-point range, both season bests, as it marked the first time that Centenary has shot 50 % or better from the floor and beyond the arc in the same game since Feb. 25, 2024 against Colorado College. Centenary only turned the ball over one time, its fewest since having none against Belhaven University on Nov. 27, 2023.
The Gents nearly completed a perfect weekend but could not pull out the win on Sunday at Schreiner. Centenary was down seven points to the Mountaineers with just under three minutes to play before finishing the game on a 6-2 run but came up just short.
Gents' Season Individual Statistical Leaders:
Scoring: Senior G Quentin Beverly (Katy, Texas) – 18.1 PPG
Rebounding: Sophomore G Nicholas Addison (Cedar Hill, Texas) – 7.3 RPG
Assists: Freshman G Jaden Braden (Natchitoches, La.) – 3.1/game
Blocks: Freshman C Bryce Evans (Austin, Texas) – 1.2/game
Steals: Addison – 1.6/game
The Gents average 70.8 PPG, shoot 41.7 % from the floor, 31.5 % from 3-point range, and 69.5 % from the free-throw line while averaging 32.6 rebounds/game, 10.6 assists/game, 6.8 steals/game, and 2.0 blocks/game.
Centenary ranks fifth in the conference in scoring defense (78.4 PPG), fourth in FG % defense (44.1), and fourth in 3-point FG % defense (32.5). Six of the Gents' 10 losses this season have been by six points or less with a pair of one-point losses.
The Gents, who rank sixth in the league in 3-point FG made (8.1/game and 97 total), are also third in the league in turnover margin and seventh in assist to turnover margin.
Beverly is sixth in the league in scoring, senior G Craig Collier (North Little Rock, Ark.) is 19th (13.1 PPG) and Braden is tied for 25th (11.0 PPG). Addison is seventh in the conference in rebounding and freshman G/F Kane Broussard (Iowa, La.) is 16th (5.6/game). Addison, who averages 9.5 PPG, also leads the Gents in FG % (53.9) to rank fifth in the conference and is 15th in the conference in steals per game (1.6) and is 13th in blocked shots per game at 0.7/game.
Evans is fourth in the league in blocked shots, Beverly is tied for fifth in the SCAC in 3-point FG made (2.4/game), and Beverly is the league leader in minutes played (34.3/game) while Braden checks in at seventh (32.0/game). The rookie Braden also ranks ninth in the conference in assist to turnover ratio (1.6).
Collier is the Gents' top FT shooter and is 11th in the league (80.0 %). Broussard is averaging 8.9 PPG, Evans 6.4 PPG and junior F Dontarius Coleman (Gibsland, La.) averages 4.0 PPG. Junior F Me'Khai Taylor (New Orleans, La.) played a season-high 19 minutes and scored a season-best eight points at McMurry last Friday with five rebounds and two steals as he was 3-4 from the floor and 2-4 at the FT line. Taylor missed the first nine games this season with an injury.
Austin College is averaging 71.8 PPG, shoots 42.7 % from the floor, 29.0 % from beyond the arc, and 71.1 % from the FT line. Senior G Kidus Getenet is the leading scorer for the 'Roos as he averages 15.6 PPG. Rodney Wecker is in his 19th season as head coach of Austin College.
The Gents were picked to finish ninth in the SCAC Preseason Poll this season while the 'Roos were predicted to finish 10th (tied with University of the Ozarks). The top six teams in the conference will qualify for the SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament, which will be held February 27 through March 1 and hosted by Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. The winner of that event will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Gents will wrap up the weekend at the University of Dallas on Saturday (4 PM) in Irving, Texas.
For more information or to donate to Centenary athletics and the men's basketball program, visit gocentenary.com/gocentenary/C_Club.
See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://gocentenary.com/sports/mbkb/2025-26/schedule
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Team Stats
Austin
| Game Statistics | Centenary (La.) | Austin |
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| Field Goals | (21-57) | (27-65) |
| Field Goal % | 36.8% | 41.5% |
| Rebounds | 36 | 44 |
| Assists | 10 | 19 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 15 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 13 | 6 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 17 | 13 |
| Pts in the Paint | 20 | 34 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 2 | 6 |
| Bench Pts | 0 | 0 |
Dallas
| Game Statistics | Centenary (La.) | Dallas |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (24-57) | (23-53) |
| Field Goal % | 42.1% | 43.4% |
| Rebounds | 26 | 36 |
| Assists | 9 | 8 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 10 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 9 | 7 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 2 | 9 |
| Pts in the Paint | 24 | 32 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 5 | 4 |
| Bench Pts | 12 | 4 |
