Gents Back On Home Court For Final Time This Weekend
The Centenary men's basketball team is home for the final time this season for a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contests beginning on Friday versus Hendrix College at 5:30 PM inside the Gold Dome.
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Shreveport - The Centenary men's basketball team is home for the final time this season for a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contests beginning on Friday versus Hendrix College at 5:30 PM inside the Gold Dome.
Live stats and live video are available for the game at the links below:
STATS: https://gocentenary.com/sports/mbkb/2025-26/boxscores/20260213_g51b.xml
VIDEO: https://flosports.link/49oUkd4
TICKETS: https://fan.hudl.com/tickets/VGlja2V0ZWRFdmVudDY4ZWQ2YmM5ZGExNjhlMDYzZTFmZmM1OQ==
Tickets can only be purchased online. NO cash sales will be available. Centenary students, faculty & staff are allowed into every home event FREE with a valid Centenary ID.
The Gents will wrap up the weekend on Saturday versus the University of the Ozarks (4 PM). Senior G Quentin Beverly (Katy, Texas) will be honored in a postgame Senior Day ceremony on Saturday.
The Gents (9-12, 7-5 SCAC) enter Friday's game against the Warriors (1-20, 1-11 SCAC) in the midst of a season-high five game winning streak and are winners of seven of their last nine overall and have clinched a berth into the 2026 SCAC Tournament (Feb. 27-March 1).
Centenary and Hendrix are meeting for the second time in a week after the Gents recorded a 74-51 last Friday in Conway, Ark. The Maroon and White capped the weekend with a 62-60 victory over Ozarks last Saturday in Clarksville, Ark.
The Gents average 71.0 PPG, shoot 42.6 % from the floor, 33.9 % from 3-point range, and 72.0 % from the free-throw line while averaging 33.1 rebounds/game, 11.0 assists/game, 6.0 steals/game, and 2.1 blocks/game.
Centenary, which started the season 1-9, has rebounded to go 8-3 since under first-year head coach J.A. Anglin. Centenary has allowed the second-fewest points (816) in conference play this season and only the University of Dallas and the University of St. Thomas have allowed fewer all season in all games (conference and non-conference).
Gents' Season Individual Statistical Leaders:
Scoring: Quentin Beverly – 17.9 PPG
Rebounding: Sophomore G Nicholas Addison (Cedar Hill, Texas) – 6.6 RPG
Assists: Freshman G Jaden Braden (Natchitoches, La.) – 4.0/game
Blocks: Freshman C Bryce Evans (Austin, Texas) – 1.4/game
Steals: Addison – 1.3/game
The Gents average 71.0 PPG, shoot 42.6 % from the floor, 33.9 % from 3-point range, and 72.0 % from the free-throw line while averaging 33.1 rebounds/game, 11.0 assists/game, 6.0 steals/game, and 2.1 blocks/game.
Centenary ranks 79th nationally in FG % defense (41.6 %) and in the top 150 in scoring defense (72.4), and 39th in the country in 3-point FG % defense (29.5). The Gents are tied for 75th in turnover margin (2.3 ratio).
The Gents are allowing just 68.0 PPG in their 12 conference games and have held nine opponents to 70 points or less and six under 65 points. Eight of the Gents' 12 losses this season have been by six points or less with a pair of one-point losses.
Quentin Beverly has scored in double figures a team-high 19 times this season and done so in eight-straight games and has scored 20+ points 10 times with one 30-point game. He ranks fourth in the conference in scoring and in the top 150 nationally. He has 375 total points this season, also good for top 150 in the nation and joined the 1,000-point club on Jan. 11 with 27 against Schreiner in Kerrville, Texas. Beverly becomes just the 37th Gent to score 1,000 or more career points in the 102 years of Centenary men's basketball and now has 1,168 career points.
The Gents were predicted to finish ninth in the conference this season yet are currently second in the league's Blue Division, tied for the fourth-best record in the SCAC with Schreiner and Colorado College and behind only the University of St. Thomas (12-0), Concordia University (11-1), and LeTourneau University (10-2).
Jaden Braden has proven himself one of the conference's best first-year players and best players overall regardless of class, as the rookie has now reached double figures 16 times this season, in nine-straight games and in 11 of his last 12. He has three 20+-point performances this season and is averaging 13.3 PPG and shooting 48.0 % from the floor. His 84 assists are fifth-most in the league and rank 102nd nationally.
Freshman G/F Kane Broussard (Iowa, La.) has also established himself as one of the conference's top rookies and top overall players. He is averaging 11.5 PPG, 6.3 rebounds/game and shoots 43.5 % from the field, 39.6 % from beyond the arc, and 76.0 % from the FT line. Broussard has 10 double-figure scoring performances and has done so in nine of his last 13 games. Broussard is ranked in the top 15 in the conference in 3-point FG made (55) and is ninth in 3-point FG % (39.6 %), good for 46th nationally.
Nicholas Addison has been one of the conference's top all-around players this season as he ranks in the top five in FG %, top 10 in rebounding and in the top 15 in both blocked shots and steals. He has reached double digits four times, averages 7.7 PPG, has four double-digit rebounding performances and two double-doubles. Addison is tied for fourth in the league in FG % and ninth in rebounding. Bryce Evans averages 5.7 PPG and 4.2 rebounds/game with a pair of double-digit scoring performances and one double-figure rebounding effort. His 29 total blocked shots are the second-most in the conference and tied for 79th nationally.
Junior F Dontarius Coleman (Gibsland, La.) averages 5.1 PPG and shoots 42.7 % from the floor in 21 games and a pair of starts. Coleman has scored eight or more points in game five times this season highlighted by a career-high 25 against Concordia University at home on Jan. 23. That impressive performance featured six rebounds, two blocked shots, and a steal as he went 10-13 from the floor, 3-6 from beyond the arc, and 2-2 at the FT line in 32 minutes.
Junior F Me'Khai Taylor (New Orleans, La.) has played in 12 games and made four starts and is averaging 3.9 PPG and 4.3 rebounds/game. He has scored five+ points six times and grabbed a season-high 12 boards in the Gents' 67-64 over Texas Lutheran University at home on Feb. 3.
Freshman G Ryan Spears (Pearland, Texas) has been a key off the bench lately as his minutes have increased over the last few weeks and scored a season-high eight points in the win at Ozarks last weekend. Freshman G/F Ashton Savoie (Lake Charles, La.) has also seen an increase in playing time as he is averaging 14.7 minutes over the last six games and grabbed 12 rebounds in three games last week.
GENTS' REMAINING SEASON SCHEDULE:
FEB. 13 VS. HENDRIX – 5:30 PM
FEB. 14 VS. OZARKS – 4 PM (SENIOR DAY)
FEB. 20 AT COLORADO COLLEGE – 6:30 PM
FEB. 22 AT ST. THOMAS – NOON
The top six teams in the conference (top three in each division) will qualify for the SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament, which will be held Feb. 27 through March 1 in Conway, Ark. The winner of that event, hosted by Hendrix, will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
*LeTourneau (10-2), Centenary (7-5), St. Thomas (12-0), and Concordia (11-1) have all clinched tournament berths.
See the full conference standings here: https://www.scacsports.com/sports/mbkb/2025-26/standings-include
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
Hendrix
| Game Statistics | Hendrix | Centenary (La.) |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (19-59) | (33-68) |
| Field Goal % | 32.2% | 48.5% |
| Rebounds | 37 | 40 |
| Assists | 9 | 9 |
| Turnovers | 15 | 9 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 5 | 19 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 6 | 15 |
| Pts in the Paint | 20 | 50 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 3 | 6 |
| Bench Pts | 11 | 14 |
Ozarks (Ark.)
| Game Statistics | Ozarks (Ark.) | Centenary (La.) |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (25-54) | (20-59) |
| Field Goal % | 46.3% | 33.9% |
| Rebounds | 42 | 32 |
| Assists | 13 | 8 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 9 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 16 | 16 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 11 | 8 |
| Pts in the Paint | 42 | 16 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 8 | 5 |
| Bench Pts | 7 | 0 |
