Gents Home For Final Time This Season
The Centenary men's basketball team will play its final two home games of the season this weekend beginning with a rematch with the Colorado College Tigers on Friday night in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest set for 7:30 p.m. inside the Gold Dome.
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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Colorado Col.
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27 | 41 | 68 |
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Centenary (La.)
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20 | 27 | 47 |
Shreveport - The Centenary men's basketball team will play its final two home games of the season this weekend beginning with a rematch with the Colorado College Tigers on Friday night in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest set for 7:30 p.m. inside the Gold Dome.
Live stats and live video are available for the game at the links below:
STATS: https://gocentenary.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/boxscores/20250214_brgg.xml
VIDEO: https://www.ktalnews.com/gocentenary/watch-live-centenary-college-sports-2024-2025/
The Gents (6-15, 4-8 SCAC) aim to snap a seven-game losing streak as they are in search of their first win since Jan. 17 at home against Southwestern University. Colorado College (11-10, 7-5 SCAC) is 4-2 on the road this season and looks to rebound from a 66-64 home loss to the University of Dallas on Sunday. The Tigers, 7-3 over their last 10 games, defeated the Gents 101-72 in Colorado Springs on Jan. 24.
Centenary, 5-8 at home this season, is in unfamiliar territory in terms of the current losing streak and its overall losing record as the Maroon and White have been one of the conference's most successful and consistent programs in recent years. Centenary is 48-19 at home since the beginning of the 2019-20 season and 27-13 in its last 40 on the Gold Dome court.
The Gents were picked to finish fourth in the conference preseason poll while the Tigers were picked third. The conference is separated into two divisions this season – the Blue and the Gold. Centenary is currently fourth in the Blue Division while Colorado College is second. The Gents, the defending conference tournament champions, have their work cut out for them if they are to clinch a berth in this season's edition of the event.
The top six teams in the conference (top three from each division) will qualify for the SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament, which will be held February 28 through March 2 and hosted by the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. The winner of that event will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Gents are averaging 70.4 PPG, shooting 38.8 % from the floor, 29.7 % from beyond the arc, 74.2 % from the free-throw line, and average 31.0 rebounds/game. Centenary also averages 10.3 assists per game, 6.7 steals/game and 2.5 blocks/game. The Gents have tallied 10+ assists in a game 14 times and done so in eight of their last 10 games, recorded double-digit steals six times, and five or more blocked shots four times.
Centenary is the second-best free-throw shooting team in the conference and ranks 52nd nationally in division III, the Gents are tied for 32nd in the country in turnover margin (3.9/game) and have forced 346 TO's this season. The Gents are also 70th nationally in steals per game (8.9) with 187 steals for the season.
Gents' Season Individual Statistical Leaders:
Scoring: Senior G Craig Collier (North Little Rock, Ark.) – 14.5/game
Rebounding: Senior F Jakobi Greenleaf (Houston, Texas) – 7.0 RPG
Assists: Collier – 2.5/game
Blocks: Greenleaf – 1.0/game
Steals: Freshman G Nicholas Addison (Cedar Hill, Texas) – 1.6/game
Collier is ranked 12th in the conference in scoring and has 13 double-figure scoring performances while scoring 20+ eight times. He is also ranked sixth in the league in FT % (83.9 %) and ranks in the top 100 nationally. Collier also averages 2.6 rebounds per game, shoots 38.9 % from the floor and 35.3 % from 3-point range. He ranks 10th in the SCAC in steals per game (1.5), seventh in 3-point FG made (47 total and 2.2/game) and is seventh in the league in minutes played, averaging 31.2 minutes/game and has played 40 minutes twice.
Greenleaf, who is second on the team averaging 12.1 PPG, is fifth in the conference in blocked shots, seventh in the league in rebounding and is 24th in scoring. He is also 12th in FG % (52.3), and is tied for 12th in steals (1.4/game). He is also 10th in the league in minutes played (30.7/game) and has 13 double-digit scoring performances this season and has scored 20+ four times along with four double-doubles.
Junior G Quentin Beverly (Katy, Texas) is averaging a whopping 19.1 PPG but does not qualify as one of the conference's leading scorers as he missed the first six games of the season. Since his return in 14 games, Beverly has reached double figures 12 times while scoring 20+ points six times and 30 or more twice as he has scored a career-high 32 in two games. He has scored 20+ points in five of his last 10 games.
Senior G Jalen Ned (New Orleans, La.) averages 10.0 PPG, 4.1 rebounds per game, shoots 40.4 % from the floor, 31.9 % from beyond the arc, 76.1 % from the FT line, and has reached double figures 10 times this season. Addison, in addition to his team-leading 1.6 steals/game which is tied for sixth in the conference, averages 6.6 PPG, 5.3 rebounds/game, and 1.2 assists/game. The rookie shoots 45.9 % from the floor and 72.0 % from the FT line. Addison is ranked 18th in the conference in rebounding and 10th in blocked shots/game (0/7). He has reached double figures six times and tallied a season-high 13 last weekend against McMurry University.
Freshman G Trenton Thomas (Cedar Hill, Texas) averages 4.8 PPG, senior G Kyron Powell (Fort Worth, Texas) 3.6, and freshman G Allen Paul (Katy, Texas) averages 3.2. Sophomore G Andre Kanu (Duncanville, Texas) scored a season-high seven points against McMurry in a season-high 25 minutes played. Thomas has three double-digit scoring performances this season, Powell has played 20+ minutes seven times while scoring six or more points four times, and Paul has played in 19 games and scored five or more points six times with a season-high 12 against Southwestern.
A Glance at the Tigers:
The Tigers are led in scoring this season by Asher Nofziger (18.3 PPG), which is good for second in the conference. Two other Tigers average double figures – Scott Ruegg (13.2 PPG), Devin Philio (12.5 PPG) as they each rank in the top 25 in the league.
Nofziger is also the Tigers' leading rebounder (9.4/game) and ranks third in the conference. Philio is the league's top shooter with a 66.7 FG % Ty Hendler ranks seventh in the SCAC in assists/game (3.1) and Ruegg has been superb at the FT line, as he is the conference leader shooting 91.8 %.
In the previous meeting between the two teams last month, Nofziger and Ruegg combined for 43 points.
The Gents will face the University of St. Thomas on Sunday at 2 p.m. in their final home game of the season. Centenary will honor its senior class (Collier, Greenleaf, Ned, and Powell) in a pregame ceremony immediately following the Ladies' game which precedes the Gents' contest.
St. Thomas (20-1, 12-0 SCAC) is currently ranked 18th nationally in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 poll, and faces the University of the Ozarks on Friday. The Celts defeated the Gents in the first meeting between the two teams by a score of 70-58 back on Jan. 26 in Houston.
See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/schedule
Admission is FREE to all Centenary men's basketball home contests. Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.
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Team Stats
Colorado Col.
| Game Statistics | Colorado Col. | Centenary (La.) |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (26-56) | (18-61) |
| Field Goal % | 46.4% | 29.5% |
| Rebounds | 46 | 26 |
| Assists | 19 | 7 |
| Turnovers | 22 | 12 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 6 | 17 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 8 | 2 |
| Pts in the Paint | 30 | 18 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 2 | 8 |
| Bench Pts | 24 | 4 |
