January 31, 2025

Gents Fall 75-59 At Schreiner On Friday

The Centenary men's basketball team lost 75-59 to the Schreiner University Mountaineers in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest on Friday night inside Stephens Family Arena.

Centenary (La.)

6-12,4-5 SCAC

Schreiner

13-5,6-3 SCAC

Final

Centenary (La.) 6-12,4-5 SCAC

Schreiner 13-5,6-3 SCAC

Kerrville, Texas – The Centenary men's basketball team lost 75-59 to the Schreiner University Mountaineers in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest on Friday night inside Stephens Family Arena.

The Gents (6-12, 4-5 SCAC) lost their fourth game in a row and dropped to 1-5 on the road this season. The Mountaineers (13-5, 6-3 SCAC) improved to 5-2 at home and won their second game in a row.

Schreiner led Centenary 34-28 at halftime and then outscored the Gents 41-31 in the second half. Centenary struggled offensively, shooting a season-low 28.4 % (19-67) from the floor, finished 6-32 from beyond the arc for 18.8 %) and went 15-22 (68.2 %) from the free-throw line. The Mountaineers shot the ball well, finishing 46.9 % (30-64) from the floor and were 6-18 (33.3 %) from the 3-point line and 9-15 at the FT line for 60 %.

The Mountaineers dominated in points in the paint (48-24) and won the rebounding battle, 49-35. Centenary turned the ball over 13 times which Schreiner scored 17 points off of while the Mountaineers committed 19 turnovers which the Gents turned into 23 points. Schreiner finished with a 14-8 advantage in fast break points, 20-18 in second-chance points, and edged Centenary 11-10 in bench points. Centenary finished with nine steals and seven assists while Schreiner tallied 13 assists, six steals, and three blocked shots.

Junior G Quentin Beverly (Katy, Texas) led the Gents with 17 points and was joined in double figures by senior F Jakobi Greenleaf (Houston, Texas) with 14 points and senior G Craig Collier (North Little Rock, Ark.) with 10.

Senior G Jalen Ned (New Orleans, La.) added seven and freshman G Nicholas Addison (Cedar Hill, Texas) and senior G Kyron Powell (Fort Worth, Texas) each scored four. Freshman G Sirwilliam McDuffie (Houston, Texas) scored two and freshman G Trenton Thomas (Cedar Hill, Texas) had one.

Beverly finished 6-24 from the floor, 3-16 from beyond the arc, and 2-2 at the FT line in 38 minutes as he reached double figures for the ninth time this season. He added seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Greenleaf notched his 13^th double-digit scoring performance of the season as he was 5-11 from the floor and 4-7 from the FT line with a pair of steals in 33 minutes with a team-best 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double this season.

Collier recorded his 13^th double-digit game of the season as he finished 3-15 from the floor, 2-8 from beyond the arc, and 2-5 at the FT line in 32 minutes with three assists, three rebounds, and one steal. Ned was 1-6 from the floor with a trey and was 4-4 at the FT line in 27 minutes and added two rebounds, an assist, and a steal. Thomas went 1-2 at the FT line in 20 minutes with two rebounds and one assist.

Addison came off the bench and was 1-2 from the floor and 2-2 at the FT line in 23 minutes with eight rebounds and a steal, McDuffie played four minutes and was 1-2 from the floor, and Powell played 21 minutes and was 2-3 from the floor with two rebounds and a pair of steals.

Kamden Ross led all scorers with 26 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds for his 10^th double-double. He played 32 minutes and was 11-17 from the floor and 4-7 at the FT line with an assist, a blocked shot, and a steal. Beau Cervantes scored 16 in 30 minutes with five assists, three steals, and a rebound as he was 4-9 from the floor, 5-6 at the FT line, and 3-8 from beyond the arc. Craig Ward added 12 points in 22 minutes with five rebounds and a blocked shot as he was 6-6 from the floor. Five Mountaineers combined to score the remaining 21 points.

Schreiner jumped out to an 18-9 lead on a trey by Dylan Snow at the 14:25 mark but an 8-0 run by the Gents capped off by a Collier layup made it 18-17 with 9:26 remaining before halftime. But, Schreiner outscored Centenary 16-11 the remaining nine+ minutes to take a 34-28 lead at the break.

The Mountaineers scored the first six points of the second half to lead 40-28 at the 17:39 mark after a Ross layup. Schreiner's lead grew to 47-30 at the 15:04 mark after a tip-in by Ross to punctuate a 13-2 run to start the second half. The Mountaineers led 55-36 with 10:45 left and prompted a timeout to be called by the Gents. Centenary responded by scoring the next five points, but an 11-1 Schreiner run capped by a trey by Cervantes made it 66-42 with just 6:17 left in the game. The Gents finished the game on a 17-9 run but it was not enough to overcome the large deficit.

Centenary will have a quick turnaround as the Gents head to San Antonio on Saturday as they face Trinity University at 6 p.m.

See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/schedule

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