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Centenary and LSUS square off tonight in a men’s and women’s basketball exhibition doubleheader, the 2023 edition of the “Kings Highway Clash,” at the Gold Dome.
The Centenary Ladies and LSUS Lady Pilots will begin the evening at 5:30 p.m. followed by the Gents and Pilots at approximately 7:30 p.m. The award-winning Centenary choir will sing the national anthem prior to the women’s game.
The Gents and Pilots are meeting for the eighth time, with the Pilots holding a 6-game edge while the Ladies and Lady Pilots are meeting for the fourth time but for the first time since Dec. 9, 2014 when LSUS defeated the Maroon and White, 79-48 at home. Wednesday’s game is the season opener for both the Gents, Ladies and Pilots and the second contest for the LSUS women after they fell 79-72 at home in overtime to Texas Wesleyan last Friday.
Kyle Blankenship, the veteran and highly successful Pilots’ coach, is also coaching the Lady Pilots this season.
The Gents, led by seventh-year head coach Chris Dorsey, will begin the regular season at home on Wednesday, Nov. 8 against Texas College in a non-conference contest set for 7:30 p.m.
Dorsey, one of the top young coaches in the country, has taken the program to new heights in his six-year tenure. He is 85-60 with the Gents, including a 56-34 mark in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play. Centenary has now finished .500 or better in all six seasons under Dorsey.
Last season, the Gents had one of their best seasons in program history as they finished 18-9 overall and 10-6 in conference play and tied the Division III era (2012-present) single-season record for wins. Centenary earned the No. 3 seed in the SCAC Tournament as the Maroon and White made their 10th-straight appearance in the event, where they defeated Southwestern in the quarterfinals before falling to host and No. 2 seed Trinity in the semifinals.
The Ladies, led by interim head coach Paul Reed, will begin their regular season on Nov. 8 at Jarvis Christian University for a non-conference game scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Centenary landed three players on the All-SCAC team last season, the most in six seasons.
Centenary’s homecoming court will be announced between the basketball games on Wednesday night and homecoming week wraps up with men’s and women’s swimming teams holding their annual Intrasquad/Alumni Meet on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m.
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic contests. Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.