By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Sports Information Director
This weekend closes the 2025 football season, the second this century for Centenary, just after the Gents basketball team tips off its home schedule at the Gold Dome under first-year coach J.A. Anglin on Friday night.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: The Gents were edged 78-77 by Pfeiffer University last Saturday afternoon in a non-conference contest as part of the Viking Tip-Off Classic inside the Cage Center in Rome, Ga.
Centenary (0-2) fell 77-55 to the Berry College Vikings on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Centenary will open its home schedule this Friday night against East Texas Baptist at 7 in the Gold Dome.
FOOTBALL: With the conclusion of last Saturday’s games, the matchups for the inaugural Southern Collegiate Athletic Association Football Championship weekend have been set and Centenary kicks off the action at 10 a.m. this Saturday.All six of the conference’s football-playing members will assemble in Little Rock at historic War Memorial Stadium to determine the league’s final order of finish, including the 2025 conference championship.
Because Austin College, Centenary and Lyon all finished 1-4 in league play, tiebreakers were needed to determine the lower three seeds. The first seed tiebreaker that provided any differentiation was overall losses and Centenary had one more (seven) than both Lyon and Austin College (six).
Once two teams were remaining, the league’s tiebreaker reverted to head-to-head results and Lyon (1-4 SCAC; 2-6 overall) earned the No. 4 seeding berth in the third-place game by virtue of its 40-28 victory over Austin College on November 1 in Sherman. Third-seeded Hendrix (3-2 SCAC, 5-4 overall) defeated Lyon, 38-21, on October 25 in a game played in Conway, Arkansas.
Opening SCAC Football Championship Weekend is fifth-seeded Austin College (2-6 overall) taking on the No. 6 Gents. (1-7 overall). The ‘Roos picked up their first conference win of the season a week ago at Atkins Field in their comeback 20-10 victory over the Gents.
Capping Saturday’s tripleheader will be top-seeded Texas Lutheran (5-0 SCAC; 6-3 overall) against second-seeded McMurry University (4-1 SCAC; 5-4 overall) with the 2025 conference title on the line. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.
The Bulldogs walked away with a 42-13 victory over the War Hawks two Saturdays ago in a game played in Abilene. The two teams were co-champions of the SCAC last season.
Tickets for Saturday’s games can be purchased by clicking here with both general admission and club level seats available. Any general admission ticket purchase will be honored for all three games.
A club level seat purchase guarantees club level access for the game of your choice, plus general admission access for any of the other two games. There is a limit of 150 club seats for each team. Tickets (general admission and club level) will also be available for purchase on site, as will preferred tailgating slots.
VOLLEYBALL: The Ladies lost a pair of matches last Saturday on the final day of their season, as they were swept 3-0 by LeTourneau and fell 3-1 to Rhodes College inside the Gold Dome.
The Ladies finished their season 3-23 overall and 2-14 in Conference play.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The Ladies held a late lead over Jarvis Christian in a non-conference contest on Monday night at home but the Bulldogs rallied to win 59-52 at the Gold Dome.
The Ladies (0-2) led by seven points (52-45) with 6:34 remaining, but the Bulldogs (1-3) finished the game on a 14-0 run to seal the comeback win.
Centenary returns to action on Thursday with another non-conference contest against the Mississippi University for Women Owls (0-2) at noon in Columbus, Miss.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu