By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Sports Information Director
Basketball season is underway with both new Centenary coaches working to develop their young rosters before Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference competition begins after the holidays.
That was apparent in a Tuesday night home doubleheader at the Gold Dome.
The Gents (0-4) lost a tough game to the Arlington Baptist Patriots on Tuesday night at home, 74-71, in a non-conference contest. Centenary returns to action next Tuesday against Mary Hardin-Baylor at 5:30 p.m. in Belton, Texas.
The Ladies (1-4) lost to the Patriots 68-60 on Tuesday night and will be back in action next Tuesday against the Wiley Wildcats in nearby Marshall, Texas at 5 o’clock.
SWIMMING: The Ladies and Gents return to action this weekend as they compete in the “Mid-Season Invitational” hosted by Hendrix College in Conway, Ark.
Centenary is entered in a pair of meets in January – the Austin College Invitational on Jan. 10 in Sherman, Texas before closing the regular season at home in a conference tri-meet against Austin College and St. Thomas on Jan. 17 on Senior Day.
The 2026 SCAC Championships are set for Feb. 11-14 in Garland, Texas.
STUNT: The Centenary College STUNT program has released its 2026 season schedule.
The Ladies open their second season in the McNeese State Tournament on Sunday, Feb. 1 in Lake Charles, where they will face Texas Woman’s University and Texas A&M University – Kingsville.
Centenary will welcome Muskigum and McNeese to the Gold Dome on Sunday, Feb. 8 as the Ladies will make their home debut as a program.
The Ladies finished eighth in the country in the Division III rankings last season. As the first and only NCAA Varsity STUNT team in the state of Louisiana this past season and the only DIII team in the south, Centenary was forced to play cross divisional the entire season.
The Ladies will finish their season in the Warrior Invitational held in East Stroudsburg, Pa., Feb. 21-22.
FOOTBALL: Centenary’s season ended last Saturday as coach Byron Dawson’s Gents fell 16-14 to the Austin College ‘Roos in the opening game of the inaugural Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Championship last Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.
The Gents, the sixth seed, finished their second varsity season at 1-8 overall. The Gents and ‘Roos were playing each other for the third time this season. Austin College recorded a 41-15 win over Centenary on Oct. 4 in Sherman, Texas and a 20-10 win in Shreveport Nov. 8 to finish 3-0 against the Maroon and White.
All-conference honors will be announced soon, and the Gents on the All-SCAC team will be cited here next week.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu