Belmont men's basketball hosts Centre on Thursday at Curb Event Center
The Bruins, coming off a season-opening win over Southern Indiana, tip off at 6:30 p.m. Central against Centre.
NASHVILLE - Belmont's men's basketball team hosts Centre on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. Central at the Curb Event Center, according to Belmont Athletics. The game streams on ESPN+.
Belmont beat Southern Indiana on Monday in its regular-season opener, the release says. Jack Smiley scored a career-high 24 points, Bez Jenkins added 10 points and four rebounds, and Vincent Neugebauer had seven points and three blocked shots in his Belmont debut.
The Bruins return six players from last season's Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship team and add nine newcomers. Centre went 14-12 last season and was picked second in the Southern Athletic Association preseason poll. Guard Drake Ingram, a Knoxville native, averaged 15.4 points per game last season.
It is the second meeting between the programs; Belmont won the first during the 1972-73 season, according to the release.
Source: Belmont Athletics release, Nov. 4, 2026 (Men's Basketball Hosts Centre Thursday).