Luke Brenegan

12 Luke Brenegan

Height:

6-3
Weight:

185
Hometown:

Greenville, S.C.
Position:

G
Year:

Junior
High School:

Wade Hampton

gp

29
pts/g

11.4
fg %

39.1
3pt %

35.2
ft %

83.1
reb/g

2.9
a/g

3.6

Bio

2021-22: One of the steadiest point guards in the South Atlantic Conference, Luke Brenegan battled injuries en route to playing in 29 games for C-N with 28 starts. He averaged 11.4 points per game with 3.6 assists and 2.9 rebounds. Brenegan was named SAC Player of the Week on Jan. 17 for his role in a pair of C-N road wins. Brenegan started his week by resetting his career high with a 34-point outburst in an 84-81 win at Catawba. Playing in front of his mother, Brenegan's 34-pont night reset his previous career high of 22, set Feb. 13 at Catawba. Brenegan was 10-of-16 from the floor, a season-best 5-of-7 from deep and a perfect 9-for-9 at the line. He has made 17 straight free throws in Goodman Gym dating back to last season. Brenegan's 30-point effort was the first for C-N since Tripp Davis went for 44 against Benedict on Feb. 16, 2021 in Holt Fieldhouse. He had 15 in the first half before scoring 19 in the second half, including 14 in the final 6:39 of the game. He followed that up with his fifth-straight double-digit scoring effort at Lenoir-Rhyne with a 10-point night. It marks the first time in his career Brenegan has scored double digits in five straight games. He also added in two boards, four assists and two steals on 4-of-12 shooting. For the week, Brenegan shot 50 percent from the field and from beyond the arc, while averaging 22 points with two rebounds, 2.5 assists, and a steal. That week was a part of a career-best nine-game stretch where Brenegan scored in double-digits in every game from Dec. 18 - Feb. 2. He also had a 20-point game in the SAC quarterfinals at Wingate (3/2). Brenegan dolled out five assists on 10 occasions, topping out with a career-high nine against Mars Hill (12/15). A noted three-point marksman, Brenegan buried a team-best 58 threes and shot 35.2 percent from range. He had multiple threes made in 21 of his 29 games played andd three or more threes made in six games. He reset his career high for rebounds against UVA Wise (1/5) with eight. Brenegan led C-N in scoring in four games. He is 9-0 in his career when he leads the Eagles in points.

HONORS

SAC Player of the Week (1/17)

2020-21: A 22-game starter at guard, Brenegan was a hyper efficient shooter and the Eagles' fourth leading scorer. He averaged 10.8 points per game while leading C-N with 72 asssists to go with 2.7 rebounds per game. Brenegan was more efficient from long range than he was from the field, shooting 41.7 percent from three and 41.6 from the field in general. He canned a team-best 50 threes, knocking down a triple in all but two games on the year. He knocked down multiple threes in 16 games on the year, including four or more five times. His topped out with a 5-of-8 barrage against Anderson (2/3), which helped him earn both SAC and TSWA Player of the Week honors. Brenegan averaged 17 points per game for the week on a slash line of 59.3 percent shooting from the field, 60 percent shooting from beyond the arc and a perfect 100 percent effort from the free throw line. He started the week Monday with a 15-point performance in a 91-55 shellacking of Limestone. He followed that up Wednesday with a stat-sheet stuffing against Anderson in a 95-59 win. He had 19 points to go along with five assists, two boards and two steals. The junior concluded the week Saturday in an 81-62 beating of Catawba with 17 points, including 14 in the second half to go with four boards and a pair of dimes dropped. Brenegan has knocked down 12 of his last 20 shots from beyond the arc and seven straight free throws. Brenegan scored in double digits 11 times with a career-high 22 against Catawba (2/13) in which he went 5-for-11 from the field, 4-for-7 from three and a flawless 8-for-8 at the charity stripe. He knocked down 82.7 percent of his free throws for the year. His 2.5 threes made per game are tied for the third-most in the SAC while his 43.5 percent effort from long range is the league's ninth best figure and fifth-best among players who can multiple triples a game. His three-point efficiency ranks him 10^th all-time for a single season at Carson-Newman. The Greenville, S.C.-native has handed out five or more assists on five occasions, and has led C-N in dimes dropped nine times. He reset his career high for assists with eight against Mars Hill on Feb. 17.

Honors

All-SAC Honorable Mention
SAC Player of the Week (2/8)
TSWA Player of the Week (2/8)
SAC All-Tournament Team

2019-20: Brenegan stepped into a starting role for the Eagles as a sophomore, logging 25 starts in 28 appearances. The Eagles' top three-point marksman, Brenegan averaged 7.5 points per game while knocking down 42 percent of his threes. He made 51 long-distance dedications on the year to pace the Eagles in both threes made a three-point percentage. He also averaged 3.6 boards per game. Brenegan topped 10 points on 10 occasions in his sophomore year, heralded by a 21-point explosion against Warren Wilson (12/4). A streaky scorer, 60 percent of his double-digit efforts came in a pair of three-came streaks - one from Nov. 13-20 and a second from Feb. 1-8. He handed out a career high sseven assists against Wingate on Nov. 30. He matched his career high for rebounds twice, with seven against Catawba (2/15) and Warren Wilson. He led C-N in assists on nine occasions.

2018-19: Brenegan played in 11 games in an injury-shortened freshman campaign. When healthy, he averaged 4.4 points on 44 percent shooting from the field and 42.3 percent shooting from three-point range. He tallied two double-digit scoring efforts, first in a losing effort against Wingate (12/1) and later in a win against Newberry (119). He had 11 and 14, respectively. Brenegan tallied a career-best 4-of-8 shooting from three-point range against the Wolves. He also dropped off six assists in that game. He sat out the final 13 games of the year with an ankle injury.

HIGH SCHOOL: Brenegan makes his way to Mossy Creek from Fork Union Military Academy. Prior to Fork Union, he played high school ball at Wade Hampton High School where he played for Reggie Choplin. He led the Generals and his conference in scoring, averaging 21.9 points per game. He also chipped in five boards and three assists per game as a senior. He earned All-State honors, landing on the first team and was his conference's MVP. He helped Wade Hampton to a conference title.

PERSONAL: Brenegan graduated high school with honors. He is the son of John and Amy Brenegan. His younger brother Nick also plays at Carson-Newman. He is studying business at Carson-Newman.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	29	22
Games started	28	21
Minutes	994	760
Minutes per game	34.3	34.5
FG	104-266	80-213
FG Pct	39.1	37.6
3PT	58-165	43-131
3PT Pct	35.2	32.8
FT	64-77	47-56
FT Pct	83.1	83.9
Off rebounds	12	10
Def rebounds	72	52
Total rebounds	84	62
Rebounds per game	2.9	2.8
Personal fouls	36	24
Disqualifications	1	0
Assists	104	88
Turnovers	58	49
Assist to turnover ratio	1.8	1.8
Steals	23	22
Blocks	1	1
Points	330	250
Points per game	11.4	11.4
Points per 40 min	13.3	13.2

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 19	Limestone	W, 89-70
Feb 23	#7/11 Lincoln Memorial	L, 78-70
Feb 26	at Coker	W, 76-64
Mar 2	at Wingate	W, 65-49
Mar 5	vs. #7/9 Lincoln Memorial	W, 78-66
Mar 6	vs. #6/9 Queens	L, 69-59

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 13	Lees-McRae	W, 108-75	1	29	3-4	75.0	2-2	100.0	1-2	50.0	9
Nov 14	King (tenn.)	L, 77-66	1	35	3-7	42.9	1-3	33.3	1-1	100.0	8
Nov 17	at Tusculum	L, 73-69	1	32	3-7	42.9	2-3	66.7	2-2	100.0	10
Nov 20	#16/7 Queens	L, 83-81	1	34	2-5	40.0	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	6
Nov 23	Trevecca Nazarene	W, 70-67	1	37	5-8	62.5	3-4	75.0	0-0	-	13
Nov 27	RV Wingate	W, 77-68	1	36	3-13	23.1	2-11	18.2	4-4	100.0	12
Dec 1	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 72-57	1	36	1-6	16.7	1-5	20.0	2-2	100.0	5
Dec 4	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 80-57	1	29	3-10	30.0	2-6	33.3	5-5	100.0	13
Dec 8	at Virginia-Wise	W, 83-64	1	29	6-10	60.0	4-8	50.0	2-2	100.0	18
Dec 11	at Newberry	L, 55-51	1	37	3-9	33.3	2-7	28.6	1-2	50.0	9
Dec 15	Mars Hill	W, 86-67	1	31	2-7	28.6	2-6	33.3	1-2	50.0	7
Dec 18	at Limestone	L, 73-71	1	33	4-10	40.0	2-7	28.6	1-1	100.0	11
Jan 1	Erskine	W, 72-62	1	34	4-11	36.4	2-7	28.6	7-8	87.5	17
Jan 5	Virginia-Wise	W, 80-61	1	34	4-6	66.7	2-3	66.7	1-1	100.0	11
Jan 12	at Catawba	W, 84-81	1	40	10-16	62.5	5-7	71.4	9-9	100.0	34
Jan 15	at Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 73-65	1	38	4-12	33.3	2-7	28.6	0-0	-	10
Jan 17	Coker	W, 68-48	1	37	4-8	50.0	3-6	50.0	0-1	0.0	11
Jan 22	at Wingate	L, 82-79	1	40	4-14	28.6	1-6	16.7	2-4	50.0	11
Jan 24	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 77-60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 26	at #16/18 Lincoln Memorial	L, 73-57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 29	Newberry	W, 55-47	-	35	4-10	40.0	2-8	25.0	4-5	80.0	14
Feb 2	Tusculum	L, 68-67	1	40	5-13	38.5	1-6	16.7	1-2	50.0	12
Feb 5	at #17/11 Queens	L, 74-50	1	32	1-8	12.5	0-5	0.0	0-0	-	2
Feb 12	Catawba	W, 68-64	1	36	4-12	33.3	3-9	33.3	0-0	-	11
Feb 16	at Mars Hill	W, 78-65	1	35	3-11	27.3	0-4	0.0	5-7	71.4	11
Feb 19	Limestone	W, 89-70	1	23	4-6	66.7	2-2	100.0	2-2	100.0	12
Feb 23	#7/11 Lincoln Memorial	L, 78-70	1	37	5-15	33.3	2-8	25.0	0-0	-	12
Feb 26	at Coker	W, 76-64	1	36	1-5	20.0	1-5	20.0	5-5	100.0	8
Mar 2	at Wingate	W, 65-49	1	33	6-12	50.0	4-10	40.0	4-4	100.0	20
Mar 5	vs. #7/9 Lincoln Memorial	W, 78-66	1	33	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	4-6	66.7	7
Mar 6	vs. #6/9 Queens	L, 69-59	1	33	2-9	22.2	2-6	33.3	0-0	-	6

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 13	Lees-McRae	W, 108-75	1	29	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Nov 14	King (tenn.)	L, 77-66	1	35	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 17	at Tusculum	L, 73-69	1	32	1	3	4	3	2	0	0
Nov 20	#16/7 Queens	L, 83-81	1	34	0	5	5	5	3	0	0
Nov 23	Trevecca Nazarene	W, 70-67	1	37	0	6	6	6	1	0	0
Nov 27	RV Wingate	W, 77-68	1	36	0	1	1	7	3	2	0
Dec 1	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 72-57	1	36	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
Dec 4	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 80-57	1	29	0	2	2	6	1	0	0
Dec 8	at Virginia-Wise	W, 83-64	1	29	0	3	3	7	2	1	0
Dec 11	at Newberry	L, 55-51	1	37	1	0	1	2	2	0	0
Dec 15	Mars Hill	W, 86-67	1	31	0	3	3	9	3	1	0
Dec 18	at Limestone	L, 73-71	1	33	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Jan 1	Erskine	W, 72-62	1	34	1	5	6	1	2	0	0
Jan 5	Virginia-Wise	W, 80-61	1	34	2	6	8	4	3	1	0
Jan 12	at Catawba	W, 84-81	1	40	0	2	2	1	3	0	0
Jan 15	at Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 73-65	1	38	0	2	2	4	1	2	0
Jan 17	Coker	W, 68-48	1	37	0	1	1	4	0	1	0
Jan 22	at Wingate	L, 82-79	1	40	2	2	4	8	2	0	1
Jan 24	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 77-60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 26	at #16/18 Lincoln Memorial	L, 73-57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 29	Newberry	W, 55-47	-	35	0	2	2	0	3	1	0
Feb 2	Tusculum	L, 68-67	1	40	1	1	2	7	1	3	0
Feb 5	at #17/11 Queens	L, 74-50	1	32	0	6	6	2	3	2	0
Feb 12	Catawba	W, 68-64	1	36	0	0	0	1	3	1	0
Feb 16	at Mars Hill	W, 78-65	1	35	2	3	5	2	4	0	0
Feb 19	Limestone	W, 89-70	1	23	0	1	1	3	4	1	0
Feb 23	#7/11 Lincoln Memorial	L, 78-70	1	37	1	1	2	5	2	5	0
Feb 26	at Coker	W, 76-64	1	36	0	5	5	6	3	1	0
Mar 2	at Wingate	W, 65-49	1	33	0	1	1	0	3	1	0
Mar 5	vs. #7/9 Lincoln Memorial	W, 78-66	1	33	0	1	1	3	1	0	0
Mar 6	vs. #6/9 Queens	L, 69-59	1	33	1	4	5	0	2	0	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 13	Lees-McRae	W, 108-75	1	0	-	-
Nov 14	King (tenn.)	L, 77-66	1	1	-	-
Nov 17	at Tusculum	L, 73-69	1	2	-	1.5
Nov 20	#16/7 Queens	L, 83-81	1	3	-	1.7
Nov 23	Trevecca Nazarene	W, 70-67	1	1	-	6.0
Nov 27	RV Wingate	W, 77-68	1	2	-	2.3
Dec 1	Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 72-57	1	0	-	-
Dec 4	Anderson (S.C.)	W, 80-57	1	0	0	6.0
Dec 8	at Virginia-Wise	W, 83-64	1	0	-	3.5
Dec 11	at Newberry	L, 55-51	1	1	-	1.0
Dec 15	Mars Hill	W, 86-67	1	1	-	3.0
Dec 18	at Limestone	L, 73-71	1	0	-	1.0
Jan 1	Erskine	W, 72-62	1	0	-	0.5
Jan 5	Virginia-Wise	W, 80-61	1	1	-	1.3
Jan 12	at Catawba	W, 84-81	1	3	-	0.3
Jan 15	at Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 73-65	1	0	0	4.0
Jan 17	Coker	W, 68-48	1	0	-	-
Jan 22	at Wingate	L, 82-79	1	0	-	4.0
Jan 24	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 77-60	-	-	-	-
Jan 26	at #16/18 Lincoln Memorial	L, 73-57	-	-	-	-
Jan 29	Newberry	W, 55-47	-	1	0	0.0
Feb 2	Tusculum	L, 68-67	1	0	-	7.0
Feb 5	at #17/11 Queens	L, 74-50	1	2	-	0.7
Feb 12	Catawba	W, 68-64	1	1	-	0.3
Feb 16	at Mars Hill	W, 78-65	1	0	-	0.5
Feb 19	Limestone	W, 89-70	1	2	-	0.8
Feb 23	#7/11 Lincoln Memorial	L, 78-70	1	1	-	2.5
Feb 26	at Coker	W, 76-64	1	4	-	2.0
Mar 2	at Wingate	W, 65-49	1	2	-	0.0
Mar 5	vs. #7/9 Lincoln Memorial	W, 78-66	1	3	-	3.0
Mar 6	vs. #6/9 Queens	L, 69-59	1	5	1	0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2018-19	11	12.9	1.4-3.1	1.0-2.4	0.6-0.8	4.4
2019-20	28	27.3	2.5-6.0	1.8-4.3	0.8-1.0	7.5
2020-21	22	34.9	3.3-7.9	2.3-5.5	2.0-2.4	10.8
2021-22	29	34.3	3.6-9.2	2.0-5.7	2.2-2.7	11.4
2022-23	28	31.6	3.4-8.4	1.8-5.2	1.8-2.1	10.3
Total	118	30.1	3.0-7.4	1.9-4.9	1.6-1.9	9.4

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2018-19	11	-	142	15-34	44.1	11-26	42.3	7-9	77.8	48
2019-20	28	25	764	69-169	40.8	51-121	42.1	22-28	78.6	211
2020-21	22	22	768	72-173	41.6	50-120	41.7	43-52	82.7	237
2021-22	29	28	994	104-266	39.1	58-165	35.2	64-77	83.1	330
2022-23	28	28	885	94-236	39.8	51-146	34.9	50-60	83.3	289
Total	118	103	3553	354-878	40.3	221-578	38.2	186-226	82.3	1115

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2018-19	11	142	12.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	42.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
2019-20	28	764	27.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	42.1	0.0-0.0	0.0
2020-21	22	768	34.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	41.7	0.0-0.0	0.0
2021-22	29	994	34.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	35.2	0.0-0.0	0.0
2022-23	28	885	31.6	4.2-10.7	2.3-6.6	34.9	2.3-2.7	13.1
Total	118	3553	30.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	38.2	0.0-0.0	0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g
2018-19	11	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.2
2019-20	28	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.7	1.4	0.6
2020-21	22	0.1	2.5	2.6	3.3	2.0	1.0
2021-22	29	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.6	2.0	0.8
2022-23	28	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.6	1.7	0.9
Total	118	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	1.7	0.7

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2018-19	11	-	0	15	15	12	10	2	0
2019-20	28	25	16	84	100	75	40	17	1
2020-21	22	22	2	56	58	72	45	21	1
2021-22	29	28	12	72	84	104	58	23	1
2022-23	28	28	9	63	72	100	48	24	0
Total	118	103	39	290	329	363	201	87	3

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40
2018-19	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019-20	28	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2020-21	22	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2021-22	29	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2022-23	28	0.4	2.8	3.3	4.5	2.2	1.1
Total	118	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	29	34.3	3.6-9.2	2.0-5.7	2.2-2.7	11.4
Conference	22	34.5	3.6-9.7	2.0-6.0	2.1-2.5	11.4
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	16	33.9	3.5-8.8	2.0-5.5	1.8-2.2	10.8
Away	11	35.0	4.1-10.4	2.1-6.3	2.8-3.3	13.1
Neutral	2	33.0	1.5-5.5	1.5-4.0	2.0-3.0	6.5
Result
Wins	19	33.7	3.8-8.9	2.3-5.9	2.9-3.4	12.8
Losses	10	35.3	3.2-9.7	1.5-5.3	0.8-1.2	8.7
Month
November	6	33.8	3.2-7.3	2.0-4.2	1.3-1.5	9.7
December	6	32.5	3.2-8.7	2.2-6.5	2.0-2.3	10.5
January	7	36.9	4.9-11.0	2.4-6.3	3.3-4.0	15.4
February	7	34.1	3.3-10.0	1.3-5.6	1.9-2.3	9.7
March	3	33.0	3.0-7.7	2.3-6.0	2.7-3.3	11.0

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	29	28	994	104-266	39.1	58-165	35.2	64-77	83.1	330
Conference	22	21	760	80-213	37.6	43-131	32.8	47-56	83.9	250
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	16	15	543	56-141	39.7	32-88	36.4	29-35	82.9	173
Away	11	11	385	45-114	39.5	23-69	33.3	31-36	86.1	144
Neutral	2	2	66	3-11	27.3	3-8	37.5	4-6	66.7	13
Result
Wins	19	18	641	72-169	42.6	43-112	38.4	56-65	86.2	243
Losses	10	10	353	32-97	33.0	15-53	28.3	8-12	66.7	87
Month
November	6	6	203	19-44	43.2	12-25	48.0	8-9	88.9	58
December	6	6	195	19-52	36.5	13-39	33.3	12-14	85.7	63
January	7	6	258	34-77	44.2	17-44	38.6	23-28	82.1	108
February	7	7	239	23-70	32.9	9-39	23.1	13-16	81.3	68
March	3	3	99	9-23	39.1	7-18	38.9	8-10	80.0	33

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	29	994	34.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	35.2	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	22	760	34.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	32.8	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	16	543	33.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	36.4	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	11	385	35.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	2	66	33.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	37.5	0.0-0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	19	641	33.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	38.4	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	10	353	35.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	28.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
November	6	203	33.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	48.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
December	6	195	32.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
January	7	258	36.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	38.6	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	7	239	34.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	23.1	0.0-0.0	0.0
March	3	99	33.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	38.9	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	29	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.6	2.0	0.8	0.0
Conference	22	0.5	2.4	2.8	4.0	2.2	1.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	16	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.1	1.8	1.0	0.0
Away	11	0.5	2.5	3.1	3.3	2.4	0.6	0.1
Neutral	2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	19	0.3	2.5	2.7	3.6	2.1	0.7	0.0
Losses	10	0.7	2.5	3.2	3.5	1.8	1.0	0.1
Month
November	6	0.2	3.0	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.3	0.0
December	6	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.5	0.3	0.0
January	7	0.7	2.9	3.6	3.1	2.0	0.7	0.1
February	7	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.7	2.9	1.9	0.0
March	3	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.0	2.0	0.3	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	29	28	12	72	84	104	58	23	1
Conference	22	21	10	52	62	88	49	22	1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	16	15	5	39	44	65	29	16	0
Away	11	11	6	28	34	36	26	7	1
Neutral	2	2	1	5	6	3	3	0	0
Result
Wins	19	18	5	47	52	69	40	13	0
Losses	10	10	7	25	32	35	18	10	1
Month
November	6	6	1	18	19	27	9	2	0
December	6	6	1	11	12	26	9	2	0
January	7	6	5	20	25	22	14	5	1
February	7	7	4	17	21	26	20	13	0
March	3	3	1	6	7	3	6	1	0

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	29	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	22	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	16	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Month
November	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
December	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
February	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
March	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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March 05, 2022

C-N rips through top-seeded, seventh-ranked LMU and into SAC title game

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Carson-Newman (20-10) turned in a comprehensive defensive effort and used an efficient shooting night to roll to a 78-66 win over top-seeded and seventh-ranked Lincoln Memorial (25-4) Saturday evening in the SAC semifinals at Furman’s Timmons Arena.

March 05, 2022

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March 02, 2022

C-N neuters Bulldogs in SAC quarters, 65-49

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (19-10) clamped down on Wingate (21-8) defensively, limiting the Bulldogs to season lows for points and field goal percentage, and advanced to the semifinals of the South Atlantic Conference tournament with a 65-49 win Wednesday night at Cuddy Arena.

March 02, 2022

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February 26, 2022

Benson wins 200th game at C-N, Eagles power past Cobras 76-64

HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Carson-Newman (18-10, 15-9 SAC) head men’s basketball coach Chuck Benson became the fourth member of C-N’s 200-win club as C-N used a late second-half surge to put away Coker (5-23, 5-19 SAC) Saturday at the DeLoach Center.

February 26, 2022

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February 23, 2022

Late swoon spells doom for C-N versus No. 7/11 LMU

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (17-10, 14-9 South Atlantic Conference) suffered through a 3:11 scoring drought late in the second half and seventh-ranked Lincoln Memorial (23-3, 20-3 SAC) rolled off a 9-0 run to stiff arm the Eagles 78-70 Wednesday night in Holt Fieldhouse.

February 23, 2022

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February 19, 2022

Stellar second half surges Benson’s Bunch by Saints on Senior Day

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Sparked by Chuck Benson’s second technical foul of his 12-year tenure as Carson-Newman’s (17-9, 14-8 South Atlantic Conference) head coach, C-N shot 65.6 percent from the field after halftime and cruised to a bruisingly physical 89-70 win over Limestone (9-15, 7-14 SAC) on Senior Day Saturday at Holt Fieldhouse.

February 19, 2022

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February 18, 2022

C-N celebrates trio with senior day against Limestone

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (16-9, 13-8 South Atlantic Conference) will look to send off EJ Bush (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), Dima Bykov (Moscow, Russia) and Tripp Davis (Nashville, Tenn.) in style in their penultimate regular season home game against Limestone (9-14, 7-13 SAC) Saturday at 4 p.m. in Holt Fieldhouse.

February 18, 2022

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February 16, 2022

Free-throw shooting, rebounding carry Eagles to win over Lions

MARS HILL, N.C. – On a night where Carson-Newman (16-9, 13-8 South Atlantic Conference) only shot 38.5 percent from the field, the Eagles canned 27-of-32 free throws and turned in 21 second chance points to make up the difference in a 78-65 win over Mars Hill (5-18, 5-15 SAC) Wednesday at Burt Stanford Arena.

February 16, 2022

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February 12, 2022

C-N snaps skid, staves off late Catawba rally

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (15-9, 12-8 South Atlantic Conference) didn’t make a basket over the final 4:03 and staved off a 12-0 Catawba (9-12, 8-11 SAC) run with two free throws to preserve a 68-64 win over the Indians Saturday at Holt Fieldhouse.

February 12, 2022

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February 11, 2022

Carson-Newman, Catawba collide Saturday in Holt

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (14-9, 11-8 South Atlantic Conference) and Catawba (9-11, 8-10 SAC) have both lost back-to-back games, but will be looking to right the proverbial ship with five league games left when the teams collide Saturday at 4 p.m. in Holt Fieldhouse.

February 11, 2022

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January 26, 2022

Short-handed Eagles slog through offensive doldrums in road loss to LMU

HARROGATE, Tenn. - Down two starters and playing a third straight road game in six days, Carson-Newman (13-7, 10-6 South Atlantic Conference) struggled to find its offensive footing in a 73-57 loss to No. 16/18 Lincoln Memorial (15-3, 12-3 SAC) Wednesday night in Tex Turner Arena.

January 26, 2022

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January 24, 2022

Bush, Brenegan pave way for staunch second half, clobbering of AU

ANDERSON, S.C. – EJ Bush (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Nick Brenegan (Greenville, S.C.) poured in a combined 43 points and Carson-Newman (13-6, 10-5 South Atlantic Conference) outscored Anderson (9-10, 6-9 SAC) 41-18 after halftime en route to a 77-60 win over the Trojans Monday evening in the Abney Center.

January 24, 2022

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January 22, 2022

Eagles drop OT heartbreaker at Wingate

WINGATE, N.C. – Destin Clark tipped a ball in with 7.8 seconds left in overtime to get Wingate (15-4, 11-4 SAC) to an 82-79 overtime win over Carson-Newman (12-6, 9-5 SAC) Saturday afternoon at Cuddy Arena.

January 22, 2022

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January 17, 2022

Brenegan brings home AstroTurf SAC Player of the Week Honors

ROCK HILL, S.C. – After helping Carson-Newman to back-to-back road wins, junior guard Luke Brenegan (Greenville, S.C.) has been named the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday morning.

January 17, 2022

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January 17, 2022

C-N turns in dominant second half performance to notch fifth straight dub

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (12-5, 9-4 South Atlantic Conference) limited Coker (3-12, 3-9 SAC) to one made bucket over a 10-minute stretch spanning the halftime break and utilized a 14-2 run to put away the Cobras in a 68-48 win Monday afternoon in Holt Fieldhouse.

January 17, 2022

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January 12, 2022

Brenegan’s career-night helps C-N stave off Catawba on the road

SALISBURY, N.C. – Luke Brenegan (Greenville, S.C.) went off for a career-high 34 points and Carson-Newman staved off a late Catawba rally for an 84-81 win over the Indians Wednesday night in Goodman Gym.

January 12, 2022

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January 11, 2022

Eagles start road trip in Salisbury

JEFFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (9-5, 6-4 South Atlantic Conference) starts a string of five out of six games away from Holt Fieldhouse with a visit to Catawba (6-7, 5-6 South Atlantic Conference) Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

January 11, 2022

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January 05, 2022

Lockdown D paves way for short-handed C-N to pummel Wise

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (9-5, 6-4 South Atlantic Conference) was down two starters, but used an overwhelming defensive effort to galivant past UVA Wise (1-13, 0-11 South Atlantic Conference) Wednesday night in Holt Fieldhouse.

January 05, 2022

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January 04, 2022

C-N aims for season sweep of Wise

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (8-5, 5-4 South Atlantic Conference) has changed course mid-stream and started prepping for a new foe for Wednesday night’s 7:30 tip in Holt Fieldhouse.

January 04, 2022

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January 01, 2022

Free-throw shooting, rebounding carry Eagles into New Year with a dub

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (8-5) shot a season-low 36.8 percent from the field but canned 25-of-34 free throws en route to a 72-62 win over Erskine (1-10) Saturday at Holt Fieldhouse.

January 01, 2022

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December 18, 2021

Saints surge in 73-71 win over C-N

GAFFNEY, S.C. – For the first time all season, an opponent shot better than 45 percent from the field. Limestone (5-6, 4-5 South Atlantic Conference) converted on 53 percent of its shots and 40 percent of its threes to hold on 73-71 over Carson-Newman (7-5, 5-4 SAC) Saturday afternoon at the Timken Center.

December 18, 2021

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December 15, 2021

Efficient offense, dominant defense carry Carson-Newman to fifth straight home win

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (7-4, 5-3 South Atlantic Conference) turned in a fifth straight game holding an opponent under 40 percent shooting while knocking down 55.9 percent of its own shots in an 86-67 triumph over Mars Hill (4-7, 4-4 SAC) Wednesday night at Holt Fieldhouse.

December 15, 2021

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December 08, 2021

Davis’ 1,000th career point, second half surge headline 19-point win at Wise

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (6-3, 4-2 South Atlantic Conference) earned a fifth straight victory behind a complete second-half performance and an 83-64 win at UVA Wise (0-9, 0-7 SAC) Wednesday night at the Prior Convocation Center.

December 08, 2021

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December 04, 2021

Withering defensive effort guides Eagles to ransack of Trojans, 80-57

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (5-3, 3-2 South Atlantic Conference) had to contend with the country’s fifth-highest scoring duo when Anderson (3-5, 1-5 South Atlantic Conference) came to Holt Fieldhouse Saturday evening.

December 04, 2021

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December 01, 2021

Defensively dominant Eagles take wire-to-wire win over Bears

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (4-3, 2-2 South Atlantic Conference) limited Lenoir-Rhyne (3-4, 2-2 SAC) to 37.9 percent shooting and out-rebounded the Bears by 15 in a defensive rock fight Wednesday night at Holt Fieldhouse.

December 01, 2021

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November 27, 2021

Efficient Eagles take down SAC’s top defense, Wingate 77-68

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (3-3, 1-2 South Atlantic Conference) became just the second team to knock down better than 45 percent of its shots against the SAC’s top scoring defense in a 77-68 win over Wingate (4-2, 2-2 SAC) Saturday at Holt Fieldhouse.

November 27, 2021

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November 23, 2021

Brenegan beats the buzzer to tank Trojans

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (2-3) freshman guard Nick Brenegan (Greenville, S.C.) canned a three with 0.3 seconds left to boost the Eagles over Trevecca Nazarene (3-2) Tuesday night at Holt Fieldhouse.

November 23, 2021

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November 20, 2021

Smith stuns C-N with buzzer-beater, keeps No. 16/7 Queens unbeaten

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Jamari Smith nailed a kick-out three off an offensive rebound to beat the buzzer and give No. 16/7 Queens (4-0, 2-0 SAC) an 83-81 win over Carson-Newman (1-3, 0-2 South Atlantic Conference) Saturday afternoon in Holt Fieldhouse.

November 20, 2021

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November 17, 2021

Carson-Newman falters in foul-fest at Tusculum

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – In a physical contest pock-marked by a combined 48-fouls, Tusculum (1-2, 1-0 South Atlantic Conference) outrebounded C-N by eight en route to taking a 73-69 decision from the Eagles Wednesday night at Pioneer Arena.

November 17, 2021

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November 08, 2021

Carson-Newman Basketball Position Previews: The Backcourt

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – This is the first part in a two-part series breaking down the Carson-Newman men’s basketball program’s positions for 2021-22. This feature chronicles the Eagles’ guards with assistance from sophomore Nick Brenegan.

November 08, 2021

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Lees-McRae vs. Carson-Newman

11/13/2021 7:00 PM EST

Wingate vs. Carson-Newman

11/27/2021 4:00 PM EST

Wingate vs. Carson-Newman

11/27/2021 4:00 PM EST

Luke Brenegan

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