The Prairie View A&M men's basketball team opens postseason play on Tuesday night against Mississippi Valley State at 8 p.m. in the Toyota Center in Downtown Houston.  The Panthers enter the tournament as the No. 8 seed and has a tough road ahead with four games needed to capture a NCAA Tournament bid.   Tickets are available through the PV Marketplace.

Tuesday's game marks the second time since 2009 that both teams will meet in postseason play as the Panthers claimed a 65-60 win in Birmingham, Ala.  Mississippi Valley State swept both games this season and has won four of the last five.

Prairie View A&M advanced to the finals of the SWAC Tournament for the first time since 1998 last season and has advanced past the first round only three times (2003, 2009, 2013) since 1998 with head coach Byron Rimm II at the helm in 2009 and 2013.  Tuesday's game marks the first time ever all 10 SWAC men's teams will participate and the earliest tourney start since 2003 when the first round featured home match-ups for the top four seeds on Tuesday nights.

The contest will be streamed live on KPVU 91.3 and the OpenMic Broadcast Network.