The Prairie View A&M Panthers play their first game in the Houston area this season as they will battle Rice for the first time since 2006 tonight at 7 p.m. inside Tudor Fieldhouse.  The Panthers are coming off a two-game BIG 12 swing in which they fell to Oklahoma State and TCU.

HAPPY TO BE HOME (SOMEWHAT)
The Prairie View A&M Panthers play their first game in the Houston area this season as they will battle Rice for the first time since 2006 on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. inside Tudor Fieldhouse. Unlike previous seasons, the Panthers will play the majority of their non-conference games inside the state of Texas with a total of eight.

HONOR A FALLEN PANTHER
Head coach Byron Rimm II and the Prairie View A&M family lost a former Panther recently
in former student-athlete Mayol Riathin. Riathin, who played for the Panthers from 2011-2013, died recently in a car accident which took place in the state of Wyoming. Riathin wore No. 33 during his tenure at PVAMU and the number will not be worn this season as it was originally assigned to Nolan Wilson.

ALL-TIME SERIES
This marks the seventh meeting all-time between Rice and Prairie View A&M and the first since 2006. Rice holds a 6-0 mark in the all-time series. Wednesday's game marks the first time PVAMU will play inside the renovated Tudor Fieldhouse which was formerly known as Autry Court.

ABOUT THE PANTHERS
Prairie View A&M returns four starters from last year's team which advanced to the finals of the SWAC Basketball Tournament for the second consecutive season. The Panthers also return a total of six letterwinners but lose a total of seven lettermen. Senior guard Montrael Scott received first team preseason honors as the Prairie View A&M men's basketball team was picked to finish sixth in the annual SWAC Men's Basketball Preseason poll.
Senior Tre Hagood is the SWAC's leading rebounder with 9.5 boards per game while Scott averages 13.5 points.