2014 CONTINENTAL TIRE LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL
The Prairie View A&M Panthers close out the 2014 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational against Brown University on Friday at Orleans Arena at 1:30 p.m. CST.  The four-game invitational began with the Panthers traveling to Baylor on Friday and Memphis on Monday before closing out the invitational in Las Vegas on Thursday and Friday against Stephen F. Austin (11/27) and Brown.  

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
Despite being located across the country, Friday's game marks the second meeting between both teams and the first since 1992.  Brown holds a 1-0 mark in the all-time series as the Bears defeated the Panthers 73-70 in Prairie View, Texas during the 1992-93 campaign.

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. 

Junior Karim York ranks third in the SWAC with six boards and fourth on the team in scoring with 9.8 points per game while Scott averages 15 points.  Senior guard Tre Hagood averages 10.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists.  Senior guard John Brisco has come on strong lately as he ranks second in scoring with 12.2 points.  However, Scott has not played in the past three contests while York missed the game at Memphis as both were ill.