PANTHERS CLOSE OUT NON-CONFERENCE PLAY IN STYLE
The Prairie View A&M Panthers will close out non-conference play 3,800 miles away from home versus the University of Hawai'i on Tuesday night in Honolulu.  The Panthers are looking to close out non-conference play on a strong note as they're coming off a big win over North Texas last week in Denton, Texas.  Even though PVAMU is 2-10, they've played a very tough schedule which consisted of trips to places such as Baylor, Memphis, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech.  Despite their early setbacks, the Panthers have been very competitive but have struggled down the stretch with the majority of their games decided midway in the second half.

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
Hawai'i' leads the all-time series 2-0 with meetings in 2008 and 1999.  This marks the second time head coach Byron Rimm II face the Rainbow Warriors.

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.  Scott, who returned to the lineup four weeks ago after missing four games due to an illness, leads the team in scoring with 13.9 points per game.  Senior guard John Brisco ranks second in scoring with 12.3 points per game while fellow senior guard Tre Hagood has upped his scoring output to 9.9 points per game and a team-high 5.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists.  Junior post Karim York is the team's second-leading rebounder with five per game along with chipping in 9.3 points.

LAST TIME THEY MET
Hawai'i' 78
Prairie View A&M 70
Dec. 2, 2008
Honolulu, HI
Roderick Flemings scored 22 points Monday night to lead Hawaii to a 78-70 win over Prairie View A&M.
With the game tied at 62 with four minutes remaining, the Rainbow Warriors (3-2) scored six straight points to take the lead for good. Bill Amis scored four of his 16 points during Hawaii's late run. Lasha Parghalava added 11 points.
Derek Johnson scored 18 points, Christopher Jones had 14 and Darnell Hugee added 10 for the Panthers (3-5).
Hawaii rallied from a 37-29 halftime deficit and tied it 43-43 on Kareem Nitoto's free throw with 13:54 remaining. The game was tied five more times until Flemings made two free throws with 3:44 left to give Hawaii a 64-62 lead.

THE LAST TIME
Tuesday's game marks the first contest versus Hawai'i since 2008 for Prairie View A&M and the third meeting in school history since 1999.  Head coach Byron Rimm II was at the helm during the 2008 meeting.

RIMM vs. BIG WEST
Tuesday's contest at Hawai'i' marks the third meeting in PVAMU history against a team from the Big West conference.
PVAMU has only played Hawai'i' and holds an 0-2 mark in the all-time series.

HAWAI'I vs. THE SWAC
Prairie View A&M is the third opponent from the SWAC Hawai'i will play this season as they played Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 14 and Southern on Monday night.
All-time, Hawai'i is 17-0 against the league as they've played every school except Alabama A&M and Jackson  State.

ROAD WARRIORS
In non-conference play, the Panthers have lived out their suitcases this fall as 12 of their 13 contests are away from campus.  Prairie View A&M will travel to a total of four states (Hawai'i', Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee) and play in three different time zones (Central, Hawaii-Aleutian, Pacific). 
The team's lone non-conference home game took place on Dec. 3 versus Schreiner.

DEFEND THE 3
The Panthers rank first in the SWAC in three-point field defense as their holding teams to a 29.1 shooting percentage.