PANTHERS LOOKING FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN SECOND TIME THIS SEASON
Prairie View A&M closes out its road trip with a trip to Grambling, La. to face the Tigers of Grambling State on Monday night in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.  The Panthers are in sole possession of fourth place and are looking to win their third consecutive game for the second time this season.  With SWAC Tournament seeding beginning to become a factor, every game matters as the Panthers are only a game ahead of fifth place and two games from eighth place. Grambling State has yet to win a SWAC game this season but are a dangerous opponent as the Panthers fell to them last season in Prairie View and had to climb back from a 14-point, second-half deficit in Grambling.  In the team's match-up in January, the Panthers claimed a 14-point (74-60) win in Prairie View.

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.

THE SERIES
PVAMU has won 13 of the past 15 games versus Grambling State since 2008.  Since 1980, Grambling State has held the upper hand over the Panthers as they hold a 47-27 record.  PVAMU's Byron Rimm II is 13-4 lifetime versus Grambling State as this marks his second meeting against new GSU head coach Shawn Walker. 

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 surpassed the 1,000-point plateau in his career on Jan. 24, is PVAMU's top scorer and ranks third in the SWAC with 15.8 points per game.  Senior guard John Brisco ranks 17th in the SWAC and second on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game while senior guard Tre Hagood follows with 10 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists.  Junior post Karim York is the team's leading rebounder with 5.3 per game along with chipping in 9.6 points.

LAST TIME THEY MET
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 74
GRAMBLING STATE 60
Prairie View, Texas
Jan. 19, 2015
Montrael Scott and Reggis Onwukamuche combined to score 31 points as Prairie View A&M out-shot Grambling State for a 74-60 victory Monday night.
Both teams shot 46 percent for the game, but the Panthers (4-14, 2-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) launched 18 more attempts while taking advantage of 23 Grambling State turnovers which led directly to 28 points.
Prairie View, which led by as many as 17, built a 15-point lead by halftime and maintained it through the final 20 minutes.
Scott finished with 16 points, knocking down 8 of 17 shots from the floor but going 0 for 6 from distance. Onwukamuche finished with 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Isiah Patterson was 5 of 6 from beyond the arc and finished with 17 points to lead the Tigers (2-14, 0-6), but was the only shooter to reach double figure scoring.

THE LAST TIME
PVAMU has won 13 of the past 15 games versus Grambling State since 2008.  Since 1980, Grambling State has held the upper hand over the Panthers as they hold a 47-27 record.  

RIMM vs. GSU
PVAMU's Byron Rimm II is 13-4 lifetime versus Grambling State as this marks his second meeting against new GSU head coach Shawn Walker. 

ROAD WARRIORS
In non-conference play, the Panthers have lived out their suitcases this fall as 12 of their 13 contests were away from campus.  Prairie View A&M traveled to a total of four states (Hawai'i', Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee) and played 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 lead the SWAC in three-point field goal defense as their holding teams to 29.5 percent shooting.

THREES PLEASE
The three-point shot has been critical to the team's offense this season as PVAMU ranks second in the SWAC with a 32.1 percent average.
Senior guard John Brisco leads PVAMU and ranks third in the SWAC with a 41 percent (32-of-78) average.