Tuesday evening will mark the home opener for the Prairie View A&M University men's basketball team as they face Jarvis Christian for a 6 p.m. tip at the William J. Nicks Babydome.
 
The Bulldogs are coming to Prairie View holding a 2-0 record on the season, riding off a narrow 89-82 win over Arlington Baptist College.  PVAMU on the other hand will be looking to bounce back from a 10-point  (69-59) loss to Texas San Antonio on Saturday.
 
"Jarvis is a team that shoots a lot of three point shots," said head coach Byron Smith.  "They are a fast past up temple team.  They are a run and gun basketball team with a lot of good athletes and we will have our work cut out for us.  We are going to have to be really good at half-court defense more importantly transition defense."   
 
"We are expecting the ball to go up a lot tomorrow night and we are expecting to get a lot of rebounds.  We just need to come out and play the way we need to play.  We want to put on a good show for the home fans."
 
PV is being led by UNLV transfer Daquan Cook, who is averaging 13.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists. The senior had a season-high 17 points in last Monday's win at Fresno State. Junior L.J. Westbrook a transfer from Casper College has joined Cook in double-figure scoring in all four games, and is averaging 12.8 points and 4.5 rebounds, shooting fewer than 49 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from the free throw line. He scored a season-high 14 points to go along with seven rebounds in the win over Fresno State.
 
Senior guard Ja'Donta Blakley is scoring 6.0 points per game and is averaging 3.3 assists per game. He had 11 points and a season-high eight assists in last Monday's win at Fresno State, and corralled a season-high seven rebounds this past Saturday at UTSA.  Senior forward Zachary Hamilton is averaging 10.0 points and two rebounds in his first three games this season.  He earned the start this past Saturday at Texas San Antonio, scoring 10 points with four rebounds and two assists. Hamilton has posted three straight double digit scoring games (10 pts at Fresno St., season-high 12 at Saint Mary's, 10 at UTSA).
 
Fans can follow the action online via Live Stats or can listen and watch live at pvpanthers.com (OBN/Panther Vision Network).
 
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