REGULAR SEASON FINALE ON TAP AS PANTHERS NEED TO WIN
Prairie View A&M closes out the 2015-16 regular season Saturday evening at 5 p.m. at Southern University in a pivotal contest that will determine its seeding for next week's SWAC Tournament in Houston. The Panthers are coming off a disappointing loss at Alcorn State on Thursday which turned out to be a big loss as the team could've locked up sixth place. As a result, the Panthers are tied for sixth and do not control their fate.
 
SWAC TOURNAMENT SEEDING TO BECOME A FACTOR
With the second half of SWAC play ending this evening, seeding for next week's SWAC Tournament is still up in the air for the Panthers as they are tied for sixth place with Mississippi Valley State. If PVAMU defeats Southern and MVSU falls to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, the Panthers will clinch the No. 6 seed and have four days off until their first game. If PVAMU loses and MVSU wins, MVSU will clinch the No. 6 seed and the Panthers  will claim the No. 7 seed due to point differential over Alabama A&M and open on Tuesday afternoon. If PVAMU and MVSU both lose and Alabama A&M wins, a three-way tie will occur with MVSU claiming the No. 6 seed and the Panthers at No. 7. If both PVAMU and MVSU wins, MVSU will claim the No. 6 seed based on point differential.

ABOUT THE PANTHERS
Jayrn Johnson leads the Panthers in scoring with 12.2 points and is also the steals leader with 1.8 per game.  He also leads PVAMU in three-point percentage with a 36.2 average and is playing the best basketball of his career at this point as he scored 35 points on Monday and is averaging 20.5 points over the past 10 games and shooting nearly 50 percent from the field. Junior Admassu Williams ranks second on the team in scoring with 10.8 points and leads the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. Williams ranks 21st in the SWAC in scoring, 10th in rebounding, fifth in field goal percentage (49.4%) and 13th in blocked shots with 0.6 per game. Junior guard Tevin Bellinger ranks third in scoring with 10.1 points per game and leads the team in free throw percentage with an 85.1 percent clip. 

THE SERIES
Southern has won nine of the past 11 games over the Panthers dating back to 2012. PVAMU's lone wins over SU during that span occurred during the 2014 SWAC Tournament and during the first half of league play in 2016. Southern head coach Roman Banks is 9-2 against PVAMU as the Panthers have not won in Baton Rouge since March 4, 2010.