2018-19 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M MEN'S BASKETBALL PANTHERS (12-12, 10-1) vs. Grambling State (13-12, 7-5) Monday, Feb. 18| 7:30 p.m. | Grambling, LA PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 2018-19 Results OPENING TIP • PVAMU is currently ranked #1 in the SWAC. (10-11, 9-1 SWAC) • Grambling is the defending regular season champion. • 39$08ZRQWKHÀUVWUHJXDUVHDVRQPDWFKXSDQDUHLQWKH%\URQ6PLWKHUDYV*UDPQOLQJ6WDWH : NOVEMBER (1-6) 60-56 2/13/16; W 94-82 1/16/17; L 58-61 at GSU 2/13/17; L 77-81 SWAC 1st round 3/7/17; L 71-80 at GSU 1/13/18; L 85-90 2/10/18; W 83-66 1/21/19 ) 9 Santa Clara (the w.tv) W, 81-64 12 Baylor (Fox SW Alternate) L, 80-91 ABOUT THE TIGERS 14 UTRGV (WAC Digital) L, 57-70 • Donte' Jackson is in his second season as Grambing St head coach. • Grambling State State Tigers are currently ranked T-4th in the SWAC. 17 Lamar (ESPN3.com L, 67-74 • Grambling St. leads the SWAC with a 44.5% FG, 39.6% 3PT-FG and in Defensive Rebounds with 28.9 AVG/G. 19 UNC Greensboro (ESPN+) L, 66-74 • Dallas POLK-HILLIARD leads the team with points with a 12.7 AVG, he alo averages 1.4 3-PT Goals Per Game. 21 East Carolina (ESPN3.com) L, 64-76 NOTABLES FROM LAST GAME 23 Georgia Tech (ACC Extra) L, 54-65 • The Panthers starters scored 63 and the bench scored 27 points. • Darius Williams led the Panthers with 28 points and shot 88% from 3 point range. Dennis Jones led the team with 7 assists and 5 steals he also scored 17 points. Gary Blackston led the team with 9 rebounds. DECEMBER (0-5) 1 Murray St. (ESPN+) L, 67-83 DOUBLE-DOUBLES THE HARD WAY • 5HLJQLQJ6:$&3OD\HURIWKH:HHNIRRWVHQLRUJXDUG*DU\%ODFNVWRQKDVÀYHGRXEOHGRXEOHVLQ6:$&SOD\ 4 Louisiana Tech (C-USA) L, 68-82 six this season and seven in his career, all in points and rebounds. He is second in the league in scoring (16.2 11 La. Lafayette (ESPN+) L, 90-122 ppg) and third in rebounds (8.0 rpg). His double-doubles this season: 26 pts, 11 reb at Louisiana 12/11; 16-11 20 Seattle (WAC Digital) L, 64-102 at Southern 1/5; 14 w/career-high 13 reb vs. Texas Southern 1/12; 10-10 vs. Jackson St. 1/19; 14-11 at Miss. Valley St. 1/26; 29-11 at UAPB. 29 Winthrop (ESPN+) L, 62-76 • 'HYRQWH3DWWHUVRQHDUQHGKLVÀUVWGRXEOHGRXEOHLQFRQIHUHQFHSOD\ZLWKSRLQWVDQGUHERXQGV • Dennis Jones also had a double-double with 13 points and a season high of 10 assists. JANUARY (8-0) 2 HUSTON-TILLOTSON^ W, 81-65 STRONG START TO 2019 5 Southern* W, 82-73 • ,QWKHÀUVWIRXUJDPHVLQFDOHQGDU\HDUWKH3DQWKHUVWUDLOHGIRURQO\VHFRQGVDV7H[DV6RXWKHUQWRRN DQOHDGDWWKHPDUNRIWKHÀUVWKDOI$WKUHHSRLQWHUE\*HUDUG$QGUXVDWWKHPDUNSXW39$08 7 Alcorn* W, 57-54 ahead to stay. The Panthers led wire-to-wire in wins over Huston-Tillotson, Southern, and Alcorn and lead for 12 TEXAS SOUTHERN*^ W, 79-73 RIPLQXWHVLQWKHÀUVWIRXUJDPHVZLWKWLHGSOD\ 19 JACKSON ST.*^ W, 55-51 • In defeating Jackson St., the Panthers actually trailed for more than 32 minutes, leading for only 3:24, all in the ÀQDOIRXUPLQXWHVRIWKHJDPHLQWKHFRPHIURPEHKLQGZLQ 21 GRAMBLING ST. *^ W, 83-66 • ,QODVW0RQGD\ VZLQRYHU*UDPEOLQJ39$08WUDLOHGLQWKHÀUVWVHFRQGVRIWKHJDPHEHIRUHWDNLQJD 26 Miss. Valley St.* W, 89-78 OHDGDQGPDLQWDLQLQJLWRYHUWKHÀQDORIWKHFRQWHVW 28 Arkansas-Pine Bluff* W, 79-63 • Including this past Monday's win at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, the Panthers have four wire-to-wire wins in 2019. TOUGH OPENING SLATE FEBRUARY (3-1) • All 13 of PVAMU's non-conference opponents had a .500 record of better to end December (Santa Clara 8-6, 2 ALABAMA A&M*^ W, 81 -65 Baylor 8-4, UTRGV 8-7, Lamar 7-6, UNC Greensboro 13-2, East Carolina 7-5, Georgia Tech 7-5, Murray St. 9-2, 4 ALABAMA ST.*^ W, 69-67 La. Tech 11-3, Louisiana 9-4, Seattle 12-3, Winthrop 8-4, Huston-Tillotson 6-3). The combined record of those 9 Texas Southern* L, 90 -95 opponents at the end of 2018 including Huston-Tillotson was 113-54 (.677). 16 Jackson St.* W, 79-66 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PROBABLE STARTERS 18 Grambling St.* 7:30 p.m. No. Name Pos. Cl. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notable 23 MISS. VALLEY ST.*^ 5 p.m. 3 Gary Blackston G Sr. 16.2 8.0 1.6 2nd/SWAC in ppg, 3rd in reb; 6 Dbl-Dbls, 5 in SWAC 11 Dennis Jones G R-Sr. 6.4 1.8 3.7 Started last 9; SWAC avg 10.1 pts/5.3 ast/2.1 stl 25 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF*^ 7:30 p.m. 13 Iwin Ellis F Sr. 4.1 3.4 0.3 10 pts vs. Sou.; Started every game this season 15 Gerard Andrus G Jr. 10.3 5.4 0.9 SH 24 pts vs. TSU; Avg. 11.6 pts, 4.9 reb in SWAC MARCH (0-0) 23 Devonte Patterson F Jr. 11.8 4.2 1.2 12 double-digit scoring games 2 Alabama A&M* 6 p.m. RESERVES 4 Alabama St.* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 0 Chancellor Ellis G Jr. 4.4 0.7 0.4 Season-high 13 pts at Southern; t-2nd/team w/25 3s 1 Taishaun Johnson G Sr. 7.8 2.6 2.4 Season-high 28 at Louisiana; 6 10+ games 7 SOUTHERN*^ 7:30 p.m. 2 Darius Williams G Jr. 8.8 2.4 0.8 Season-high 20 pts at La. Tech, at Alcorn; 9 10 + games 9 ALCORN*^ 5 p.m. 4 Antoine Lister G Jr. 3.2 1.0 0.1 Season-high 16 at Seattle; 4 10+ games 12 SWAC Tournament TBA 10 Tyler Singleton G R-Jr. 0.9 0.8 0.3 Season-high 7 pts at ECU; played in 16 of 20 gms (OLMDK+ROLÀHOG * 5-U Made season debut at Seattle 15-16 SWAC Tournament TBA 14 Leon Sneed G Jr. 1.2 0.6 1.1 Season high 7 pts, 4 ast at La. Tech 21 Faite Williams G Fr. 0.1 0.4 0.0 Only freshman on roster; played 16 of 20 gms 22 Tristen Wallace F R-So. 0.0 0.0 0.0 2nd team All-SWAC WR; joined team 12/29 Home Games In Bold * SWAC Games 30 Juan Hood G So. 0.9 0.3 0.3 17-18 stats; Played in 27 games as freshman ^ Video at pvpanthers.com All Times Central SWAC Regular Season Champs ‘50, ‘60, ‘61, ‘62, ‘03 SWAC Tourney Champs '98 NCAA Tourney' 98 NAIA National Champs '62 2018-19 Prairie View A&M Men's Basketball Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION 2018-19 Roster Founded / Location ............................1876 / Prairie View, Texas # Name POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL Enrollment / Nickname ..9,125 (School Record - Fall 2017) / Panthers 0 Chancellor Ellis G 6-4 196 JR Queens, N.Y./New Mexico St. Colors ............................ Purple (PMS 268) and Gold (PMS 123) 1 Taishaun Johnson G 6-0 176 SR Indianapolis, Ind./Kent St. $IÀOLDWLRQ ...NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision) 2 Darius Williams G 6-0 176 JR Augusta, Ga./Paris CC Conference ........................... Southwestern Athletic Conference 3 Gary Blackston G 6-2 185 SR Baltimore, MD/Angelina CC President .......................................................Dr. Ruth Simmons 4 Antione Lister G 6-3 165 JR Brenham, Texas/Blinn JC Vice President / Athletic Director ..................... Fred Washington 10 Tyler Singleton G 6-2 185 R-SO Dallas, Texas/Incarnate Word Alma Mater ....................Prairie View A&M, 1992, 1998, 2017 11 Dennis Jones G 6-1 170 R-SR Ft. Worth, Texas/Pratt JC Assistant Vice President / Operations / SWA ............. Alicia Pete (OLMDK+ROLÀHOG * 5-5 $WODQWD*D6W-RKQ V Alma Mater .......................................Prairie View A&M, 1991 13 Iwin Ellis F 6-7 205 SR Ft. Worth, Texas/Southwestern Christian Col. Assistant Vice President, Business Operations ..... Anitra Addison 14 Leon Sneed G 6-2 175 JR Desoto, Texas/San Jacinto JC Alma Mater .......................................Prairie View A&M, 1998 15 Gerard Andrus G 6-5 192 JR Lafayette, La./Feather River CC Faculty Athletic Representative ....................... Dr. George Brown 2 1 F a i t e W i l l i a m s G 6 - 2 1 7 5 F R D i c k i n s o n , T e x a s / D i c k i n s o n H S Athletics Department Phone ..............................(936) 261-9100 22 Tristen Wallace F 6-3 235 R-SO Desoto, Texas/Trinity Valley CC 23 Devonte Patterson F 6-7 205 JR Bridgeport, Texas/Ranger College COACHING STAFF 30 Juan Hood G 5-9 180 SO Magnolia, Texas/ Provision Academy Head Coach ............................................................Byron Smith Alma Mater ....................................................Houston, 1991 Year at PVAMU (Record) .....................................3rd full (29-44) 2018-19 Schedule Overall Record (Years) ....................................... 3rd full (29-44) Date Opponent Location Time Fri. Nov. 9 Santa Clara Santa Clara, Ca. W, 81-64 ASSISTANT COACHES Mon. Nov. 12 Baylor Waco, Texas L, 80-91 Landon Bussie ................................................Xavier (La.), 2010 Wed. Nov. 14 Texas-Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas L, 57-70 Jared Lyons......................................................... Houston, 2008 Sat. Nov. 17 Lamar Beaumont, Texas L, 67-74 Wendell Moore ......................................Georgia Southern, 1993 Mon. Nov. 19 UNC Greensboro Greensboro, N.C. L, 66-74 Ja'Donta Blakley (GA) .................................... Prairie View, 2017 Wed. Nov. 21 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. L, 64-76 Fri. Nov. 23 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. L, 54-65 2017-18 INFORMATION Sat. Dec. 1 Murray St. Murray, Ky. L, 67-83 Overall Record ..................................................................16-18 Tues. Dec. 4 Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. L, 68-82 SWAC Record (Finish) .............................................12-6 (t-2nd) Tues.