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1 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M MEN'S BASKETBALL PRAIRIE VIEW A&M Results (1-7, 0-0 SWAC) NOVEMBER (1-6) 9 Santa Clara (the w.tv) W, Baylor (Fox SW Alternate) L, UTRGV (WAC Digital) L, Lamar (ESPN3.com L, UNC Greensboro (ESPN+) L, East Carolina (ESPN3.com) L, Georgia Tech (ACC Extra) L, DECEMBER (0-1) 1 Murray St. (ESPN+) L, Louisiana Tech (C-USA) 6:30 p.m. 11 La. Lafayette (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 20 Seattle (WAC Digital) 9 p.m. 29 Winthrop (ESPN+) 11 a.m. JANUARY (0-0) 2 HUSTON-TILLOTSON^ TBA 5 Southern* 5:30 p.m. 7 Alcorn* 7:30 p.m. 12 TEXAS SOUTHERN*^ 5 p.m. 19 JACKSON ST.*^ 5 p.m. 21 GRAMBLING ST. *^ 6 p.m. 26 Miss. Valley St.* 4 p.m. 28 Arkansas-Pine Bluff* 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY (0-0) 2 ALABAMA A&M*^ 5 p.m. 4 ALABAMA ST.*^ 7:30 p.m. 9 Texas Southern* 7:30 p.m. 16 Jackson St.* 5 p.m. 18 Grambling St.* 7:30 p.m. 23 MISS. VALLEY ST.*^ 5 p.m. 25 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF*^ 7:30 p.m. MARCH (0-0) 2 Alabama A&M* 6 p.m. 4 Alabama St.* (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 7 SOUTHERN*^ 7:30 p.m. 9 ALCORN ST.*^ 5 p.m. 12 SWAC Tournament TBA SWAC Tournament TBA PANTHERS (1-7) at La. Tech Bulldogs (5-3) Tuesday, Dec. 4 6:30 p.m. Ruston, La. OPENING TIP The Prairie View A&M Panthers will close a two-game trip at Louisiana Tech in a Tuesday night tilt. PVAMU opened the season with seven games in 15 days and return to action after a week off. This will be the Panthers' second game since the day after Thanksgiving at Georgia Tech on Nov. 23. This is game nine of 12 straight road non-conference games in November and December. ABOUT THE BULLDOGS Louisiana Tech (5-3) opened the season with wins over Wichita St. (71-58), Sam Houston (76-69), and Harding (89-58) before losing at LSU (74-67). After a win over Tougaloo (87-68), the Bulldogs lost games against UNC Greensboro (80-73) and Delaware (75-71) before defeating Houston Baptist Saturday (85-78). Anthony Duruji leads four players in double figures at 12.4 ppg, followed by Exavian Christon (12.0), Amorie Archibald (11.4) and Oliver Powell (10.4). BLACKSTON EARNS PRESEASON ALL-SWAC HONORS; PANTHERS PICKED FOURTH IN SWAC Gary Blackston, who earned second-team All-SWAC honors last season, is a preseason All-SWAC selection. Blackston (6-2, 185; Sr., Baltimore, Md.) led the SWAC in scoring at 19.2 points per game. He was also fifth in assists (3.5/gm), fifth in steals (1.5/gm), ninth in FG% (43.9%), t-13th in rebounds (5.3/gm), and t-14th in FT% (71.9%). He scored a career-high 32 points in a Jan. 29 win at Alabama A&M, along with eight rebounds, five assists and two steals. Blackston tied the career-mark with 32 along with eight rebounds in the SWAC Tournament vs. Texas Southern. Blackston had 17 games of 20+ points, and scored in double figures in 29 of 33 games last season. The Panthers were picked fourth (132) behind SWAC regular season champion Grambling St. (173), SWAC tournament champion Texas Southern (151), and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (143). CLOSE, BUT... In five of the first seven games this season, the Panthers either had the lead (as they did at Santa Clara), or have been within three possessions of the lead with five minutes remaining in the game. In the last four games heading into the final five minutes, PVAMU has trailed by three at Lamar (61-58), one at UNC Greensboro (63-62), nine at East Carolina (65-56), and two at Georgia Tech (50-48). Of those last four games, the Panthers led for at least 10 minutes in three of them, including leading for 34+ minutes at UNC Greensboro (34:07), and for nearly 27 minutes at Georgia Tech (26:54). TOUGH OPENING SLATE La. Tech is the eighth of nine opponents this season who have a.500 record of better. Of those eight teams, three of them have two losses or less (UNC Greensboro 7-2, Georgia Tech 4-2, Murray St. 4-1.) The combined record of the Panthers opponents is (.611) NOTABLE NUMBERS Winning Panthers: In the last 14 games of the season, the Panthers went 11-3, averaging 80.4 points per game, including scoring a SWAC-high 96 points against Texas Southern, and scored at least 80 points six times. The Panthers had back-to-back 20 assist games (23 vs. Jarvis Christian, 20 vs. Alcorn), the first back-to-back 20 assists games since Nov. 22 and 25, 2016 (20 each vs. Jarvis Christian and Lamar). PVAMU has posted five 20+ assist games last season (season-high 24 vs. TSU 2/3, 20 vs. Alabama A&M 2/26, 23 vs. Alcorn 3/6). PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PROBABLE STARTERS No. Name Pos. Cl. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notable 1 Taishaun Johnson G Sr Season-high 14 at Santa Clara; Kent St. transfer 3 Gary Blackston G Sr nd/SWAC in scoring; 10+ scoring 7 times in ' Iwin Ellis F Sr Season high 9 pts/6 reb at ECU 15 Gerard Andrus G Jr scoring gms to begin season 23 Devonte Patterson F Jr straight double-digit scoring games RESERVES 0 Chancellor Ellis G Jr Season-high 12 pts at Baylor; New Mexico St. transfer 2 Darius Williams G Jr Season-high 16 pts at Baylor; Paris JC Transfer 4 Antoine Lister G Jr Season-high 12 minutes at Santa Clara; Blinn JC transfer 5 Kevonte Corley F Jr Limited action in 3 gms; Motlow St. transfer 10 Tyler Singleton G R-Jr Season-high 7 pts at ECU; Incarnate Word transfer 11 Dennis Jones G R-Sr career triple doubles; led SWAC in ast in Elijah Holifield G R-Jr Transfer from St. John's; '16-'17 avgs. 14 Leon Sneed G Jr Has played in every game; San Jacinto CC transfer 21 Faite Williams G Fr Only freshman on roster; avg ppg as HS senior Home Games In Bold * SWAC Games ^ 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

2 Prairie View A&M Men's Basketball Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Roster Founded / Location / Prairie View, Texas Enrollment / Nickname...9,125 (School Record - Fall 2017) / Panthers Colors... Purple (PMS 268) and Gold (PMS 123) Affiliation... NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision) Conference... Southwestern Athletic Conference President...Dr. Ruth Simmons Vice President / Athletic Director... Fred Washington Alma Mater...Prairie View A&M, 1992, 1998, 2017 Assistant Vice President / Operations / SWA... Alicia Pete Alma Mater... Prairie View A&M, 1991 Assistant Vice President, Business Operations... Anitra Addison Alma Mater... Prairie View A&M, 1998 Faculty Athletic Representative... Dr. George Brown Athletics Department Phone... (936) COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Byron Smith Alma Mater... Houston, 1991 Year at PVAMU (Record)... 3rd full (29-44) Overall Record (Years)... 3rd full (29-44) ASSISTANT COACHES Landon Bussie...Xavier (La.), 2010 Jared Lyons... Houston, 2008 Wendell Moore...Georgia Southern, 1993 Ja'Donta Blakley (GA)... Prairie View, INFORMATION Overall Record SWAC Record (Finish) (t-2nd) SWAC Tournament... Semifinals ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant AD/Communications & Marketing...Duane Lewis ... dclewis@pvamu.edu Office Phone... (936) Cell... (832) Website KEY RETURNERS G Gary Blackston pts, 5.3 reb, 3.5 ast G Dennis Jones pts, 2.0 reb, 5.2 ast KEY LOSSES F Zachary Hamilton pts, 4.3 reb, pt FG%, 78.8 FT% F J.D. Wallace pts, 8.5 reb, 68.8 FG% # Name POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Chancellor Ellis G JR Queens, N.Y./New Mexico St. 1 Taishaun Johnson G SR Indianapolis, Ind./Kent St. 2 Darius Williams G JR Augusta, Ga./Paris CC 3 Gary Blackston G SR Baltimore, MD/ Angelina CC 4 Antione Lister G JR Brenham, Texas/Blinn JC 5 Kevonte Corley F JR Nashville, Texas/Motlow St. College 10 Tyler Singleton G R-SO Dallas, Texas/Incarnate Word 11 Dennis Jones G R-SR Ft. Worth, Texas/Pratt JC 12 Elijah Holifield G R-JR Atlanta, Ga./St. John's 13 Iwin Ellis F SR Ft. Worth, Texas/Southwestern Christian Col. 14 Leon Sneed G JR Desoto, Texas/San Jacinto JC 15 Gerard Andrus G JR Lafayette, La./Feather River CC 21 Faite Williams G FR Dickinson, Texas / Dickinson HS 23 Devonte Patterson F JR Bridgeport, La./Ranger College 30 Juan Hood G SO Magnolia, Texas/ Provision Academy Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Fri. Nov. 9 Santa Clara Santa Clara, Ca. W, Mon. Nov. 12 Baylor Waco, Texas L, Wed. Nov. 14 Texas-Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas L, Sat. Nov. 17 Lamar Beaumont, Texas L, Mon. Nov. 19 UNC Greensboro Greensboro, N.C. L, Wed. Nov. 21 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. L, Fri. Nov. 23 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. L, Sat. Dec. 1 Murray St. Murray, Ky. L, Tues. Dec. 4 Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 6:30 p.m Tues. Dec. 11 Louisiana Lafayette Lafayette, La. 7 p.m. Thur. Dec. 20 Seattle Seattle, Wash. 9 p.m. Sat. Dec. 29 Winthrop Rock Hill, S.C. 11 a.m. Wed. Jan. 2 Huston-Tillotson Prairie View, Texas TBA Sat. Jan. 5 Southern* Baton Rouge, La. 5:30 p.m. Mon. Jan. 7 Alcorn St.* Lorman, Miss. 7:30 p.m. Sat. Jan. 12 Texas Southern* Prairie View, Texas 5 p.m. Sat. Jan. 19 Jackson St.* Prairie View, Texas 5 p.m. Mon. Jan. 21 Grambling St.* Prairie View, Texas 6 p.m. Sat. Jan. 26 Miss. Valley St.* Itta Bena, Miss. 4:30 p.m. Mon. Jan. 28 Arkansas Pine-Bluff* Pine Bluff, Ark. 7:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 2 Alabama A&M* Prairie View, Texas 5 p.m. Mon. Feb. 4 Alabama St.* Prairie View, Texas 7:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 9 Texas Southern* Houston, Texas 7:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 16 Jackson St.* Jackson, Miss. 5 p.m. Mon. Feb. 19 Grambling St.* Grambling, La. 7:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 23 Miss. Valley St.* Prairie View, Texas 5 p.m. Mon. Feb. 25 Arkansas-Pine Bluff* Prairie View, Texas 7:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 2 Alabama A&M* Huntsville, Ala. 6 p.m. Mon. Mar. 4 Alabama St.* Montgomery, Ala. 8 p.m. Thur. Mar. 7 Southern* Prairie View, Texas 7:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 9 Alcorn St.* Prairie View, Texas 5 p.m. Mar SWAC Tournament TBA TBA * denotes SWAC games Home games in bold All Times Central

3 Byron Smith enters his third full season as head men's basketball coach at Prairie View A&M University. In , the Panthers won 16 games, the programs' highest win total this decade. Prairie View A&M won the middleweight bracket of the MGM Events Tournament with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Georgia State. The 12-6 mark in SWAC gave PVAMU a second-place finish as they advanced to the SWAC Tournament semifinals for the first time since The Panthers finished the season on a tear, winning 11 of their final 14 games. In , Smith led Prairie View A&M to a non-conference road win at defending Mountain West Champ Fresno State. The Panthers went to finished tied for third place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, with the 13 wins nearly doubling the total from the previous year. After serving the previous three seasons as an assistant coach, Smith served as interim head coach over the final 12 games of the 2016 season, guiding the Panthers to a 6-6 record. Elevated to the role of interim head coach in January of 2016, the Panthers quickly made the transition to Smith's style as they defeated conference rival and defending SWAC Champion Texas Southern for his first career win on Feb. 6. During the late season run in winning four of the final six regular season games, the Panthers won at Arkansas-Pine Bluff for the first time since 2005 and also won at Southern for the first time since Under Smith, senior guard Jayrn Johnson flourished as he averaged 20.5 points over the final 11 games of the season. Johnson finished as PVAMU's scoring leader and was the team's top three-point shooter in addition to being named SWAC Player of the Week on two occasions in the month of February. Under Smith, the William J. Nicks Building is again one of the toughest road venues in the SWAC. The Panthers are 23-6 at home in the Smith era. During the campaign, Smith played a pivotal role in helping senior center Reggis Onwukamuche ascend to the top of the SWAC amongst post players as Onwukamuche was named the SWAC's Defensive Player of the Year while also earning a spot on the All-SWAC Second Team. Onwukamuche finished the regular season with 57 blocked shots (1.7 per game), ranked 10th in the SWAC with 5.3 rebounds and second with 2.4 offensive rebounds per game. As a result of his play, Onwukamuche received an opportunity to play professionally as he Head Coach Byron Smith inked a contract with the Sheffield Sharks of the British Basketball League. In addition to Onwukamuche's play, junior post Karim York saw his role expand as he averaged a career-high 9.1 points per game along with 5.1 rebounds. York tripled his scoring average in and averaged nearly four times more rebounds than the previous season with the Panthers. In his first season at Prairie View A&M, Smith helped the Panthers make history as they advanced to the championship round of the 2014 SWAC Tournament for the second consecutive season. Smith primarily worked with the team's post players and helped forward Demondre Chapman achieve career highs in scoring in rebounding. Smith has experience in all levels of basketball across the globe. Prior to Prairie View A&M, Smith was an entrepreneur as he ran a business which consisted of him coaching high performance skills and fundamentals programs in the Houston area. Collegiately, Smith spent one season ( ) at Texas Southern and helped the Tigers advance to the championship round of the SWAC Tournament for the first time since Before coming to TSU, Smith served as an assistant coach at Texas A&M and helped lead the Aggies to consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in addition to securing a pair of nationally ranked recruiting classes. Smith also served as the head coach of the highly-successful Houston Swoosh AAU program for three seasons. Prior to that, he was the head coach of the Harlem Globetrotters in In , he served as an assistant coach at McClennan Community College in Waco, helping the team to the regional finals. In , he was the interim head coach at Texas Southern. Smith was the director of basketball operations at his alma mater, the University of Houston, under Clyde Drexler from Smith was a standout player at UH from , twice earning All-Southwest Conference honors under Coach Pat Foster. Prior to that, he was an all-conference player at Tyler Junior College in and played at Northwestern State in A native of Bossier City, La., Smith earned all-state honors as a senior at Airline High School after leading the state in scoring with a 30.6 average. After graduating from UH in 1991, Smith played professional basketball overseas for six seasons, including four years in Australia. He also played in Turkey and Greece. Smith has two children, Christopher and Kayla.

4 Season Stats Prairie View A&M Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 03, 2018) RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 03 Blackston,Gary Patterson,Devonte Andrus,Gerard Johnson,Taishaun Williams,Darius Ellis,Chancellor Jones,Dennis Ellis,Iwin Singleton,Tyler Sneed,Leon Lister,Antione Williams,Faite Corley,Kevonte Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS PV OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. 11/9/18 at Santa Clara W /12/18 at Baylor L /14/18 at UT Rio Grande Valley L /17/18 at Lamar University L /19/18 at UNC Greensboro L /21/18 at ECU L /23/18 at Georgia Tech L /01/18 at Murray St. L * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Prairie View A&M Opponents

5 PANTHER TRENDS Smith All SWAC Era PVAMU Record... at home on the road neutral PVAMU's Record In Games... decided by 5 pts or less decided by 10 pts or less decided by 11 pts or more away during the day away at night away at neutral site home during the day home at night PVAMU's Record When Scoring... Less than 60 points points points points points points PVAMU's When Allowing... Less than 60 points points points points points points PVAMU's Record When... Leading / tied at halftime Trailing at halftime Leading / tied with 10:00 left Trailing with 10:00 left Leading / tied with 5:00 left Trailing with 5:00 left PVAMU's Record When... Shooting 50% or higher Shooting less than 50% Better than opponent Worse than opponent Even Shooting % Outrebounding opponent Outrebounded by opponent Even in rebounding PVAMU's Record In... November December January February March PANTHER LEADERS Below is a number of times a player led PVAMU in selected categories this season. If two or more players tied for team lead, all were credited for that game. Player Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk #0 Chancellor Ellis #1 Taishaun Johnson #2 Darius Williams #3 Gary Blackston #4 Antoine Lister #5 Kevonte Corley #10 Tyler Singleton #11 Dennis Jones #12 Elijah Holifield #13 Iwin Ellis #14 Leon Sneed #15 Gerard Andrus #21 Faite Williams #23 Devonte Patterson #30 Juan Hood #31 Tristen Wallace PVAMU in SWAC Individual Rankings (through December 2, 2018) #0 Chancellor Ellis Rank Avg./Gm Made 3s/Gm t-10th 1.9 #1 Taishaun Johnson Rank Avg./Gm Free Throw % 13th 69.7 Assists 8th 2.9 Minutes 13th 29.8 #2 Darius Williams Rank Avg./Gm Made 3s/Game 14th 1.4 #3 Gary Blackston Rank Avg./Gm Points 2nd th 6.5 Field Goal % 7th 40.8 Free Throw % 10th 77.4 Made 3s/Gm 15th 1.3 Steals 3rd 1.8 Minutes 5th 31.4 #15 Gerard Andrus Rank Avg./Gm t-11th 5.6 Blocks t-12th 0.6 Steals t-8th 1.3 Minutes 8th 30.5 #23 Devonte Patterson Rank Avg./Gm Points 7th th 5.5 Field Goal % 5th 43.5 Free Throw % 8th 81.5 Steals 4th 1.7 Minutes 18th 28.6 TALE OF THE TAPE conf. ranks in () through Dec. 2, 2018 Panthers La. Tech Scoring (6) 77.4 (7) Scoring Def (2) 70.0 (9) (6) 38.9 (6) Rebs. Allowed (8) 30.4 (2) FG% % (5) 46.3 % (4) Opp. FG% % (4) 44.5% (10) 3-pt FG% % (6) 30.5% (10) Opp. 3-pt. FG% % (1) 34.3% (11) FT% % (2) 68.3% (8) Assists/GM (10) 14.3 (6) Steals/GM (2) 5.7 (10) Blocks/GM (9) 3.1 (9) Turnovers/GM (1) 16.0 (10) Men's Basketball Standings SWAC Overall W-L W-L Grambling St Texas Southern Alabama St Arkansas-Pine Bluff Alcorn St Miss. Valley St Southern PANTHERS Jackson St Alabama A&M PREVIOUS GAMES Thursday, Nov. 29 Texas Southern 81, Huston-Tillotson 76 UAB 67, Alabama A&M 57 Santa Clara 81, Jackson St. 70 Saturday, Dec. 1 Murray St 83, PANTHERS 67 Alcorn 103, Rust 66 Arizona St. 83, Texas Southern 71 Austin Peay 73, Alabama A&M 61 Cal Baptist 107, Miss. Valley St. 71 LSU 78, Grambling 57 Louisiana-Lafayette 88, Southern 78 UPCOMING GAMES Monday, Dec. 3 Texas Southern at Georgia Tuesday, Dec. 4 Panthers at La. Tech Centenary at Grambling Southeast Missouri St. at Miss. Valley St.

6 Stats Prairie View A&M Points--Assists (as of Dec 03, 2018) Opponent Date Score ELLIS,CHAN JOHNSON,TA WILLIAMS,D BLACKSTON, LISTER,ANT CORLEY,KEV SINGLETON, at Santa Clara 11/9/ W at Baylor 11/12/ L at UT Rio Grande Valley 11/14/ L DNP at Lamar University 11/17/ L DNP at UNC Greensboro 11/19/ L DNP DNP at ECU 11/21/ L DNP at Georgia Tech 11/23/ L DNP DNP at Murray St. 12/01/ L DNP Opponent Date Score JONES,DENN ELLIS,IWIN SNEED,LEON ANDRUS,GER WILLIAMS,F PATTERSON, at Santa Clara 11/9/ W DNP at Baylor 11/12/ L DNP at UT Rio Grande Valley 11/14/ L at Lamar University 11/17/ L at UNC Greensboro 11/19/ L DNP DNP at ECU 11/21/ L DNP at Georgia Tech 11/23/ L DNP at Murray St. 12/01/ L Prairie View A&M Game-by-Game Highs (as of Dec 03, 2018) Opponent Date Score Points Assists Steals Blocked shots at Santa Clara 11/9/ Blackston,Gary 8-Blackston,Gary 6-Johnson,Taishaun 4-Blackston,Gary None at Baylor 11/12/ Gary Blackston 9-Gerard Andrus 5-Dennis Jones 2-Leon Sneed 1-Kevonte Corley Gary Blackston at UT Rio Grande Valley 11/14/ Andrus,Gerard 11-Patterson,Devonte 3-Sneed,Leon 3-Jones,Dennis 1-Blackston,Gary Patterson,Devonte at Lamar University 11/17/ Patterson,Devonte 7-Andrus,Gerard 5-Johnson,Taishaun 2-Andrus,Gerard 2-Andrus,Gerard at UNC Greensboro 11/19/ Gary Blackston 6-Taishaun Johnson 4-Taishaun Johnson 4-Devonte Patterson 1-Gerard Andrus Devonte Patterson at ECU 11/21/ Devonte Patterson 7-Gary Blackston 3-Gary Blackston 4-Gary Blackston 1-Gerard Andrus Devonte Patterson Chancellor Ellis Iwin Ellis at Georgia Tech 11/23/ Gary Blackston 9-Gary Blackston 4-Gerard Andrus 2-Devonte Patterson None at Murray St. 12/01/ Devonte Patterson 8-Gary Blackston 2-Gary Blackston 1-Darius Williams 1-Gerard Andrus Dennis Jones Devonte Patterson Devonte Patterson Gary Blackston Iwin Ellis Prairie View A&M Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Dec 03, 2018) Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct Free Throws FT Pct Assist T/Over Block Steal Fouls Santa Clara 42/24 39/ / / / / / / /42 (11) 14/11 9/20 0/6 9/6 26/24 Baylor 36/47 44/ (11) 28-61/ / / / / / /32 (1) 14/17 13/16 1/11 8/4 22/20 UT Rio Grande Valley 28/38 29/ (13) 22-70/ / / / / / /46 (2) 8/10 16/18 2/7 11/6 29/18 Lamar University 27/33 40/ (7) 26-67/ / / / / / / /11 14/14 2/4 5/5 25/13 UNC Greensboro 41/35 25/ (8) 22-51/ / / / / / /37 (9) 8/12 15/14 1/4 8/6 21/18 ECU 31/31 33/ (12) 22-65/ / / / / / /52 (17) 7/21 11/19 4/6 10/8 21/17 Georgia Tech 27/26 27/ (11) 18-48/ / / / / / /31 (2) 8/14 15/11 0/4 5/4 19/17 Murray St. 36/38 31/ (16) 21-59/ / / / / / /43 (8) 7/17 10/10 3/7 3/5 25/22 Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

7 Game-By-Game Starters Opponent Guard Guard Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Forward 11/9 at Santa Clara Blackston Johnson Jones Andrus I. Ellis 11/12 at Baylor Blackston Johnson Williams Andrus I. Ellis 11/14 at UTRGV Blackston Johnson Patterson Andrus I. Ellis 11/17 at Lamar Blackston Johnson Patterson Andrus I. Ellis 11/19 at UNC-Greensboro Blackston Johnson Patterson Andrus I. Ellis 11/21 at East Carolina Blackston Johnson Patterson Andrus I. Ellis 11/23 at Georgia Tech Blackston Johnson Patterson Andrus I. Ellis 12/1 at Murray St. Blackston Johnson Patterson Andrus I. Ellis

8 Game Boxes Prairie View A&M vs Santa Clara 11/9/18 7:00 PM at Santa Clara, CA Prairie View A&M vs Baylor 11/12/18 7:00 pm at Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas) Prairie View A&M Johnson,Taishaun * Blackston,Gary * Jones,Dennis * Ellis,Iwin * Andrus,Gerard * Ellis,Chancellor Williams,Darius Lister,Antione Corley,Kevonte Singleton,Tyler Sneed,Leon Williams,Faite Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % Santa Clara nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 3,1 13 Vrankic,Josip f Martin,Josh f Ndoye,Fallou c Eaddy,Tahj g Feagin,KJ g Wertz,Trey Justice,Keshawn Richards,Zeke Caruso,Guglielmo Dorward,Max Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Ken Ditty, Larry Scirotto, Crystal Hogan Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-None. Santa Clara-None. Attendance: 1621 Prairie View A&M Santa Clara Game: % Game: % Game: % 8 PV SCU Prairie View A&M Iwin Ellis f Taishaun Johnson g Darius Williams g Gary Blackston g Gerard Andrus g Chancellor Ellis Antione Lister Kevonte Corley Tyler Singleton Dennis Jones Leon Sneed Faite Williams Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % Baylor nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 5 25 Clark, Tristan f Gillespie, Freddie f Bandoo, Devonte g McClure, King g Vital, Mark g Thamba, Flo Allen, Darius Butler, Jared Mayer, Matthew Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Ray Natili(R) Jeffrey Anderson (U1) Larry Spalding (U2) Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-Darius Williams. Baylor-None. Attendance: 4019 Fouled Out: PV AMU: #13 Ellis 9:10 Prairie View A&M Baylor Game: % Game: % Game: % 6 PV BU Last FG - PV 2nd-01:10, SCU 2nd-00:17. Largest lead - PV by 23 2nd-00:50, SCU by 1 1st-16:40. PV led for 35:46. SCU led for 01:02. Game was tied for 03:12. Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 2 times. Last FG - PV 2nd-00:01, BU 2nd-00:08. Largest lead - PV None, BU by 18 2nd-02:36. PV led for 00:00. BU led for 38:41. Game was tied for 00:44. Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 0 times. SANTA CLARA, Calif. A decisive run late in the first half sparked the Prairie View A&M men s basketball team to an win at Santa Clara. Gary Blackston scored a game-high 30 points to lead four Panthers in double figures while also adding eight rebounds. Gerard Andrus scored 14 points and had seven rebounds, and Taishaun Johnson also scored 14 points and had four rebounds and six assists. Darius Williams added 10 points off the bench as PVAMU shot 53 percent from the field (31-58) and committed only nine turnovers while recording nine steals and 14 assists. The Prairie View A&M defense was impressive in the season-opening win on the road, limiting Santa Clara to 37 percent shooting (21-57) and forced 20 turnovers. A 23-8 run over the final seven+ minutes of the half gave Prairie View A&M an 18-point halftime lead. A pair of free throws by Andrus and a layup by Johnson started the spurt in which five different players scored. A layup by Dennis Jones just before halftime gave the Panthers a halftime lead. Andrus had eight of his 14-first half points during the run, and Blackston seven of his 13 first-half points during the run. PVAMU shot 51.5 percent from the field (17-33), while limiting Santa Clara to 33.3 percent (9-27) during the first 20 minutes. WACO, Texas The Prairie View A&M men s basketball team lost at Baylor at the Ferrell Center. Trailing by 11 at halftime, the Panthers chipped away and cut the deficit down to two. A steal by Leon Sneed and a jumper by Taishaun Johnson cut the deficit to with 9:26 remaining. The Panthers and Bears battled as the margin changed between four-six points over the next two and a half minutes before a 13-0 run by Baylor in a two-minute stretch extend the Bears lead to with 4:37 remaining. Five players scored in double figures for the Panthers, led by Gary Blackston s 18 points and six rebounds. Darius Williams scored 16, and Gerard Andrus added 15 with nine rebounds. Chancellor Ellis came off the bench to score 12, and Taishaun Johnson scored 11 points.

9 Game Boxes Prairie View A&M vs UT Rio Grande Valley 11/14/18 7:00 p.m. at Edinburg, TX (UTRGV Fieldhouse) Prairie View A&M vs Lamar University 11/17/18 2:00 PM at Beaumont, TX Prairie View A&M Iwin Ellis f Devonte Patterson f Taishaun Johnson g Gary Blackston g Gerard Andrus g Darius Williams Antione Lister Kevonte Corley Tyler Singleton Dennis Jones Leon Sneed Faite Williams Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % UT Rio Grande Valley Hainna, Solomon f Winn III, Terry f Varner II, Lesley f Bowie II, Greg g Levi, Javon g Crnogorac, Johnny Fontaine, Isaiah Jackson, Jordan Smith, Tyson Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Joe Wilbert II, Brad Fowler, Art Brown Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-None. UT Rio Grande Valley-None. Attendance: 416 Game: % Game: % Game: % 5 Prairie View A&M Ellis,Iwin f Patterson,Devonte f Johnson,Taishaun g Blackston,Gary g Andrus,Gerard g Ellis,Chancellor Williams,Darius Lister,Antione Singleton,Tyler Jones,Dennis Sneed,Leon Williams,Faite Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: Game: % Game: % Game: % 1 Lamar University Nzeakor,Josh f Kolawole,Michael g Garth,Nick g Holmes,V.J. g Atwood,T.J. g Hunter,Jordan Easter,Grehlon Jeudy,Edwin Foster,Jordan Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Jon Stigliano, Andrew Crawford, Grant Detrick Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-None. Lamar University-TEAM. Attendance: 1837 Game: % Game: % Game: % 4 Prairie View A&M UT Rio Grande Valley PV UTRGV Prairie View A&M Lamar University PV LU Last FG - PV 2nd-00:51, UTRGV 2nd-02:15. Largest lead - PV by 6 1st-13:44, UTRGV by 17 2nd-07:20. PV led for 08:17. UTRGV led for 29:43. Game was tied for 02:00. Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 1 time. Last FG - PV 2nd-00:00, LU 2nd-01:12. Largest lead - PV by 5 1st-08:41, LU by 11 2nd-13:34. PV led for 10:20. LU led for 26:55. Game was tied for 02:45. Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 9 times. EDINBURG, Texas - The Prairie View A&M men s basketball team lost at Texas Rio Grande Valley Gerard Andrus scored a game-high 18 points and added eight rebounds and two steals for the Panthers (1-2). Taishaun Johnson scored 10. Devante Patterson scored four points with a game-high 11 rebounds in his first game for PVAMU. It was a cold-shooting night for the Panthers, who shot just over 31 percent from the field (22-70). There were three ties early in the game, as PVAMU led for most of the first 10+ minutes of the game. UTRGV (3-1) took the lead for good with nine+ minutes to play in the first half in taking a halftime lead. Prairie View A&M cut its deficit to six at less than three minutes into the second half on a putback by Andrus. However, an 11-2 run by UTRGV over the next 4+ minutes increased the lead to 15 at with just over 11 minutes remaining. The Panthers cut the deficit to nine but could get no closer. BEAUMONT, Texas - The Prairie View A&M men s basketball team got to within one point of the lead late before falling at Lamar Devonte Patterson led three Panthers in double figures with a game-high 20 points, along with six rebounds. Gary Blackston scored 14 points and had five rebounds, and Gerard Andrus 12 with seven boards for PVAMU, Trailing by 11 in the second half, the Panthers cut the lead three on four different occasions before making it a one-point game. Back-to-back layups by Andrus cut the PVAMU deficit to with just over two minutes remaining. After four straight points by Lamar, a three-pointer by Taishaun Johnson cut the deficit to with 1:04 remaining but Prairie View A&M could get no closer.

10 Game Boxes Prairie View A&M vs UNC Greensboro 11/19/18 7 PM at Greensboro Coliseum Prairie View A&M vs ECU 11/21/18 7 P.M at Greenville, N.C. (Minges Coliseum) Prairie View A&M Iwin Ellis f Devonte Patterson f Taishaun Johnson g Gary Blackston g Gerard Andrus g Chancellor Ellis Darius Williams Tyler Singleton Leon Sneed Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % UNC Greensboro nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 3,3 14 Kyrin Galloway f James Dickey f Malik Massey g Francis Alonso g Demetrius Troy g Isaiah Miller Mohammed Abdulsalam Angelo Allegri Eric Hamilton Kaleb Hunter Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-TEAM 2. UNC Greensboro-None. Attendance: 2220 Prairie View A&M UNC Greensboro Last FG - PV 2nd-05:26, UNCG 2nd-00:41. Largest lead - PV by 12 1st-03:19, UNCG by 8 2nd-00:41. PV led for 34:07. UNCG led for 05:28. Game was tied for 00:25. Game: % Game: % Game: % 4 PV UNCG Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 3 times. Prairie View A&M Iwin Ellis f Devonte Patterson f Taishaun Johnson g Gary Blackston g Gerard Andrus g Chancellor Ellis Darius Williams Antione Lister Tyler Singleton Leon Sneed Faite Williams Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % ECU nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 3,1 01 GARDNER, Jayden f LEDAY, Seth f HARDY, Tae g HILL, Addison g WILLIAMS, Shawn g FLEMING, Isaac DAVIS, K.J, FOSTER, Tyler WADE, DeShaun SPASOJEVIC, Dimitri OBASOHAN, Justice Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Chuck Jones, Jason Baker, Garrick Shannon Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-Gary Blackston. ECU-None. Attendance: 2972 Prairie View A&M ECU Game: % Game: % Game: % 1 PV ECU Last FG - PV 2nd-01:23, ECU 2nd-03:48. Largest lead - PV by 2 1st-18:10, ECU by 13 2nd-02:00. PV led for 00:19. ECU led for 34:11. Game was tied for 05:30. Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 2 times. GREENSBORO, N.C. The Prairie View A&M men s basketball team couldn t hold on to a second half lead in a loss at UNC Greensboro Monday night. Gary Blackston led four Panthers in double figures with 18 points. Darius Williams came off the bench to score 15, and Taishaun Johnson (five rebounds) and Devonte Patterson (six rebounds) each scored 11 points. The Panthers had a pair of 12-point leads, one in each half, but couldn t close the deal down the stretch as PVAMU did not make a field goal in the final five+ minutes of the game. The Panthers led the entire first half, leading by as many as 12. A quick 5-0 run gave PVAMU the double-digit cushion. A three-pointer by Taishaun Johnson and a layup by Gerard Andrus put Prairie View A&M a lead with 3:19 to play in the first half. PVAMU led at halftime. In the second half, the Panthers took another 12 point lead at with 15:10 to play on a layup by Devonte Patterson. UNCG chipped away and eventually took the lead, leading to three lead changes with under six minutes remaining before the Spartans took the lead for good with 5:09 remaining. GREENVILLE, N.C. The Prairie View A&M men's basketball team lost at East Carolina Wednesday night. Devonte Patterson led the Panthers with 16 points and five rebounds, and Gary Blackston added 11 with a team-high seven rebounds, three assists, and four steals. Iwin Ellis also had season highs in points (nine) and rebounds (six). PVAMU trailed by as many as nine midway through the first half, but battled back to tie the game. A 14-5 run over the final eight plus minutes of the half, capped by a Tyler Singleton three-pointer, led to a tied game at at halftime. In the second half, the Panthers trailed before making another spurt. A Blackston layup sparked a 9-0 run over the next minute. Jumpers by Darius Williams and Blackston, and a three-point play by Patterson cut the deficit to with 12:19 remaining. However, PVAMU would not take the lead in the second half as ECU pulled away down the stretch.

11 Game Boxes Prairie View A&M vs Georgia Tech 11/23/18 4:00 pm at Prairie View A&M vs Murray St. 12/01/18 7:00 pm at Prairie View A&M Iwin Ellis f Devonte Patterson f Taishaun Johnson g Gary Blackston g Gerard Andrus g Chancellor Ellis Darius Williams Tyler Singleton Leon Sneed Faite Williams Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % Georgia Tech nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 1,1 05 Moses Wright f Abdoulaye Gueye f Shembari Phillips g Jose Alvarado g Curtis Haywood II g Michael Devoe James Banks III Brandon Alston Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: Tommy Morrissey,Tony Henderson,Jamie Luckie Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-None. Georgia Tech-None. Attendance: Men's Basketball. Round: 0. Georgia Tech vs Prairie View. Played at. Prairie View A&M Georgia Tech Last FG - PV 2nd-05:33, GATECH 2nd-01:21. Largest lead - PV by 10 1st-04:11, GATECH by 11 2nd-01:21. PV led for 26:54. GATECH led for 10:57. Game was tied for 02:09. 4,1 PV GATECH Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 1 time. Prairie View A&M Iwin Ellis f Devonte Patterson f Taishaun Johnson g Gary Blackston g Gerard Andrus g Chancellor Ellis Darius Williams Antione Lister Tyler Singleton Dennis Jones Leon Sneed Faite Williams Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % Murray St nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 1 04 Brion Sanchious f Anthony Smith f Tevin Brown g Shaq Buchanan g Ja Morant g Mike Davis Devin Gilmore Jaiveon Eaves Brion Whitley KJ Williams Jalen Johnson Darnell Cowart Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: Jason Garretson,Darnell Spann,Mick Fieldbinder Technical fouls: Prairie View A&M-Devonte Patterson. Murray St.-None. Attendance: Men's Basketball. Round: 0. Murray St. vs Prairie View. Played at. Prairie View A&M Murray St PV MSU Last FG - PV 2nd-01:37, MSU 2nd-01:50. Largest lead - PV by 6 1st-02:46, MSU by 19 2nd-01:50. PV led for 05:32. MSU led for 29:28. Game was tied for 05:00. Score tied - 8 times. Lead changed - 8 times. ATLANTA The Prairie View A&M men s basketball lost another competitive contest in a decision at Georgia Tech. Gary Blackston scored a game-high 19 points and had nine rebounds, and Devonte Patterson added 16 for the Panthers, who played their seventh game in 15 days to open the season. Prairie View A&M led for nearly 27 minutes of the game. The Panthers led by as many as 10 in the first half. A pair of free throws by Taishaun Johnson gave PVAMU a lead with just four minutes to play. Georgia Tech battled back to cut the lead to one, at halftime. The Panthers started fast in the second half, scoring 11 of the first 14 points. Blackston and Patterson each scored four points in the run, sandwiched around a Chancellor Ellis three-pointer, as PVAMU took a lead with just under 17 minutes remaining. After the Yellow Jackets rallied to take the lead at 42-41, PVAMU tied the game one final time at 45-all with just under 10 minutes remaining but did not retake the lead. The Panthers deficit was two points on three different occasions down the stretch, the final time at on a pair of Patterson free throws with 4:03 remaining. MURRAY, Ky. The Prairie View A&M men s basketball team lost at Murray State, as the Pacers pulled away Devonte Patterson had his fifth consecutive double-digit scoring game with 18 points, and Gary Blackston had his seventh double-digit game of the season with 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds to lead PVAMU. The game featured 16 ties and eight lead changes in first 20+ minutes, as neither team led by double digits in the first half. Prairie View A&M took its largest lead of the game late in the first half. An 8-0 run started by a Blackston three-pointer and ended with pair of Patterson free throws gave the Panthers a lead with 2:46 to play until halftime. However, an 8 0 run by Murray State to end the half gave the Racers a halftime lead. A Patterson basket to begin the second half tied the game at 38-38, but Prairie View A&M was unable to regain the lead.