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HOUSTON, Texas -- Tickets to the 2014 NCAA Men's and Women's Championships are on the line today as the SWAC Tournament commences with a history making PVAMU-TSU doubleheader beginning at noon in the Toyota Center in Downtown Houston. Both games can be heard on KPVU 91.3 FM and the OpenMic Broadcast Network along with viweing on ESPN3 (women/men) and ESPN2 (men/live).WOMEN'S NOTES
The Prairie View A&M women's basketball team returns to the SWAC Tournament Championship Game for the fourth consecutive year and seventh time in eight years as they'll battle SWAC rival Texas Southern on Saturday afternoon at noon in the Toyota Center.
This is the time of year when PVAMU shines as the Lady Panthers are the reigning three-time SWAC Tournament Champion with a 11-0 postseason mark since 2011. Since returning to tourney play in 2007, PVAMU is 19-2 in SWAC Tournament contests with its last tourney loss to Alabama State (first round in Shreveport, La.) in 2010.
Sophomore post Shamiya Brooks has grabbed five or more rebounds in 15 of the team's 18 SWAC contests this season and is averaging 10 rebounds per game in the SWAC Tournament. She also has recorded 54 blocks on the season for an average of 1.9 per game. She has recorded 38 blocks over the past 15 games and has four career double-doubles.
With the average margin of victory spanning 5.3 points over the past six meetings, an exciting contest is expected as the contest went down to the wire. TSU holds a 32-29 lead in the all-time series and has won four of the past five over PVAMU but fell to PVAMU in last season's SWAC Tournament semifinal.
TSU head coach Johnetta Hayes-Perry is a former assistant at PVAMU from 2005-2007.
Junior guard Jeanette Jackson has doubled her scoring average from last season as she's scoring an average of 19.3 points per outing. She's a four-time SWAC Player of the Week honoree this season, an All-SWAC First Teamer and has already surpassed 1,000 points in her career. She needs 18 points for the all-time PVAMU single season scoring title.
The Lady Panthers were picked to finish second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference this season after capturing their third consecutive NCAA Tournament Berth and SWAC Tournament Championship in 2013.
MEN'S NOTES
The Prairie View A&M Panthers are in the championship round of the 2014 SWAC Tournament for the second straight year as they'll play SWAC rival Texas Southern at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Toyota Center. This marks the first postseason championship game meeting between both teams since PVAMU's win in 1998.
The Tigers currently have a three-game winning streak over PVAMU. Dating back to 1980, TSU holds a 56-19 mark against PVAMU with 17 of PVAMU's wins occurring in 1997 or later. PVAMU and TSU have met four times on a neutral court in tournament history with TSU holding a 3-1 mark.
TSU is the SWAC's hottest team as they've won 9-of-10. Texas Southern has turned the tide of the series lately by winning seven-of-nine contests since March of 2010.
The Panthers snapped a seven-game regular season slide with a postseason win on Tuesday night and have won three straight for the first time since Jan. 18-Jan. 25. PVAMU has only allowed 52.7 points in tourney play.
PVAMU head coach Byron Rimm II is 6-12 lifetime versus Texas Southern and 1-3 when coaching against TSU's Mike Davis on the sidelines.
PVAMU has made history as the Panthers have never made back-to-back championship round appearances.
The 2013-14 Panther roster returns only one starter, seven letterwinners and adds seven newcomers.
The Panthers were picked to finish fourth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference this season. The team finished eighth in the regular season standings this season and fell in the championship of the 2013 SWAC Tournament.
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