The Prairie View A&M men’s basketball team surely didn’t disappoint Monday by defeating Grambling State University 74-58 in the William “Billy” J. Nicks building in an aired game on ESPNU in support of raising funds for breast cancer.
The talented Panthers started the game with full momentum after jumping to a big lead with consistent offense, causing Grambling State to play from behind from the tipoff.
As the game continued, Grambling players finally caught their rhythm and surged back into the game with a great run that gave them the lead, with a 13-12 advantage. Grambling State would keep up the consistent play throughout these few minutes of the game
until the Panthers finally tied it back up with a three-point play from junior forward Brandon Webb.
Soon after, the game became a defensive battle with both teams not giving an inch of room to each other. No shot was uncontested for a while until the Panthers caught their offensive rhythm once again with a 13-4 run that gave the team a 36-29 lead at the half.
Coming out of the locker room with full momentum, the Panthers punched in early again, to keep the lead throughout the second half. Webb scored the first four points of the half.
The Panthers coasted after that, maintaining a double digit lead almost throughout the entire second half.
The Tigers finally got something their way with a successful three-pointer that slashed the double digit lead to eight closing the Panthers’ lead to only 57-49.
Sophomore Tim Meadows led the Panthers in scoring with 19 points and a team high of 15 rebounds. Webb and Christopher Jones added 15 points.