Prairie View A&M

Official Name: 
Prairie View A&M University
Nickname: 
Panthers
Mailing Address: 

Post Office Box 97
Prairie View, TX 77446

Telephone: 
(936) 857-2114
Fax: 
(936) 857-2408
Enrollment: 
6,125
Arena: 

Billy Nicks Arena
Capacity: 5,000
Year Opened: 1968

School Colors: 
Purple and Gold
Conference: 

Southwestern Athletic (since 1921 except for 1991)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(2) 1961 and 1962

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1998
0-1 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1960 and 1961
2-2 record (.500)

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1962
5-0 record (1.000)
Won national championship

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Elwood Plummer (18 years from 1974-79 & 1991-2002, 150-341 record, .305)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Zelmo Beaty (2,407 points from 1959-62)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 
Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Paul Queen (46 points as senior vs. Alabama State on 2/5/94)

All-American Selections: 

(1) C Zelmo Beaty (1962)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Paul Queen (46 vs. Alabama State)
February 5, 1994 (senior/??.? ppg)

1

2

Total

Prairie View

49

36

85

Alabama State

46

43

89

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Clark

2-7

0-0

3-5

7

Walls

4-7

0-0

2-3

10

Queen

15-26

4-10

12-12

46

McGriff

1-7

0-0

0-0

3

Jackson

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Gibbs

0-3

0-0

2-6

2

Charles

4-12

0-0

0-0

10

Copeland

0-1

0-0

2-4

2

Seymore

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Tomlinson

0-3

0-0

0-0

0

Parker

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Bean

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

White

2-5

0-0

1-2

5

Totals

28-74

7-24

22-32

85

Percentages

.378

.292

.688

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Davis

4-10

1-2

5-8

14

Frazier

3-11

1-6

5-6

12

Fortenberry

3-8

0-0

3-4

9

Gordon

9-12

0-0

0-2

18

Hill

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Lunsford

5-7

0-0

3-6

13

Riles

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Thomas

3-4

0-0

0-0

6

Tyler

4-9

0-0

1-2

9

Warmack

3-9

0-1

2-2

8

Totals

34-70

2-9

19-30

89

Percentages

.486

.222

.633

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

LeRoy Moore

8

1957-63, 1966

138-59

.701

1961

25-2

Bob Hopkins

1

1965

10-14

.417

1965

10-14

Bill Cofield

4

1970-73

57-48

.543

1973

19-8

Elwood Plummer

18

1974-79, 1991-2002

150-341

.305

1975

16-10

Calvin White

3

1980-82

14-64

.179

1980

10-18

Jim Duplantier

8

1983-90

51-170

.231

1989

11-16

Jerry Francis

3

2003-05

29-55

.345

2003

17-12

Darrell Hawkins

1

2006

5-24

.172

2006

5-24

Byron Rimm II

5

2007-11

59-96

.381

2010

16-14

  • All-Time W-L Record: 509-874 (.368) from 1957 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Prairie View (TX) moved up to major-college status in 1981.