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* This is the 36th season of West Florida women's basketball. UWF has an all-time record of 484-453 (.517) in 937 games. UWF is 167-139 (.546) in 21 seasons of Gulf South Conference play. The Argonauts have made four NCAA Tournament appearances, including each of the last two seasons. UWF won its first-ever GSC Championship two years ago.

ABOUT UWF
* Fourth-year head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton has four starters and eight letterwinners back from last year's 20-win squad that finished second in the GSC regular season.
* In 2014-15 UWF advanced to the NCAA South Region Semifinals for the third time in school history and finished with its highest winning percentage (.670) since 2005-06. The Argos have won 39 games in the past two seasons.

JUST FOR OPENERS
* UWF is 7-10 in season openers over the last 17 years and 1-2 in three previous openers under Stephanie Lawrence Yelton.
* The Argos defeated Spring Hill in Mobile last season after dropping home contests to Lynn and Southern Indiana the previous two years. A win on Friday would give the program back-to-back season-opening victories for the first time in 10 years, since winning 3-consecutive from 2003-05.

SERIES HISTORY
* UWF will be meeting Tampa for the seventh time in school history on Friday, with the series split 3-3. The teams last met two years ago in the NCAA South Regional opening round, with UT coming away with a 77-62 win in Fort Lauderdale. The Spartans won the last regular-season game, 56-42 on Dec. 6, 2007. The Argos have won the only two times the teams faced each other in Northwest Florida - 76-49 on Nov. 21, 2003 and 80-62 on Nov. 16, 1996. UWF won the first contest 85-70 on Jan. 10, 1991 in Tampa.
* UWF & Rollins have also split their series history, with two wins apiece. The teams are playing for the first time since RC won 60-52 in Winter Park on Dec. 1, 2003. The first meeting came during the inaugural UWF season in 1981-82, with the Argos claiming an 85-72 win in Winter Park. UWF returned to central Florida two years late and came away with a 88-76 triumph. The Tars earned their first win in their first visit to Pensacola with a 65-40 victory in the 1995-96 season-opener.

BREWER & WIGFALL NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE
* UWF sophomore Toni Brewer and senior Jasmine Wigfall were both among the 5-member preseason all-conference squad voted on by the GSC head coaches last month.
* Brewer is the reigning GSC Freshman of the Year after the guard from Huntsville, Ala. averaged 11.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in 2014-15.
* Wigfall – the lone inside player on the 5-member group – posted 12.1 points, 5.8 boards and 2.6 assists last season. The Orlando native is the second-highest returning scorer in the league.

UWF RECEIVING VOTES IN USA TODAY COACHES TOP 25 POLL
* UWF found itself among the other's receiving votes in the USA Today Sports Division II Top 25 preseason coaches poll. The Argos received 61 points and are the second team listed in the "others receiving votes." This marks the first time under fourth-year head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton that the team has received votes and the first since the final poll of the 2005-06 season.
* The Argonauts are one of four NCAA South Region schools to appear in the rankings, along with No. 4 Nova Southeastern, No. 13 Union and No. 20 Tampa.
* In early October, the Argonauts were tabbed 24th-nationally by the Women's Division II Bulletin in their preseason top-25 poll. UWF was one of just two South Region teams in the ranking, joining No. 3 Nova Southeastern.

UWF PICKED 2ND IN GSC POLL
* UWF was picked to finish second in the Gulf South Conference preseason coaches poll. The Argonauts received 91 total poll points and a league-high six (of 11) first place votes. Defending champion Union was picked first with 92 points and three first place votes.

NEW LOOK FOR UWF FIELD HOUSE FLOOR
* The UWF Field House floor received a new paint scheme over the summer, with an emphasis on cleaner design and less color. The court now features a darker wood stain in the lane and a similar darker stained GSC logo near midcourt on opposite sides of the floor.
* The 4-foot restricted arc in the lane was added in preparation for its implementation at the Division II level next season.
* The Argonaut head at midcourt remained in color as did the navy blue border that surrounds the court.
* Social media identifiers of '#GoArgos' and '@GoArgos' were placed in front of the bench areas.

NCAA RULES CHANGES
* The NCAA made a number of rules changes to both the men's and women's games this season. Some of the more visible changes in the women's game include:
* Periods - Playing time for games shall consist of four ten-minute periods.
* Option to Advance the Ball - When a timeout is charged to the offensive team during the last 59.9 seconds of the fourth period and/or any extra period(s), the team has the option to advance the throw-in spot to the 28-foot mark in the front court on the same side of the court as the scorers' table.
* In games using electronic-media timeouts, each team will have three 30-second timeouts and 1 full timeout (60 seconds in length). There is one electronic-media timeout in each period. The break between the first and second, as well as between the third and fourth periods, may be used as an electronic-media timeout. The first team-called timeout in the second half will becomes an electronic-media timeout.
* Free Throws - A team is awarded two free throws for each common foul beginning with the fifth team foul in a period.
* 10-Second Back Court - The 10-second count shall reset on all stoppages of the game clock except when the defense causes the ball to be out of bounds, the offense retains possession after a held ball, or there is a technical foul assessed to the offensive team.
* Officiating Guidelines - Displacement - When an offensive post player with her back to the basket in the lane area is in control of the ball, a post defender may only place one forearm or one hand with a bend in the elbow on the offensive player.