This is the 36th season of West Florida women's basketball. UWF has an all-time record of 485-455 (.517) in 940 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.
* After playing its first three games away from home, UWF is opening a season-long 3-game homestand on Saturday. The Argos have gone 22-8 at the UWF Field House over the past two seasons (11-4 each year).
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 two previous seasons.
* UWF is 1-2 on the season and coming off a 57-44 road victory against Spring Hill on Tuesday. The Argos are scoring 58.0 ppg, while allowing 64.3 ppg.
* Senior Jasmine Wigfall leads the team with 11.7 ppg, but has gone for 13 and 15 in the past two. Junior Katie Bobos is also in double figures, posting 10.0 ppg. She had 13 points and six rebounds at SHC. After struggling to find her groove in the opening weekend of the season (5 ppg on 4-of-12, 5 rpg), sophomore Toni Brewer had a strong game Tuesday, finishing with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting and 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the year and ninth of her career.
ABOUT YOUNG HARRIS
* Young Harris is 3-1 on the season and brings a two game winning streak to Pensacola. The Mountain Lions are playing their second road contest this year, having lost to Gulf South Conference foe Lee, 79-63, last Thursday.
* YHC is averaging 69.0 ppg on 38 pct field goal shooting, 28 pct from outside (5.0 3FG/game) and 62 pct at the foul line. The Mountain Lions are outrebounding their opponents by an average of 41.3-39.0 (+2.3). Their aggressive style on defense has led to 18.3 steals per game off of 27.0 opponent turnovers per contest. Eight players average more than one steal per game and 12 of 14 players average at least 10 minutes per game.
* Junior Meredith Tarver leads the team with 11.4 ppg (3 of 4 in double figures), while ranking second in FG pct. (47.4) and rebounding (4.5). Sophomore Briana Bell averages 10.5 ppg and has made nine of the team's 20 3-point field goals.
SERIES HISTORY
* UWF will be meeting Young Harris for the first time in women's basketball.
* The last time the Argonauts faced a Peach Belt Conference school came almost three years ago to the day, when UWF defeated Flagler, 67-57, in the title game of the UWF Thanksgiving Classic on Nov. 24, 2012.
RECAPPING THE WIN AT SPRING HILL
* Sophomore Toni Brewer had a double-double with 14 points & 10 rebounds as three Argos reached double figures in the 57-44 win at Spring Hill.
* In addition to Brewer's night, senior Jasmine Wigfall has a season- and game-high 15 points while junior Katie Bobos finished with 13. Junior Kelly Preston collected a career-high 13 rebounds to go along with seven points and three blocks.
* UWF (1-2) shot just 37 percent but held a commanding 51-31 advantage in rebounds. The Argos used 16 on the offensive end to produce a 10-2 edge in second chance points.
* SHC (1-3) was held to 32 percent shooting and 1 of 10 from outside. Camry Johnson led the Badgers with 10 points, 11 rebounds and three steals.
* UWF used a 11-0 1st quarter run to claim a 11-4 lead and never trailed again. The Argos were outscored in the second and third quarters, and led by just six (42-36) entering the fourth. But the margin never got any closer as the lead was in double figures for the final three minutes. But the Argonauts controlled the final 10 minutes, outscoring the Badgers 15-8. UWF closed the game on a 11-4 run and held SHC to one field goal over the final 8:23.
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 RECEIVED VOTES IN PRESEASON 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 were 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.
