n This is the 36th season of West Florida women's basketball. UWF has an all-time record of 486-455 (.516) in 941 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 in the midst of a season-long 3-game homestand. The Argos have gone 23-8 at the UWF Field House over the past three seasons (1-0 in 2015-16 & 11-4 each of the past two years).
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 2-2 on the season and riding a 2-game winning streak, after collecting a 57-44 road victory against Spring Hill and a 68-49 home win over Young Harris last week. The Argos are scoring and allowing 60.5 ppg.
* The Argos are shooting 38.3 pct from the floor, which ranks seventh in the GSC. They are shooting 36.7 pct from outside which is fourth in the league, but their 4.0 made 3FGs per game are among the lowest in the nation, ranking 232nd. UWF has been very effective at the free throw line, making 78.1 pct - a figure that is third in the GSC and 24th nationally.
* Junior F Katie Bobos leads the team with 12.8 ppg and is coming off a 2-game week that saw her average 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in wins over Spring Hill on the road and Young Harris in the home opener. Senior G Jasmine Wigfall is the only other player in double figures (10.8 ppg), but junior PG Alex Coyne and sophomore F Toni Brewer are both over 9.0 ppg. Bobos and Brewer lead the squad on the glass with 6.5 rpg, while the 6-foot-2 post players Kelly Preston and Courtney Meyer are pulling down 5.0 per game.
ABOUT ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE
* UAH is 3-1 on the season and brings a 3-game winning streak into Wednesday's game, which is also the Chargers' first away from the Rocket City.
* The Chargers are coming off a 103-55 win over Lane nine days ago in which they hit 16-of-23 from outside. UAH has increased its outside shooting each game, making 5, 9, 11 & 16. On the flip side, opponents are shooting just 31.4 pct. from the floor and are just 11-of-47 (.234) from downtown.
SERIES HISTORY
* West Florida holds a 24-18 all-time record against Alabama Huntsville. UWF held a nine-game winning streak over the Chargers from 1998-2001, and the Argonauts took eight of ten games from 2004-07. The teams have split the last four meetings, following a stretch of 6-consecutive Charger wins.
* UWF has picked up 11 wins by 15 or more points over the series history, and is 15-8 in the UWF Field House against UAH since 1995.
* In the last meeting - a 77-71 UAH ot win in Pensacola - reigning GSC Freshman of the Year Toni Brewer led all players with 21 points and 19 rebounds.
* West Florida is 2-4 against Huntsville during head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton's tenure.
RECAPPING THE WIN OVER YOUNG HARRIS
* Katie Bobos had a double-double and Alex Coyne sparked two second-half runs that helped UWF pull away and defeat Young Harris, 68-49, in the home opener at the UWF Field House last Saturday.
* Bobos finished with a career-high 21 points, along with 10 boards and three assists for her 12th career double-double and first this season. Coyne handed out seven assists for the third-consecutive game to go along with her career-high 20 points – on 7-of-10 shooting – and four steals.
* Coyne had a 3-point play and made two of her game-high three 3-pointers in a 13-2 run early in the fourth quarter that turned a five point Argonaut lead into a comfortable 58-42 margin with 3:41 to play.
* UWF shot 43 percent and was 14 of 15 from the free throw line. The Argos also held a 20-8 edge in points off turnovers.
* Young Harris shot just 32 percent and committed 18 turnovers. The Mountain Lions came into the contest averaging a Division II best 18.3 steals per game, but managed just four against the Argos.
BOBOS COMING OFF CAREER GAME AGAINST YOUNG HARRIS
* Junior Katie Bobos had a very strong 2-game stretch in wins over Spring Hill and Young Harris last week, averaging 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. The Lowell, Ind. native shot 54 pct (15-28) and .667 (2-3) from outside.
* The 2013-14 GSC Freshman of the Year had 13 points and six boards in the win over Spring Hill (the team's first of the year), before erupting for a career-high 21 points – on 9-of-14 shooting, 10 rebounds and three assists for her 12th career double-double and first of the season in a 68-49 win over Young Harris.
WIGFALL CLOSING IN ON 1,000 POINTS
* Senior G Jasmine Wigfall enters the UAH/UNA weekend with 888 career points over 88 games. If she hits the 1k mark, she would be just the 10th player in program history to achieve the milestone and the first since Amy Drake suring the 2009-10 season.
COYNE DROPPING DIMES
* Junior transfer Alex Coyne has definitely made her presence felt at the PG spot thus far. Since transferring from Southern Miss over the summer, the Pittsburgh, Pa. product has averaged 6.8 assists per game, with a season-opener of six, followed by three-straight 7-assist efforts. She is currently ranked 12th in the country in helpers.
* As good as she is with the ball, she has proven to be just as dangerous without it, collecting a team-high 14 steals for a 3.5 per game average. That ranks 14th in the country.
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 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 were 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, UWF was 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.
