* 2015-16 marks the 36th season of women's basketball. UWF has an all-time record of 487-456 (.516) in 943 games. UWF is 168-140 (.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 two previous seasons.
* UWF is 3-3 on the season following last week's split against Alabama Huntsville and North Alabama to open Gulf South Conference play. The Argos are scoring 61.7 ppg (8th in GSC) while allowing 60.7 ppg (6th in GSC).
* The Argos are shooting 37.8 pct from the floor, which ranks eighth in the GSC. They are shooting 32.9 pct from outside which is fifth in the league, but their 3.8 made 3FGs per game are among the lowest in the nation, ranking 255th. UWF has been very effective at the free throw line, making 77.3 pct - a figure that is second in the GSC and 18th nationally.
* A trio of players in junior Katie Bobos (13.0 ppg), sophomore Toni Brewer (11.2 ppg) and senior Jasmine Wigfall (11.0 ppg) are all averaging double figures in scoring for UWF. Bobos leads the squad on the glass with 7.7 rpg, followed closely by Brewer at 7.5 rpg and 6-foot-2 sophomore Kelly Preston with 6.7 per game.
ABOUT SHORTER
* Shorter enters the weekend with a 4-1 record and a 1-1 mark in conference play. The Hawks have a pair of victories over Clark Atlanta, picked up a 10-point road win against Christian Brothers last week and has a 58-point win over Hiwassee earlier this season. SU also dropped a game to No. 11 Union last weekend, scoring a season-low 44 points in the contest.
* The Hawks received 43 points in this year's preseason GSC coaches' poll, which put them in ninth place. The poll did not rate the team as lowly as it may seem, however, as that point total kept them just six points behind fifth-place North Alabama.
* The Hawks have eight players averaging at least five points per game and rank second in the conference in scoring (73.4) and field goal percentage (.459). The Hawks rank third in the GSC shooting just under 40 percent from three, and they have held opponents to a 29.7 percent mark from beyond the arc.
* Shorter is led offensively by junior forward Taylor Adams, who ranks eighth in the GSC with 13.2 ppg and leads the league with 11.6 rpg entering the weekend. Adams is currently the only player in the conference averaging a double-double.
SERIES HISTORY VS. SHORTER
* Monday will mark the eighth games between UWF and Shorter in women's hoops. SU leads 4-3, but UWF has won three of the last four. The Hawks hold a 3-1 edge in the Winthrop-King Centre.
* The Hawks snapped a 3-game Argos win streak in the last meeting with a 82-78 upset in the first round of the 2015 Gulf South Conference Tournament in Pensacola. Jasmine Wigfall led the Argonauts with 18 points and went 10-for-10 at the free-throw line. Kelly Preston picked up a double-double with 14 points and 10 boards, while Katie Bobos finished with 8 points and 11 boards.
* The last time the Argonauts visited Rome, Ga., they came away with a 69-62 win. Senior Brianna Williams scored 23, while adding seven rebounds, five assists and five steals.
