ABOUT UWF
* Fifth-year head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton has four starters and eight letterwinners back from last year's 17-10 squad that finished tied for third in the GSC regular season at 15-7.
* Yelton is 69-53 at UWF and 126-137 in 9-plus years as a college head coach, which includes a 57-84 mark in at Charleston Southern from 2001-06 ... She is a 1996 North Carolina graduate who was the school's all-time leader in every 3-point category at the end of her career.

QUITE A START
* UWF's 7-2 start through nine games is among the top efforts in school history, and a win on Saturday would match the second-best 10-game stretch in the UWF record book ... The 1997-98 squad opened 9-1 before finishing with a 25-5 overall ... The 1998-99 and 2003-04 groups also were 8-2 after 10 contests ... The 5-0 start marked the first such start for the first time since a 6-0 start in 1996-97.

BALANCED SCORING FOR THE ARGOS
* UWF has had a balanced scoring output all season, putting at least four players in double figures in eight of nine games ... A season-best six players achieved the benchmark in the 109-point output against Albany State in the second game of the year ... Five players are averaging at least 9.2 points per game ... Only point guard Alex Coyne is playing more than 30 minutes per game, allowing the coaching staff to go upwards of nine players deep with regularity.

ABOUT UAH
* UAH is 1-7 overall and 0-3 in GSC play, with its lone victory coming three games ago against Trevecca Nazarene ... The Chargers have dropped three games by six points or less, including two of their league setbacks.
* Five players are averaging at least 7.0 points per game ... Baylee Johnson (11.3 ppg) is shooting 46 pct from the floor and has made 14-of-34 from outside for 41.2 pct.
* The Chargers are last in the GSC in scoring margin (-10.4 ppg) and FG pct. defense (42.1), while ranking second in 3-point FG pct. (34.2).

SERIES HISTORY VS. UAH 
* UWF and UAH are meeting for the 39th time in women's basketball Saturday, with UWF holding a 23-15 lead. The teams have each won 12 times in the 24 meetings dating back to the 2001-02 season ... Prior to that, UWF had dominated the early part of the series, going 11-3 from 1994-95 to 2000-01 ... The Chargers swept the series last year and have won the last three contests, and six of the last eight ... UAH has also won five of the last six in Pensacola.

BREWER ON A TEAR EARLY ON
* Junior F Toni Brewer has averaged 15.6 points (6th in GSC) and 13.1 rebounds (1st in GSC & 3rd in NCAA) with eight double-doubles (4th in NCAA) in the first eight contests ... She pulled down a career-high 23 rebounds at Montevallo on Nov. 19 in the third game of the year ... that marked the most in either Division I or II at the time (since has dropped to No. 4 in D2), the second-most in UWF history and the 13th-most in GSC history ... She enters the UAH game with 808 points and 585 rebounds in her career.

BOBOS REACHES 1,000 POINTS & NEARS UWF REBOUNDING RECORD
* Senior F Katie Bobos has been as consistent a performer as anyone in school history, entering the UAH game with 1011 points and 708 rebounds ... The Lowell, Ind. native has six games in double figures this year which includes her career-high 21 points against St. Mary's four games ago ... She became just the tenth player in program history to surpass 1,000 points when she reached the milestone at Union two games ago ... She is just the second player in school history to go over 700 rebounds and is just 91 away from setting the school record.

COYNE AS STEADY AS EVER
* Senior PG Alex Coyne has continued her impressive play since arriving at UWF last year ... She is currently averaging 11.2 points, 6.2 assists and 2.3 rebounds per outing ... Her 6.2 apg rank 10th in the NCAA ... After being credited with six total assists in the first two games, she has handed out at least seven helpers in six of the last seven games, including two with nine and one with 10 ... She enters the weekend with 238 assists in her two years at UWF, good for 10th in school history..

MULMORE AMONG THE TOP TRUE FRESHMAN IN THE GSC
* Freshman G Imani Mulmore has made quite an impact on her new team, ranking second on the team in scoring and 16th in the GSC with 12.4 points, while ranking fourth on the team with 3.3 rebounds per game ... She has six games in double figures with three of at least 16 points ... Her attacking style has allowed the New Orleans native to shoot 40-for-60 (.667) at the free throw line ... Her FT made (7th) and attempted (3rd) are among the top 7 in the GSC.

UWF CAREER RECORD WATCH
SCORING
1. 2,104 - Kristi Jernigan (1989-93)
2. 1,472 - Erin Vierling - (2002-06)
3. 1,446 - Jennifer Baas (1993-97)
4. 1,444 - Michelle Gibson (2003-06)
5. 1,256 - Tanisha Rickman (1998-99)
6. 1,121 - Kelly Barrett (2000-03)
7. 1,069 - Jennifer Morris (1993-95)
8. 1,050 - Amy Drake (2007-10)
9. 1,011 - Katie Bobos (2013-pr)
10. 1,000 - Lyndsay Munro (2001-06)
11. 970 - LaKeisha Little (1997-00)

REBOUNDS
1. 798 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
2. 708 - Katie Bobos (2013-pr)
3. 685 - Jennifer Bass (1993-97)
4. 674 - Erin Vierling (2002-06)
5. 609 - Karly Geller (1999-2002)
6. 585 - Toni Brewer (2014-pr)
7. 573 - Segeeta Bland (1999-00)
8. 552 - Lyndsay Munro (2002-06)
9. 528 - Jessica Young (2008-11)
10. 470 - Dominique Boykins (2006-10)

ASSISTS
1. 385 - Sydney Jackson (1993-96)
2. 330 - Clenita Jones (2001-04)
3. 302 - Amy Drake (2007-10)
4. 275 - Ann Ching (2003-06)
5. 274 - Kelly Barrett (2000-03)
6. 260 - Toynetta Johnson (2012-14)
T7. 252 - Charlotte Griffin (1998-99)
T7. 252 - Heather Morris (1999-02)
9. 247 - Michelle Gibson (2003-06)
10. 238 - Alex Coyne (2015-pr)
11. 222 - LaKeisha Little (1997-00)

BLOCKED SHOTS
1. 195 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
2. 116 - Regan Rockwell (1994-97)
3. 104 - Juana Coletti (1985-87)
4. 101 - Courtney Meyer (2014-pr)
5. 95 - Raquel Miller (2012-14)
6. 77 - Tara Russ (2004-08)
7. 72 - Wynette Villines (1993-95)

ROAD SUCCESS OVER THE LAST THREE SEASONS
* UWF has gone 19-10 in regular-season road games the past three seasons - 8-4 in 2014-15, 8-5 in 2015-16 and 3-1 this season ... The Argos had their three-game road win streak snapped at Union prior to a win at Christian Brothers heading into the NCAA's Division II winter break.

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OFFSEASON
* Former assistant coach Jessie Ivey was named the National Division 2 Assistant Coach of the Year by the WBCA, before accepting a similar position at Bowling Green ... UWF hired former WNBA veteran LaQuanda Quick as her replacement. Quick spent last season at Winston Salem State and has been put in charge of the Argonaut defense ... UWF took a foreign tour to the Dominican Republic from Aug. 11-18. The squad played four games, visited local sugarcane villages, orphanages and women's shelters while ministering and sharing the love of basketball.

UWF PICKED 3RD IN GSC PRESEASON POLL
* The UWF women's basketball team was picked to finish third in the Gulf South Conference preseason coaches poll ... UWF earned a total of 101 points in the voting process, collecting one first place vote, a league-high five second-place votes, one third, three fourth and a fifth place vote.
* Defending regular-season champion Union was picked first, followed by Delta State, which won the GSC Tournament title. Lee followed UWF in fourth, and Shorter was picked fifth.
* Seniors Katie Bobos and Alex Coyne were each named to the 5-member preseason all-conference team ... Bobos was a second-team all-GSC and academic all-GSC honoree last year after averaging 12.8 points and 8.0 rebounds. The Lowell, Indiana native scored in double figures in 21 games and collected eight double-doubles ... Coyne was also a second team choice a year ago after transferring from Southern Miss. In her first season with the Argos, the point guard from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania averaged 10.0 points, 6.7 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. She led the GSC and ranked fifth in the NCAA in assists, and was third in GSC and 49th nationally in steals.

GSC Preseason Coaches Poll
Team Poll Points
1. Union (10) 120
2. Delta State (1) 103
3. West Florida (1) 101
4. Lee 94
5. Shorter 83
6. Alabama Huntsville 66
7. West Georgia 57
8. Christian Brothers 45
9. Valdosta State 44
10. West Alabama 42
11. North Alabama 24
12. Mississippi College 13
First place votes in parenthesis