| West Florida (4-2) vs. #23 Valdosta State (4-1) |
| Date | Time |
Saturday, Dec. 2 | 2:00 pm |
| Location |
Pensacola, Fla. | UWF Field House |
| Tickets |
$5 Adults | $3 Senior/Youth/Students
Free for UWF students/faculty/staff & Youth under 5 |
| Live Video & Audio |
Watch | Listen on Choice 106.9 FM/WRNE 980 AM | Joe Zanaboni (pbp) |
| Live Stats |
Live Stats |
| Series History |
VSU leads 16-10 in last 12 years
UWF has won 7 of last 9 and 4-straight in Pensacola |
| Social Media |
UWF - Twitter: @GoArgos | IG: @GoArgos | FB: /GoArgos
WBB - Twitter: @WestFloridaWBB | IG: @westfloridawbb | FB: /UWFWBB |
* UWF continues its 3-game homestand with its conference GSC opener against Valdosta State Saturday afternoon.
ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 4-2 on the year after picking blowout victories against Saint Leo and Tuskegee in the first two home games of the 2017-18 season.
* Junior transfer Halee Nieman leads a pair of players who average in double figures. Nieman has posted 15.4 points on on 46 percent shoot along with a team-high 10 steals. Senior Courtney Meyer has also been solid and is averaging a double-double with 11.0 points and 12.4 rebounds to go along with 3.0 blocks per game. She has four double-double to lead the Argos.
* Junior Belle Bistrow (7-of-22), Goodman (10-of-18) and Nieman (7-of-19) have combined to make 24 of the team's 29 3-pointers.
* UWF is shooting 40 percent through six games and outrebounding its opponents 51-38.
* UWF ranks third in the conference in scoring with an average of 78.2 points per game and has gone for at least 80 points in four of six games.
SCOUTING VALDOSTA STATE
* The Lady Blazers are 4-1 thus far, with a pair of wins in Washington at the Western Washington's Lynda Goodrich Classic.
* Valdosta State's senior class of Madi Mitchell, Taylor Buie and Kenya Samone' Dixon have been the leaders in the early going. Offensively, the trio is averaging 40.7 of VSU's 73.0 points per game.
* The Blazers were picked to finish first in the GSC in the preseason coaches poll.
SERIES HISTORY
* Since 2006, Valdosta State has won 16 of 26 total meetings. UWF won both regular-season games last year before Valdosta claimed a 91-79 overtime win in the GSC Tournament Championship.
* UWF has won the last four games in Pensacola.
MAGEE POSTS TOP TWO GAMES OF HER CAREER
* UWF senior Shaniqua Magee had two of her best performances in her 2-year UWF career against Spring Hill and Saint Leo. She averaged 13 points and 4.5 rebounds in games at Spring Hill and at home against Saint Leo last week. The Collins, Miss. native scored a career-high 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting with five rebounds, five assists and turnovers in an overtime loss to Spring Hill. In the home opening victory over Saint Leo, she made her first career start and finished with 12 points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal.
* She is now averaging 9.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 12.4 minutes this season.
MEYER BECOMES UWF CAREER BLOCKED SHOTS LEADER
* UWF senior Courtney Meyer entered the 2017-18 season needing just 14 blocks to become the school's all-time leader in that category. Thanks to a season-high of seven at Columbus State, she stood just two shy of the record. She got those two swats at Spring Hill on Nov. 21. She now has 197, passing Melissa Nafzger who had 195 from 2003-06.
* She has the second-most blocks among active Division II players in the country.
