| #20 West Florida (21-5, 16-4) vs. Lee (19-7, 14-6) |
| Date | Time |
Thursday, Feb. 23 | 5:30 pm |
| Location |
Pensacola, Fla. | UWF Field House |
| Tickets |
$5 GA | $3 Seniors/Youth | UWF faculty/staff/students Free |
| Live Video |
Watch |
| Live Stats |
Live Stats |
| Series History |
Lee leads 6-2 | Series tied 2-2 in Pensacola |
| Twitter |
Twitter: @GoArgos | IG: @GoArgos | FB: /GoArgos |
* UWF got a very impressive 75-51 win at North Alabama on Thursday to maintain its 1-game lead in the GSC race with 3 contests remaining.
* Saturday's game at UAH will be video streamed live for $9.99 HERE.
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 83-56 at UWF and 140-140 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.
UWF ROLLING ALONG AT NO. 20 IN D2 MEDIA POLL
* UWF rose three sports this week to No. 20 in the latest Division 2 Media Poll.
* UWF had risen to as high as No. 14 in the Division 2 Media Poll in mid January ... The No. 14 ranking is the highest for the Argonauts in the history of the poll.
* The Women's Basketball Division 2 Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA, in its third year of existence ... The regional poll is released every Monday, followed by the national poll every Tuesday ... Each region has six representatives that comprise the regional poll ... The national poll has 16 voters – 2 from each region ... The Women's Basketball D2 regional polls will conclude Feb. 6, 2017 due to the start of the NCAA regional polls. The national polls will continue through the end of the season.
UWF MAINTAINS NO. 2 SPOT IN SECOND NCAA REGIONAL RANKING
* UWF came in ranked No. 2 for the second-straight week of the NCAA Division II regional rankings as announced on Wednesday. Eckerd was the No. 1 team. Both teams have 21 overall victories, with the Argos leading the region with 21 in-region wins.
* The Argos are the highest of four GSC teams in the region rankings, with Lee at No. 5, Valdosta State at No. 8 and North Alabama at No. 9. No. 4 Florida Southern, No. 6 Benedict, No. 7 Nova Southeastern and No. 10 Tampa are also among the 10 teams ranked in the region.
* The region polls will determine the five at large bids to the eight-team NCAA South Region Tournament in March. The eight-team tournament will consist of the three conference tournament champions from the south region (Gulf South, Sunshine, Southern Intercollegiate) and five at-large bids. The women's region will be March 10, 11 and 13 at the location of the top seed.
* The NCAA will announce region rankings once more – on March 1 – leading up to Selection Sunday on March 5 at 9:00 p.m. Central time on NCAA.com.
ARGOS IN THE NCAA STATISTICS
* PG Alex Coyne ranks fifth in assists per game (6.5) and 30th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1) ... F Toni Brewer is seventh in rebounds per game (11.8), third in defensive rpg (9.0) and eighth in double-doubles (14) ... F Katie Bobos is 20th in rebounds per game (10.8) and 15th in double-doubles (12) ... F Courtney Meyer is ninth in blocks per game (2.96) ... Brewer, Bobos and Meyer rank 1st, 2nd & 5th in the GSC in rebounds per game.
ABOUT LEE
* Lee is 19-7 overall and in second place in the GSC with a 14-6 record ... The Lady Flames are the only team that can unseat UWF from first place with the final two regular-season games remaining ... Lee is 6-5 on the road this season and won three of its last four.
SERIES HISTORY VS. LEE
* Lee leads the series 6-2 and has won the last two meetings - last season's 63-62 win in Pensacola in the GSC Quarterfinals and an 89-86 2-ot decision in Cleveland, Tenn. ... The last four games have been decided by 3, 1, 4, and 3 points.
* LAST MEETING: 89-86 2ot Lee win in Cleveland on Jan. 9 - Five UWF players reached double figures, including four starters, but the Argonauts dropped a 89-86 double-overtime decision to No. 24 Lee at Walker Arena ... UWF (10-3, 5-2 Gulf South) shot 33 percent and was just 27-of-40 from the free throw line as it saw its four-game winning streak come to an end ... Freshman Imani Mulmore led the Argonauts in scoring with a career-high-tying 20 points. Sophomore Katie O'Neal had 18 points with nine at the foul line and a couple of clutch 3-point plays near the end of regulation. Junior Toni Brewer had 15 points, while classmate Courtney Meyer added 12 and a career-high 20 rebounds and senior Katie Bobos finished with 11 points and 10 boards ... UWF held a slim 59-52 rebounding edge and used 19 offensive boards to fashion a 17-9 edge in second chance scoring ... Lee (10-3, 5-2) shot 37 percent and connected on 10-of-31 3-pointers, with Erin Walsh making four en route to a game-high 26 points.
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. 1,229 - Katie Bobos (2013-pr)
7. 1,121 - Kelly Barrett (2000-03)
8. 1,069 - Jennifer Morris (1993-95)
9. 1,050 - Amy Drake (2007-10)
10. 1,033 - Toni Brewer (2014-pr)
11. 1,000 - Lyndsay Munro (2001-06)
12. 970 - LaKeisha Little (1997-00)
REBOUNDS
1. 911 - Katie Bobos (2013-pr)
2. 798 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
3. 773 - Toni Brewer (2014-pr)
4. 685 - Jennifer Bass (1993-97)
5. 674 - Erin Vierling (2002-06)
6. 609 - Karly Geller (1999-2002)
7. 573 - Segeeta Bland (1999-00)
8. 553 - Courtney Meyer (2014-pr)
9. 552 - Lyndsay Munro (2002-06)
10. 528 - Jessica Young (2008-11)
11. 470 - Dominique Boykins (2006-10)
ASSISTS
1. 385 - Sydney Jackson (1993-96)
2. 347 - Alex Coyne (2015-pr)
3. 330 - Clenita Jones (2001-04)
4. 302 - Amy Drake (2007-10)
5. 275 - Ann Ching (2003-06)
6. 274 - Kelly Barrett (2000-03)
7. 260 - Toynetta Johnson (2012-14)
T8. 252 - Charlotte Griffin (1998-99)
T8. 252 - Heather Morris (1999-02)
10. 247 - Michelle Gibson (2003-06)
11. 222 - LaKeisha Little (1997-00)
BLOCKED SHOTS
1. 195 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
2. 160 - Courtney Meyer (2014-pr)
3. 116 - Regan Rockwell (1994-97)
4. 104 - Juana Coletti (1985-87)
5. 95 - Raquel Miller (2012-14)
6. 77 - Tara Russ (2004-08)
7. 72 - Wynette Villines (1993-95)
UWF AT HOME
* UWF has gone 9-2 at home this season ... The program has won at least 10 home games in a season 10 times, including twice in the past four seasons
15: 1997-98
13: 2004-05, 2005-06
12: 1998-99
11: 2003-04, 2013-14, 2014-15
10: 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2000-01
ROAD SUCCESS OVER THE LAST THREE SEASONS
* UWF has gone 26-12 in regular-season road games the past three seasons - 8-4 in 2014-15, 8-5 in 2015-16 and 10-3 this season.
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