* West Florida will open play in the program's fifth NCAA South Regional Tournament and third in the last four years on Friday afternoon against Nova Southeastern.
* 17th-ranked and second seeded West Florida enters the NCAA South Regional with a 25-6 record and as the Gulf South Conference regular-season champions with an 18-4 record.

YELTON IN FIFTH YEAR AT UWF
* Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is in her fifth season at UWF, bringing a 87-57 record into the NCAA South Regional ... She is 144-141 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.

25 WINS FOR UWF
* UWF surpassed the 20-win plateau three weeks ago with a win at North Alabama ... That marked the second time in the last three years to reach that mark and just the sixth time in program history.
* UWF enters the NCAA South Regional with 25 victories, tying the school record previously set in 1997-98.

UWF CLAIMS FIRST-EVER GSC REGULAR-SEASON TITLE
* Without question, the 2016-17 conference season has been one of the most memorable for the UWF women's basketball program ... The team went 18-4 and won its first-ever GSC regular-season championship, leading the league for the final eight weeks of the season ... The Argos has previously won the GSC East Division crown in 1998, 1999 and 2006.
* The Argonauts' 18 GSC wins are a new record, topping the 16 set two years ago when UWF finished second.

UWF'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
* UWF is making its fifth NCAA Championship appearance this week and has a 3-4 all-time record ... The Argos are 3-1 in first round games and 0-3 in regional semifinal contests.
* The No. 2 seed is the highest in program history.
* Senior Katie Bobos is the first player in school history to appear in three NCAA Tournaments.

1998 - #5 seed - Russellville, Ark.
3/6/98    vs. Albany State    W    70-64
3/7/98    at Arkansas Tech    L    53-75

2006 - #6 seed - Arkadelphia, Ark.
3/10/06    vs. Fort Valley State    W    65-64
3/11/06    at Henderson State    L    62-68

2014 - #7 seed - Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
3/14/14    vs. Tampa    L    62-77

2015 - #4 seed - Jackson, Tenn.
3/13/15    vs. Benedict    W    78-58
3/14/15    at Union    L    66-75

UWF AGAINST THE FIELD
* UWF is 2-0 all-time against Nova Southeastern, having defeated the Sharks in Dec. 2004 and Dec. 2006. 
* POSSIBLE SEMIFINAL OPPONENTS: UWF is 1-0 against Benedict, having defeated the Tigers two years ago in the NCAA First Round ... the Argonauts are 20-24 against longtime rival Valdosta State. UWF won both regular-season meetings this year before VSU claimed the GSC title game in overtime last week. 
* POSSIBLE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OPPONENTS: UWF is 6-2 all-time against Eckerd and 2-1 in St. Petersburg. The Argos defeated the Tritons, 66-62, in the season-opener in Valdosta, Ga. ... UWF is 5-10 against Florida Southern, 0-3 against Rollins and 3-6 against Lee.

COYNE NAMED GSC POY BOBOS & BREWER ALSO ALL-CONFERENCE
* UWF senior Alex Coyne was named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Year, while teammates Katie Bobos and Toni Brewer were also all-conference selections as announced by the league office last Monday ... Coyne and Brewer were named to the first team with Bobos earning second team honors.
* This marks the sixth time an Argonaut has won the top honor from the league and first since 2005. Coyne joins former greats Tanisha Ruckman – twice, LaKeisha Little, Erin Vierling and Michelle Gibson as POY recipients.
* Coyne has averaged 10.0 points, 6.5 assists and 2.8 rebounds while leading UWF to its first GSC regular-season championship in school history. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native whose family now lives in Navarre, Fla. ranks third in the NCAA in assists and 31st in assist-to-turnover ratio. Her 367 assists in two years at UWF ranks second in school history, while her 6.74 assists per game in that time span ranks third all-time in GSC history. She was also an Academic All-District selection last month ... This is her second all-conference nod after second-team accolades a year ago following her transfer from Southern Miss.
* Brewer has been the most dominant forward in the GSC this season, posting 13.9 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. The junior from Huntsville, Ala. ranks eighth in NCAA with 15 double-doubles & fourth in both rebounds and defensive rebounds. She has put up 22 double-figure scoring games and 18 double-figure rebound, including three games with at least 20 boards. Earlier this season she surpassed 1,000 career points and currently has 1,057 ... Brewer was a second-team all-conference winner two years ago when she was also named the GSC Freshman of the Year.
* Bobos earns her second all-GSC award after collecting 12.0 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, joining Brewer as the only players in the league to average a double-double. A four-year starter from Lowell, Ind., she ranks 12th in NCAA with 14 double-doubles and 16th in rebounds. This season she became UWF's career leader in rebounds and went over 1,000 points. She is also a 2-time Academic All-District honoree.

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS
* One of the keys to UWF's season has been its defensive approach thanks in large part to first-year assistant coach LaQuanda Quick ... UWF leads the GSC in FG pct. defense (35.3%), 3-point FG defense (24.5%), defensive rebounds (32.6 rpg) and rebound margin (plus-8.7) ... They are also second in scoring defense (61.3 ppg).
* UWF went 24-1 this season when holding opponents to 70 points or less.

SCORING NUGGETS
* The Argonauts are averaging 71.3 points per game this season.
* UWF scored 20 points in a quarter 44 times and allowed 20-plus points 23 times.
* UWF scored at least 40 points in the first half six times, going 5-1 in those games.

BREAKING DOWN THE RECORD
* UWF was 19-4 when leading at the half and 6-2 when trailing at the break.
* UWF outrebounded its opponents 27 out of 31 games this season, going 23-4 in those games.

ARGOS IN THE NCAA STATISTICS
* PG Alex Coyne ranks third in assists per game (6.7) and 23rd in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2) ... F Toni Brewer is eighth in rebounds per game (11.4), seventh in defensive rpg (8.0) and seventh in double-doubles (17) ... F Katie Bobos is 19th in rebounds per game (10.7) and 13th in double-doubles (15) ... F Courtney Meyer is eighth in blocks per game (2.97) ... Brewer, Bobos and Meyer rank 1st, 2nd & 5th in the GSC in rebounds per game.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE INFO
* UWF head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton has the luxury of four players who could go for a double-double at any point - Alex Coyne with points/assists, and Katie Bobos, Toni Brewer and Courtney Meyer who could accomplish the feat with points/rebounds.

    2016-17    Career
Katie Bobos    15    28
Toni Brewer    17    34
Alex Coyne    1    3
Courtney Meyer    5    12

UWF IN THE POLLS
* UWF climbed three spots to No. 17 in the latest Division 2 Media Poll on Tuesday and fell three spots in the WBCA rankings from No. 24 to the second team receiving votes.
* 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 NCAA REGIONAL RANKING
* UWF spent all three weeks ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division II regional rankings and was the No. 2 seed in the NCAA South Regional. Eckerd was the No. 1 team. The Argos lead the region with 25 in-region wins.
* In the final region rankings, the Argos were the highest of four GSC teams in the rankings, with Valdosta State at No. 7, Lee at No. 8, North Alabama at No. 9 and Union at No. 10. 
* 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.

UWF SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS
* Last week at the GSC Tournament, a group of Argonauts established new single-season records for the program:
* Toni Brewer bettered the rebound mark of 334 set by Denise McDonald in 1985-86.
* Alex Coyne broke Sydney Jackson's assist mark of 200 set in 1995-96.
* Courtney Meyer swatted Melissa Nafzger's blocked shots mark of 89 set in 2005-06.

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. 1,288 - Katie Bobos (2013-pr)
6. 1,256 - Tanisha Rickman (1998-99)
7. 1,121 - Kelly Barrett (2000-03)
8. 1,099 - Toni Brewer (2014-pr)
9. 1,069 - Jennifer Morris (1993-95)
10. 1,050 - Amy Drake (2007-10)
11. 1,000 - Lyndsay Munro (2001-06)
12. 970 - LaKeisha Little (1997-00)

REBOUNDS
1. 967 - Katie Bobos (2013-pr)
2. 820 - Toni Brewer (2014-pr)
3. 798 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
4. 685 - Jennifer Bass (1993-97)
5. 674 - Erin Vierling (2002-06)
6. 609 - Karly Geller (1999-2002)
7. 593 - Courtney Meyer (2014-pr)
8. 573 - Segeeta Bland (1999-00)
9. 552 - Lyndsay Munro (2002-06)
10. 528 - Jessica Young (2008-11)
11. 470 - Dominique Boykins (2006-10)

ASSISTS
1. 387 - Alex Coyne (2015-pr)
2. 385 - Sydney Jackson (1993-96)
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. 174 - 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 went 12-2 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, 2016-17
11: 2003-04, 2013-14, 2014-15
10: 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2000-01

ROAD SUCCESS OVER THE LAST THREE SEASONS
* UWF has gone 26-13 in regular-season road games the past three seasons - 8-5 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