ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 10-4 on the year and has won eight of its last 10 games. The Argonauts are tied for fourth in the GSC at 5-2.
* UWF ranks third in the GSC in scoring offense at 72.1 ppg, but ninth in scoring defense at 61.4 ppg. The Argonauts are shooting 40.7 percent from the floor. They rank second in the league in 3-point FG pct., making 33.0 pct and are averaging 4.6 3-pointers per game.
* As has been the case in the last two seasons, the UWF defense has served the squad well, leading the GSC in field goal percentage defense (.342) and ranking second in 3-point field goal pct. defense (.247). Those number are 13th and 7th, respectively in the NCAA. The Argos lead the league in total rebounds at 45.9 per game and defensive rebounding at 33.0 per game (4th in the NCAA).
* Junior transfer Halee Nieman leads a trio of players who average in double figures. Nieman has posted 16.2 points to rank fourth in the GSC. She leads all players in the GSC in FT made (81 - also #12 in NCAA) and FT attempts (127 - also #1 in NCAA), while she is 12th with her 64 pct. conversion rate. Nieman, who played her first two years at Saginaw Valley State, enters the weekend with 824 career points and 417 rebounds.
* Senior Shami Goodman has posted 12.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. Since moving into the starting lineup eight games ago, she has averaged 15.2 points per game.
* Junior Belle Bistrow is scoring 9.6 points per contest and leads the team with 23 3-pointers on the season. Her 1.6 3FG per game are tied for tenth in the league. She made a combined 9-of-12 from outside in a recent 2-game stretch against West Alabama and Montevallo, while scoring a career-high 17 in each contest.
* Senior Jade Davis averages 2.4 assists per game and is seventh in the GSC with 1.7 steals per contest.
* Senior Courtney Meyer has also been solid and is averaging a near double-double with 8.5 points and 11.3 rebounds to go along with 40 blocked shots for 2.9 blocks per game. She has seven double-doubles to lead the team, rank 2nd in the GSC and 27th in the NCAA. She leads the GSC in both rebounds and blocked shots, while ranking 7th in the NCAA in rebs and 13th in blocks. She has 739 points, 792 rebounds and a UWF record 222 blocks in 105 career games.

GSC Career Blocks Record:
354-Tracy Sprolden, Valdosta State (107 games), 1997-01
255-Cara Melton, Montevallo (73 games), 1999-2003
232-Pam Lockett, Delta State (128 games), 1986-90
229-Veronica Walker, Delta State (129 games), 2008-12
222-Courtney Meyer, West Florida (105 games), 2014-pr.
206-Leslie McKiernon, Delta State (130 games), 1990-93 

GSC Career Blocks Per Game Record:
3.49-Cara Melton, Montevallo (255, 73 games), 1999-2003
3.30-Tracy Sprolden, Valdosta State (354, 107 games), 1997-01
2.37-Melissa Nafzger, West Florida (195, 82 games), 2003-06
2.12-Jasmine Ellis, Christian Brothers (102, 49 games), 2009-12
2.11-Courtney Meyer, West Florida (222, 105 games), 2014-pr.
1.81-Pam Lockett, Delta State (232, 128 games), 1986-90 

Current Division II Career Blocks Leaders:
1. Tess Bruffey, Lubbock Christian 344
2. Courtney Meyer, West Florida 222
3. Drew Sannes, MSU Moorhead 202
4. Caroline Hogue, Harding 194
5. Emily Pitkin, Oakland City 183

UWF CAREER REBOUNDS
1. 1005 - Katie Bobos (2013-17)
2. 867 - Toni Brewer (2014-17)
3. 798 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
4. 792 - Courtney Meyer (2014-pr)
5. 685 - Jennifer Bass (1993-97)

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
* Union ranks second in the country in 3-point field goals made per game at 11.4 and is 11th in 3-point FG percentage at .382. UWF ranks seventh nationally in 3-point FG percentage defense at .247, while yielding 4.6 made triples per contest. The Argonauts also lead the GSC with a .342 FG pct. defense.
* UWF also ranks ninth in the NCAA in rebounds at 45.9 per game and fourth in defensive rebounds at 33.0 per game.

NIEMAN SETS UWF SCORING RECORD, NAMED GSC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
* The junior from Midland, Michigan averaged 26 points and 15 rebounds in a split against West Alabama and Montevallo before the NCAA Division II Life in Balance break.
* She scored a career-high and school-record 42 points in the win over Montevallo on Monday, which included 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting after halftime. That scoring total is tied for the most in Division II this season and tied for the 13th highest in GSC history. She also had a career-high 20 rebounds against the Falcons, which are the most in the league this year. She had opened the weekend with 10 points and 10 boards Saturday against UWA.
* Nieman is now averaging 16.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game with two double-doubles. She ranks third in the GSC in scoring and sixth in rebounding. Nieman, who is in her first season at UWF after transferring from Saginaw Valley State, has 739 points and 365 rebounds in 68 career games.

YELTON REACHES 100 WINS AT UWF
* UWF head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton reached a milestone in her UWF coaching career earlier this week. The sixth-year coach became the third coach in program history to reach the 100-victory mark after Tuesday's win over Delta State, joining Shannan Bergen (183 victories) and Kathy Davis (175).
* She is now 100-62 at UWF and currently has a 157-146 head coaching record.

SCOUTING UNION
* Union is 7-0 in GSC action and 14-1 overall. They won at UNA, 65-62, last week in a battle of the last two undefeated teams in the conference. The Bulldogs are second in the GSC with a .481 FG pct. and fifth with a .366 FG pct. defense.
* Senior Chelsea Shumpert leads the team with 24.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
* Union has led the nation for the majority of the year and is currently second with 11.4 made 3-pointers per game. Only five times this year has Union failed to hit at least 10 3-pointers in a game, but three have been in their last three contests.
* Union has won 11 straight GSC regular season games dating back to the end of last season. They have also won 13-consecutive home games.

SERIES HISTORY
* Union leads the series 8-3 and is 3-2 in games played at Fred DeLay Gymnasium. The Lady Bulldogs have won the last three in the series.