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The UWF women's basketball team will close out it's 5-game homestand on Saturday against Southeast Regional power Columbus State at 2 p.m.

FREE ADMISSION AND... SANTA'S COMING!
* Saturday's game against Columbus State will have a special visitor from the North Pole... Santa Claus will be available for individual, family and group pictures in the Field House lobby. There will also be holiday activities and free cookies for the children in attendance.

AND IT'S UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATER DAY
* Fans can also attend Saturday's game against Columbus State adorned in their ugliest holiday sweater. The UWF coaching staff will also be donning their tackiest and most festive holiday wares as well.

ABOUT UWF
* UWF enters its final non-conference game of the regular season with a 6-2 record. The Argos are 3-1 at home this year & 55-17 in the last 5-plus years.
* UWF has out-rebounded its opponents by an average of 46-32 this season & second in nationally in defensive boards with 35.0.
* UWF's 3-point defense ranks third in the NCAA, allowing opponents to make just 19.9 percent of their shots for 4.4 per game.
* The Argonauts' four seniors - Belle Bistrow, Toni Brewer, Anna Hall & Halee Nieman - continue to lead the offense with each scoring between 10-18 points per game. Brewer has six double-doubles in eight games, while Hall has two double-doubles and is tied for the lead among all NCAA Divisions with two triple-doubles - with the last one coming against Tuskegee on Wednesday.
* Bistrow, Hall, Nieman and sophomore Danielle Norquest have all made at least 47 percent of their 3-point shots & help UWF rank seventh nationally with a 41.7 3-point field goal percentage.

UWF ROLLS PAST TUSKEGEE
* UWF split its first two conference games last week, defeating Christian Brothers, 81-46, before suffering an 81-62 setback to No. 1 Union on Saturday.
* Against CBU, the Argos got out to a 16-9 lead midway through the opening quarter and then closed the frame on a 18-3 run, which included 11-consecutive to lead 34-12. The strong defense continued in the second quarter as the Argonauts held the Lady Bucs to nine points on 3-of-13 shooting and a pair of free throws. Toni Brewer and Halee Nieman combined for 44 points and 18 rebounds and led the inside surge that featured 40 points in the paint. Brewer posted her fifth double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Belle Bistrow made three 3-pointers and had 17 points, while Anna Hall finished with eight points, 11 assists and nine rebounds. UWF never trailed and sht 48 percent, while holding the Lady Bucs to a season-low 27 percent.
* UWF led Union for just over seven minutes in the first quarter and tied the game three times in the second but were never able to regain the edge in the final 24 minutes. The Argos shot 38 percent and ended the game tied with 34 rebounds. Brewer had 17 points and five rebounds to lead UWF. Nieman scored 13 and grabbed six rebounds, while Hall netted 11 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Danielle Norquest had her second double-figure scoring game of the season with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 14 minutes. Union shot 54 percent and was 12-of-13 at the free throw line. Jada Smith scored a game-high 24 points with eight boards and six assists. Morgan Martin shot 8-of-10 and had her second double-double of the year with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

ABOUT COLUMBUS STATE
* Columbus State is 4-1 on the season following a 70-56 win over USC Aiken on Wednesday. The Lady Cougars also have wins over Fort Valley State, Albany State and Carson-Newman.
* CSU went 19-11 last season and reached the NCAA Tournament for the fifth-consecutive season. They were in the Elite Eight two years ago with UWF.
* Tatiana Wayne is the reigning Peach Belt Conference & NCAA Southeast Region Player of the Year after averaging 20.0 points per game. She is currently eighth in the country in scoring, third in steals & first in 3-pointers per game with 4.1.
* The Lady Cougars are second in the country in steals per game (15.8) & second in offensive rebounds (21.0).
* UWF is 2-2 all-time against CSU. The Lady Cougars won last year's game in Columbus, 70-64. UWF won two of three from 2009-11.

HALL WITH TWO DOUBLE-DOUBLES AND A TWO TRIPLE-DOUBLES
* Anna Hall transferred to UWF in the offseason from Saginaw Valley State following a strong career in three seasons for the Cardinals, finishing with 658 points, 405 rebounds, 265 assists and 143 steals in 82 games. But in just eight games with the Argonauts, she has improved up those numbers.
* On Wednesday against Tuskegee, she totaled 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to record her second triple-double of the year and tie for the national lead among all three NCAA divisions. The senior was 5-of-9 from the floor and also had two steals.
* Hall is averaging 10.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game. She currently ranks 26th in the GSC in scoring, and in the top five in rebounding, assists and steals.

BREWER PICKING UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF IN 2016-17
* Senior Toni Brewer redshirted last season and through the first month of this year, hasn't missed a beat from the play that earned her 2016-17 All-America honors.
* Brewer currently leads the team with 11.9 rebounds per game and six double-doubles, while ranking second with 15.9 points per game. She is tied for fourth nationally in double-doubles and 12th in rebounds per game.
* She enters the CSU game with 1,276 points and 961 rebounds and ranks in the top six in UWF history in both categories.

POINTS
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. 1,346 - Katie Bobos (2013-17)
6. 1,276 - Toni Brewer (2014-17, pr.)
7. 1,256 - Tanisha Rickman (1998-99)

REBOUNDS
1. 1005 - Katie Bobos (2013-17)
2. 961 - Toni Brewer (2014-17, pr.)
3. 941 - Courtney Meyer (2014-18)
4. 798 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
5. 685 - Jennifer Bass (1993-97)

REBOUNDING CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG POINT FOR UWF
* Over the past four seasons, the Argonauts have always been a strong rebounding team. This year is no different as UWF ranks second in Division 2 with 35.0 defensive rebounds per game and is fourth with a 14.4 rebound margin.
* The Argos have finished the year no lower than 22nd in rebound margin over the past four seasons.

UWF STRONG AT HOME UNDER YELTON
* UWF has combined to win 61 games at the UWF Field House in 6-plus seasons under Stephanie Lawrence Yelton. The Argos are 55-17 in the last 5-plus years with a .768 winning pct. They have won at least 10 games four times in the last five years, going 10-2 in 2017-18 and 12-2 in 2016-17.

GSC FEATURES 20-GAME SCHEDULE
* The 2018-19 Gulf South Conference schedule will have teams play 20 league games for the second-consecutive season. Each of the 13 teams will play the other 12 once, with eight opponents in a home-and-away series.
* UWF's single-game opponents are its first four league games - Christian Brothers and Union at home and UAH and Lee on the road. 

UWF PICKED THIRD IN GSC PRESEASON COACHES POLL
* The UWF women's basketball team received one first-place vote and was picked to finish third in the Gulf South Conference preseason poll. 
* UWF is coming off an 18-12 2017-18 campaign that saw the Argonauts go 11-9 in conference play before advancing to the GSC Championship game for the second-consecutive season.
* Defending regular-season and tournament champion Union was picked first with 10 first-place votes and 142 total points. Valdosta State received two first-place votes and 124 points, just three ahead of UWF's 121.
* Lee was fourth with 115 points, while West Georgia, West Alabama and Delta State were in a close group of fifth through seventh. Alabama Huntsville and Christian Brothers tied for eighth, followed by Mississippi College, Auburn-Montgomery, Shorter and Montevallo.

BREWER, NIEMAN NAMED PRESEASON ALL-GSC
* Seniors Toni Brewer and Halee Nieman were each named to the 5-person preseason All-GSC team in a vote by the league's head coaches.
* Brewer, who redshirted in 2017-18, was an Honorable Mention All-America selection as a junior in 2016-17 when she averaged 13.7 points and 11.4 rebounds per game, while registering 19 double-doubles. The Huntsville, Alabama native enters her final season with 1,149 points and 866 rebounds.
* Nieman was a Second Team All-GSC selection last year and is the second-leading returning scorer in the league with 14.7 points per game. She had five double-doubles and scored in double figures in 23 times.

YELTON IN HER SEVENTH SEASON IN PENSACOLA
* UWF head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is in her seventh season at UWF in 2018-19 and has a 111-72 overall record. Her 111 wins rank third in program history.
* The Argonauts have five-consecutive winning seasons and have averaged 20.4 wins in those five years.
* The 102 wins from 2004-18 are the most in any 5-year stretch in program history.

YELTON NAMED TO WBCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
* UWF head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton was voted onto the WBCA Board of Directors as one of two Division II representatives in the summer. The BOD has eight members of the Executive Committee and 21 board members from all levels of women's college basketball.
* This is her first stint with the board and adds to her resume that includes serving on the NCAA South Region Advisory Committee and as a voter on the WBCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.

FORMER DIVISION I HEAD COACH JOINS UWF COACHING STAFF
* UWF head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton added former Presbyterian head coach Todd Steelman to her staff in the off season. The Blue Hose won 25 games overall and 19 Big South Conference contests during his time at the Clinton, S.C. school.
* Former assistant coach LaQuanda Quick was named the head coach at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C.