ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 14-8 on the year following a home split last week against Lee (48-46 loss) and Shorter (79-43). The Argonauts are tied for fifth in the GSC at 9-6 with five games remaining in the regular season.
* UWF is tied for third in the GSC in scoring offense at 68.5 ppg and seventh in scoring defense at 62.0 ppg.The Argonauts are shooting 39.5 percent from the floor.
* They rank fifth in the league in 3-point FG pct., making 32.0 pct and are averaging 4.8 3-pointers per game. The Argos tied their season high with 9 triples against UWG three weekends ago before make eight two days later vs. AUM.
* UWF ranks third in the GSC in field goal percentage defense (.363) and ranking third in 3-point field goal pct. defense (.274). Those number are 38th and 11th, respectively in the NCAA.
* The Argos lead the league in total rebounds at 44.1 per game and defensive rebounding at 31.1 per game (t-4th in the NCAA). Opponents have averaged just 10.2 offensive rpg.

PROJECTED STARTERS NOTES
* Junior transfer Halee Nieman leads a pair of players who average in double figures. Nieman has posted 14.9 points to rank sixth in the GSC. She leads all players in the GSC in FT made (96 - also #16 in NCAA) and FT attempts (152 - #2 in NCAA), while she is 16th with her 63 pct. conversion rate. Nieman, who played her first two years at Saginaw Valley State, enters the weekend with 834 career points and 435 rebounds. She scored a career-high and school-record 42 points in the win over Montevallo on Dec. 18, which included 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting after halftime. That scoring total was tied for the most in Division II at the time (now tied for 3rd) 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.
* Senior Shami Goodman has posted 12.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. She has nine games in double figures with three of at least 22 and back-to-back 18-point efforts last week vs. UWG and AUM.
* Junior Belle Bistrow is scoring 8.8 points per contest and is second on the team with 29 3-pointers. Her 1.6 3FG per game are 11th in the league.
* Senior Jade Davis averages 2.9 assists per game and is 15th in the GSC with 1.5 steals per contest.
* Senior Courtney Meyer has also been solid and is averaging 7.7 points and 11.0 rebounds to go along with 54 blocked shots for 2.6 blocks per game. She has eight double-doubles to lead the team, which also is 2nd in the GSC and 37th in the NCAA. She leads the GSC in both rebounds and blocked shots, while ranking 9th in the NCAA in rebs and 21st in blocks. She has 795 points, 879 rebounds and a UWF record 240 blocks in 113 career games.

GSC Career Blocks Record:
354-Tracy Sprolden, Valdosta State (107 games), 1997-01
255-Cara Melton, Montevallo (73 games), 1999-2003
240-Courtney Meyer, West Florida (113 games), 2014-pr.
232-Pam Lockett, Delta State (128 games), 1986-90
229-Veronica Walker, Delta State (129 games), 2008-12
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
2.09-Courtney Meyer, West Florida (240, 113 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 350
2. Courtney Meyer, West Florida 240
3. Drew Sannes, MSU Moorhead 206
4. Emily Pitkin, Oakland City 199
5. Caroline Hogue, Harding 194

UWF CAREER REBOUNDS
1. 1005 - Katie Bobos (2013-17)
2. 879 - Courtney Meyer (2014-pr)
3. 867 - Toni Brewer (2014-17)
4. 798 - Melissa Nafzger (2003-06)
5. 685 - Jennifer Bass (1993-97)

* Senior Chloe Branch is averaging 6.0 points and 4.8 rebounds over 18.2 minutes per game. The transfer from Kennesaw State has done well recently, posting 8.3 ppg and 4.9 rpg in the last six games, while averaging 22 minutes per outing.
* Last week she averaged 19.7 points and 11.0 rebounds in three games. She had back-to-back double-doubles in the home sweep of West Georgia and AUM, establishing career-highs in scoring both games. Opened the week with 11 points and seven boards at CBU, which included 7 and 7 in the second half. Posted 20 points and 10 rebounds in the overtime win against the Wolves for her second career double-double before dominating the Warhawks with 28 points and 16 boards in a 72-51 win. She had 14 points and 10 boards in 16 second-half minutes. She shot 53 percent in the three games. She also had 11 offensive rebounds that led to seven second-chance points in the three games.

YELTON REACHES 100 WINS AT UWF
* UWF head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton reached a milestone in her UWF coaching career against Delta State last month. The sixth-year coach became the third coach in program history to reach the 100-victory mark, joining Shannan Bergen (183 victories) and Kathy Davis (175).
* She is now 104-64 at UWF and currently has a 161-148 head coaching record.

SCOUTING AUM
* AUM is coming off an 0-2 road mark on the Mississippi swing of the GSC, falling Mississippi College, 59-54, and Delta State, 76-56, last week. The Warhawks have lost three straight and are 1-3 since the teams met in Pensacola on Jan. 21. AUM averages 50.9 points, 35.5 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 8.7 steals and 3.8 blocks per game.
* Junior Evelina Avleeva leads the Warhawks 11.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. Senior guard Kyla Rooks has a team-high 2.4 assists while sophomore Bailee Wolfe posts 1.4 blocks per contest, tied for the fifth-best average in the league.

SERIES HISTORY
* AUM holds a 14-6 series lead with 18 of those games coming when both teams were NAIA members back in the 1980s and early 1990s. Since the series resumed last season, UWF has won both games, 66-52, in Montgomery just after Thanksgiving 2016, and earlier just over two weeks ago, 72-51 at the UWF Field House.