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At the halfway point of the Gulf South Conference schedule, UWF is in third place with a 7-3 record. The Argonauts travel to West Alabama on Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. contest at Pruitt Hall in Livingston, Ala. against the 4-6 Tigers.
ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 13-4 overall and 7-3 in Gulf South Conference play, sitting in third place at the halfway mark of the league slate. The Argonauts have won their last three games overall and are 3-2 on the road against GSC squads.
* UWF ranks first in the GSC and 20th nationally in shooting, making 45.8 percent of its shots. The Argos are third in the GSC with a 34.6 3-point field goal percentage and have made just 25 percent over the last four games.
* The Argonauts' four seniors -
Belle Bistrow,
Toni Brewer,
Anna Hall &
Halee Nieman - have been the top four scorers all season, combining to average 56.4 points per game - or 76.5 percent of the offense. Nieman (17.8 ppg) and Brewer (17.2 ppg) rank first and third in the GSC in scoring, while Brewer (11.4) and point guard
Anna Hall (9.2) are first and second in rebounding.
* Bistrow, Hall, Nieman, sophomore
Danielle Norquest and freshman
Fanny Hulmihave all made at least 32 percent of their 3-point shots. Bistrow is 45th individually at 41.2 pct. and 38th at 2.8 makes per game. She has made at least three triples in a game 10 times (out of 17) this season.
* UWF has out-rebounded its opponents by an average of 44.3-32.0 this season & ranks fourth nationally in rebound margin (12.2) and second in defensive boards (33.0). The Argos have outrebounded their opponents in 15 of 17 games and had a plus-10 margin 10 times.
* UWF's 3-point defense ranks 12th in the NCAA and second in the GSC, allowing opponents to make just 26 percent of their shots.
ABOUT WEST ALABAMA
* West Alabama is 7-10 overall and 4-6 in GSC play. The Tigers are 4-3 at home this season.
* UWA has struggled lately and has lost its last four games, shooting just 34 percent in setbacks to Christian Brothers, Union, Lee and UAH.
* The Tigers are averaging 65.4 points per game on 39 percent shooting. They are allowing 67.4 points per game on 46 percent shooting - both rank 10thin the GSC. UWA ranks 10thin the GSC in 3-pointers made, 3-point FG percentage and 3-point FG percentage defense. The Tigers are making just 58 pct. from the FT line, ranking last in Division II out of 301 schools.
* BriaDent, the reigning GSC Freshman of the Week, is the hottest player on the team. She is averaging 9.3 points and 6.9 rebounds on the season, but over the last four games, has posted a double-double in each contest with 15.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per game, Her 13 boards and four assists at Lee last Saturday were both career and season highs.
* Rusty Cram is 48-79 in his fifth season at West Alabama. He is 315-342 as a collegiate head coach, which includes stops at Georgia Southern and Belhaven. Cram is 1-7 against UWF.
UWF-UWA SERIES HISTORY
* UWF holds a 17-11 record against West Alabama since the 2006 season. The Argonauts are 10-1 in the last 11 meetings, which includes a win over the Tigers in last year's GSC Tournament Semifinals and a current 4-game winning streak against UWA in Livingston. That streak comes on the heels of a 6-game losing skid at Pruitt Hall.
HALL WITH THREE DOUBLE-DOUBLES AND THREE 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 her time with the Argonauts, she has improved up those numbers.
* She has three triples doubles to lead Division II and rank third among all NCAA divisions. Her first one came on Nov. 20 against Spring Hill with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. She recorded the second one on Dec. 5 against Tuskegee with 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Her third was produced two weeks ago at Mississippi College, where she finished with 12 points, 14 rebounds and 12 helpers to start UWF's current 3-game winning streak. She has come within two points of another one twice.
* Hall is averaging 8.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game. She currently ranks 37th in the GSC in scoring, and in the top five in rebounding (2nd), assists (1st) and steals (5th). Nationally, she is fifth in assists at 7.3 and has 124 total. With a minimum of 10 games remaining on the season, she is on pace to end the regular-season with 196 assists which would rank third in a single-season at UWF.
* Her 388 career assists are 12th among active Division 2 players.
ASSISTS
1. 243 -
Alex Coyne(2016-17)
2. 200 - Sydney Jackson (1995-96)
3. 180 -
Alex Coyne(2015-16)
4. 151 - Charlotte Griffin (1997-98)
5. 142 - Sydney Jackson (1994-95)
T6. 136 - SindiSamis(1982-83)
T6. 136 - Allison Davis (1990-91)
8. 135- ToynettaJohnson (2012-13)
9. 133 - Amy Drake (2009-10)
10. 129 - Heather George (2005-06)
11. 125 - ToynettaJohnson (2013-14)
12. 124 - Anna Hall (2018-19)
BREWER TAKES OVER UWF CAREER REBOUNDING MARK
* Senior
Toni Brewer redshirted last season and hasn't missed a beat from the play that earned her 2016-17 All-America honors.
* Brewer currently leads the team with 11.4 rebounds per game and 13 double-doubles, while ranking second with 17.2 points per game. She is second nationally in double-doubles and seventh in rebounds per game.
* She enters the UWA game with 1,442 points and 1,061 rebounds and ranks in the top five in UWF history in both categories. She became the program's all-time leading rebounder earlier this month at Valdosta, passing former former teammate
Katie Bobos.
* She needs just five points on Thursday to move into third on the UWF career scoring list.
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. 1,442 - Toni Brewer (2014-17, pr.)
6. 1,346 - Katie Bobos (2013-17)
REBOUNDS
1. 1061 - Toni Brewer (2014-17, pr.)
2. 1005 - Katie Bobos (2013-17)
3. 941 - Courtney Meyer (2014-18)
4. 798 - Melissa Nafzger(2003-06)
5. 685 - Jennifer Bass (1993-97)
BREWER AMONG ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS IN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
* While
Toni Brewer has had a very successful career, her rank among current women's players across all divisions is even more eye-popping.
* Among active career NCAA leaders, she ranks:
