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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The UWF women's basketball team will return to action this weekend when it plays host to #18 Lee at the UWF Field House Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m.
 
ABOUT THE ARGOS
* UWF is 2-3 on the season after a 64-59 road win over Auburn Montgomery on Jan. 12.
* Junior Charlotte Ellmore and senior Danielle Norquest lead the team with 11.5 points per game, respectively. Norquest's 8.4 rebounds per game rank ninth in the GSC and second in the East Division. She recorded her 23rd career double-double against Montevallo with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Ellmore leads the team with 10 3-pointers and has made at least two triples in four games.
* UWF is averaging 65.6 ppg as a team on 34 pct. shooting. They are allowing 76 ppg on 46 pct. shooting.
 
REBOUNDING A STRENGTH FOR UWF ONCE AGAIN
* Historically, UWF has been a dominant rebounding team at both ends of the floor and 2020-21 appears to be no different. UWF leads the GSC at 46.2 rpg and is second in rebound defense, allowing just 34.0 rpg.
* Here is a chart showing where UWF has ranked in rebounding offense during the Stephanie Lawrence Yelton era:
 
Year                      RPG                   GSC Rank
2012-13               46.7                          1st
2013-14               40.8                         2nd
2014-15               45.8                          1st
2015-16               40.5                         2nd
2016-17               45.8                          1st
2017-18               43.7                          1st
2018-19               43.7                          1st
2019-20               43.3                         2nd
2020-21               46.2                          1st
 
YELTON NEARING 200 HEAD COACHING WINS
* Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is in her ninth season at UWF and has a 142-97 record at UWF … She is 199-181 in her 14th season as a head coach, which includes five seasons at Charleston Southern … The Morrow, Ga. native (suburb south of Atlanta) is a UNC grad from 1996 and was a 4-year letterwinner for the Tar Heels, where she won two ACC Championships and the 1994 NCAA National Championship – she threw the inbounds pass on Charlotte Smith's game-winning buzzer beater in the title game.
* Yelton was named the GSC Coach of the Year in 2013-14 and 2018-19.
 
SCOUTING LEE
* Lee enters the weekend 5-2 on the year after splitting a pair of games with Valdosta at home last weekend. LU is av eraging 70 points per game and shooting 42 pct. overall and lead the GSC with a 36 pct. effort from outside. While they rank in the top three in the GSC in those categories, the Lady Flames are especially strong on defense, ranking 15th nationally with a 32.9 pct. field goal defense.
* Haley Schubert is fifth in the GSC in scoring at 16.5 ppg thanks to a 70.4 pct free throw pct. She is also handing out 3.5 apg.
* Maddie Long is part of a group of four players averaging double figures, posting 10.3 ppg with a team-high 13 3-pointers (2.0 per game) on the season. She ranks 29th nationally and second in the GSC with 48 pct. from behind the arc.
 
UWF-LEE SERIES HISTORY
* Lee holds a 10-4 series edge against UWF all-time and 4-3 in games played in Pensacola.
* The Lady Flames won the first meeting this season, 80-58, in Cleveland, Tenn.
 
UWF HOOPS HISTORY 101
* The Argonauts are 580-510 all-time and 233-180 in GSC play … UWF has won three East Division and one overall regular-season titles, along with the 2013-14 GSC Tournament crown … The Argos have played in six NCAA Regional Tournaments – including four in the last seven years – and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2017 with a school-record 28 victories … Prior to last year's 8-win campaign, UWF had averaged 21 wins in the previous six seasons.
 
GSC SPLIT INTO DIVISIONS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2010-11
* With an abbreviated season due to the uncertainty of health and wellness brought on by the Corona virus pandemic, the Gulf South Conference worked through a number of scheduling scenarios and ultimately settled on a 20-game slate using an East-West model … UWF is in the East with AUM, Lee, Montevallo, Shorter, Valdosta State and West Georgia … The Argos will face AUM and Montevallo four times, and the other four schools three times … The top four teams from each division will qualify for the GSC Championship.
 
UWF PICKED 6TH IN GSC COACHES POLL
* UWF was picked to finish sixth in the GSC Preseason Coaches Poll, while the Falcons were picked second … Defending champion Lee earned four of six first place votes and was picked first in the East, followed by UM who received the other two first place votes. West Georgia, Valdosta State and Auburn Montgomery were ahead of the Argos, with Shorter picked seventh.
 
NORQUEST NAMED PRESEASON ALL-GSC
* Senior F Danielle Norquest was named to the Preseason All-GSC East Division Team last week … The standout from Diamond, Ohio, is coming off a season in which she averaged 14.5 points and 12.9 rebounds per game … She is the third leading returning scorer in the GSC East Division … Last season she led the league and ranked sixth nationally with a school-record-tying 21 double-doubles … Norquest enters the Lee game with 656 points and 532 rebounds in three-plus seasons at UWF.
 
WHAT'S BACK FOR THE ARGOS
* UWF returns six letterwinners from a year ago, including five players who started at least 15 games … Senior F Danielle Norquest and junior G Charlotte Ellmore each started all 28 games and combined for 24.2 points, 16.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game … Junior C Aline Fevrier continued to improve in the post with 5.1 ppg and 4.0 rpg … Additionally, redshirt sophomore PG D'Asia Collins returns after missing the entire season with a knee injury.
 
UWF NEWCOMERS
* UWF has seven newcomers, along with a redshirt freshman who missed the final 21 games from a year ago … The Argos brought in Division I transfers Gabby Brown and Peyton Lewis, to go with true freshmen Alex Haymon, Makayla Michael, Alli Morgan, Amara Newsom and Megan Sanfratello … Mary Denman Luker received a medical redshirt after a knee injury ended her season after nine games.
 
GSC FALL 2020 HOOPS TIMELINE
* August: BB, FB, SOC, VB postponed until January, 2021
* October: Discussions about starting basketball in December begin
* Late October: 2020 schedule & format planning by GSC and Member Schools
* Early November: GSC Presidents/Chancellors approve basketball to start in Dec.
* Nov. 17: GSC announces 20-game schedule with 2 divisions
* Dec. 9: 2020 Tipoff