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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The UWF women's basketball team opens the 2021-22 season with a pair of neutral-site games at The Complex in Valdosta, Georgia this weekend. On Friday, the Argonauts will face Benedict at 4 p.m. EST and on Saturday, they will take on Palm Beach Atlantic at 2 p.m. EST.
 
UWF WBB HISTORY 101
UWF has 588 victories in 41 previous seasons of women's basketball, along with seven 20-win seasons … The Argonauts have six NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2017 South Region Championship and Elite Eight appearance … UWF has four Gulf South Conference regular-season titles and one GCS Tournament crown.
 
YEAR 10 FOR COACH SLY
Head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is in her tenth season at UWF and enters the weekend with a 149-106 record … Yelton is 206-190 in 14 years as a college head coach … She has led the Argos to four NCAA Regionals and eight GSC Tournaments.
 
UWF'S LAST TIME OUT
UWF fell to No. 16 Florida State, 91-47, in an exhibition at the Tucker Center in Tallahassee … UWF took the fight to the Seminoles, leading 17-16 after the first quarter and trailing by just seven at the half … Jaclyn Jarnot led UWF with 13 points, while Charlotte Ellmore and Fanny Hulmi added nine each ... Maddie Griffon had six points, five assists and three steals from her point guard spot.
 
ABOUT UWF
UWF returns eight letterwinners and three starters from last year's team that went 9-9 in the regular season, playing just GSC teams in a same-team, Friday-Saturday format … The team added seven newcomers, with four transfers and three high school standouts … UWF was picked to finish eighth in the GSC Preseason Coaches Poll.
 
ABOUT BENEDICT
Benedict is receiving votes in the WBCA Preseason Top 25 (35th) after last season's 12-3 mark … The Lady Tigers were picked to win the SIAC Eastern Division … Ay'Anna Bey is a 2-time SIAC Player of the Year and a D2CCA All-South Region selection … James Rice is in his tenth season leading the Lady Tigers and has seen them qualify for the NCAA Regionals five times … UWF leads the series 2-0, with both games coming in the 2015 and 2017 NCAA Tournaments.
 
ABOUT PALM BEACH ATLANTIC
The Sailfish are looking to improve from last year's 4-7 record against a SSC-only slate … They did win their final three games to qualify for the SSC Tournament for the first time in six years of membership … Shekinah Guthrie and Maria Benitez-Zayas both received All-SSC honors ... PBA was picked to finish seventh in the SSC Preseason Poll … Fourth-year head coach Manisha Redus welcomes back the top eight scorers, along with four transfers and a pair of high school additions … The Argos are 3-0 all-time against the Fish, with the last meeting coming in Dec. 2009.
 
NEXT ACTION
UWF will make the shortest road trip in school history when it plays five miles away at Pensacola Christian College on Friday, Nov. 19 … Tip-off at the Arlin R. Horton Sports Center is at 6 p.m. and admission is $5.