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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The UWF women's basketball team returns to Pensacola for its final two regular-season home games of the 2020-21 season, playing host to Auburn Montgomery. Friday's game tips off at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday's is at 3 p.m.
* The game will be the third and fourth meetings between the programs this season. The Argonauts won both games in Montgomery on Jan. 12 and Feb. 9.
 
SENIOR WEEKEND FOR BROWN, NORQUEST
* Prior to Saturday's game, UWF will recognize two student-athletes who will be playing their final home games at the UWF Field House - Gabby Brown and Danielle Norquest.
* Brown came to UWF last summer and spent her senior season with the Argos. She has started all 16 games and averaged 8.0 points and 6.8 rebounds in 29.6 minutes per game. The standout from nearby Fort Walton Beach has six double-figure games with a career-high 16 at Shorter three weeks ago. She played at Pearl River Community College as a freshman and sophomore before a junior campaign at East Tennessee State.
* Norquest has spent her entire career at UWF, leading the team in scoring and rebounding each of the last two seasons. She enters the AUM weekend with 849 points and 695 rebounds in 101 games. She currently ranks 5th all-time in rebounds at UWF. In 2019-20 she tied the school record with 21 double-doubles and is now third all-time with 28.
 
ABOUT THE ARGOS
* UWF is 8-8 on the year following a 2-2 record on a a recent 4-game road swing. After defeating AUM 70-46, the Argos dropped two close contests at Montevallo – 62-57 on Friday and 72-58 on Saturday, before completing the season sweep of West Georgia with an 82-60 win at the UWG Coliseum.
* Senior F Danielle Norquest leads the team with 12.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and is second with 1.8 steals per game. She is also shooting 44 percent from the floor and 39 percent from outside, making 20-of-52 3-pointers. She leads the team with seven double-doubles, including in four of the last six contests. She enters the AUM weekend with 849 points and 695 rebounds in 101 games over four seasons at UWF.
* No Argonaut has been more consistent the second half of the season than junior G Peyton Lewis. Over the last nine games, she has averaged 14.5 points – with all nine in double figures – and shot 48 pct. She has connected on 40 pct. from outside, making 22-of-55 3-pointers. She has established a career-high in scoring in each of the last three games and five times in the last nine.
* Junior G Charlotte Ellmore is third on the squad with 9.8 ppg and is second with 25 3-pointers. She has made at least two triples in eight games and at least one in the 14 of the 16 contests.
* UWF is averaging 65.6 ppg as a team on 36.1 pct. shooting. They are allowing 67.2 ppg on 40 pct. shooting.
 
LEWIS PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL, SETS CAREER-HIGH FOR THIRD-CONSECUTIVE GAME
* Junior G Peyton Lewis has continued to be a spark off the bench for the Argonauts over the past nine games.
* In the last nine games, the Hampton, Ga. native has averaged 13.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 53 percent from the floor. She posted back-to-back career-highs, scoring 15 points in the Friday Shorter game and 16 points the next afternoon, and has since eclipsed those numbers with 16 and 17 points at Montevallo last weekend and a career-best 18 at West Georgia on Tuesday.
* The Kennesaw State transfer has raised her scoring average from 4.0 points to 10.1 ppg in the last three weeks. She had totaled 18 points in seven games before scoring 134 in the last nine. She has scored in double figures in all nine games, while leading the team in scoring five times and ranking second the other four games.
 
THIRD QUARTER IS THE MAGIC QUARTER
* UWF is averaging 29.5 points in the first half and 36.1 points after halftime. The best quarter average for the Argos is the third, where they have outscored their opponents 19.1-17.8 on average. UWF is 5-2 on the year when they outscore their opponents in the 10 minutes immediately following halftime. Ironically, they didn't outscore UWG in the third of either game earlier this year but did hold 21-13 and 23-18 edges in the final stanza of both contests.
* UWF's top scoring quarters and halves this season are:
1st                      25                        UWG, 2/5/21
                            25                        UWG, 2/6/21
2nd                    25                         Lee, 1/23/21
                                            at Shorter, 1/30/21
1st Half            38            at Shorter, 1/30/21
3rd                     28                 Shorter, 12/9/20
4th                     31                 Shorter, 12/9/20
2nd Half           59                 Shorter, 12/9/20
 
BUT ITS A 4-QUARTER GAME!
* UWF has played some complete team basketball lately. That play has results in two wins where the Argos outscored or tied their opponents in all four quarters of the game - at AUM and at West Georgia in the most recent 4-game road trip. They also did the same thing in the season opener against Shorter.
 
UWF TIES MODERN SCHOOL 3-POINT RECORD... AGAIN
* On Tuesday night, UWF's first two made baskets were 3-pointers from the left wing. That set the tone for the night as they ended up tying the school record with 12 in the 82-60 win over UWG. That marked the second time this season they hit a dozen, equaling their performance in the home win over Lee.
* After three games this season, UWF had made just 18 3-pointers for 6.0 made per game. The squad has found its stroke in the last 13 contests, connecting on 104 for 8.0 per game, bringing its season average to 7.6 per game, ranking fourth in the GSC overall and second in the East Division behind Lee's 9.1.
* Last month against No. 18 Lee, UWF made 22 triples in the two contests, marking the most in consecutive games since at least the 1993-94 season.
* Prior to this year, it had been 10 seasons since an Argo team made 12 triples in a game - making 12-of-27 against Concordia-Selma on Feb. 23, 2010.
3-POINTERS MADE IN A GAME
Since 1993-94
12   at West Georgia                           2/16/21
12   Lee                                                      1/22/21
12   Concordia-Selma                          2/23/10
12   at West Alabama                            2/5/01
12   at Lincoln Memorial                    1/17/00
11   8x, last vs. Tuskegee                    12/5/18
 
HOT FREE THROW SHOOTING MELTS THE ICE IN CARROLLTON
* UWF was locked-in from the free throw line on Tuesday at West Georgia, making 24-of-28 free throws. At one point they were 22-of-23 and had made 16-consecutive from late in the 2nd quarter to late in the 4th quarter.
* Fanny Hulmi ended the game 10-for-10, tying the UWF single-game record for FT pct. with at least 10 attempts.
 
REBOUNDING A STRENGTH FOR UWF ONCE AGAIN
* Historically, UWF has been a dominant rebounding team at both ends of the floor and 2020-21 is no different. UWF leads the GSC at 43.5 rpg and is third in rebound defense, allowing just 34.3 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                  43.5                       1st
 
UWF HOOPS HISTORY 101
* The Argonauts are 586-514 all-time and 239-184 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.
 
SCOUTING AUM
* AUM enters the game at 1-9 on the season and coming off its first win, defeating Shorter, 70-55 on Tuesday night in Rome, Ga. That was the first game in a 4-game road trip for the Warhawks.
* Senior Catlin Carter leads the team with 14.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Junior Jordan Brewster is one of the better outside shooters in the GSC and has made 20 of the team's 58 triples, but has struggled to get over an injury the past four games.
* AUM is shooting 36 percent from the floor and averaging a GSC-low 54.0 ppg. Opponents are getting to the free throw line an average of 19 times per game as well – UWF was 16-of-19 and 13-of-16 in the first two matchups.
 
UWF-AUM SERIES HISTORY
* UWF is 12-15 all-time against AUM dating back to the 1986-87 season. The majority of the games were played in the 1980s and 90s when both teams were NAIA members.
* Since resuming the series in 2016, UWF is 8-1 against AUM, including a 2-1 record in Pensacola and 6-0 in Montgomery.
* UWF has won both games with the Warhawks this season, winning 64-59 on Jan. 12 and 70-46 on Feb. 9. Both games were played in Montgomery at the AUM Gymnasium.
 
YELTON CLAIMS 200TH HEAD COACHING VICTORY
* Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is in her ninth season at UWF and has a 147-101 record at UWF … She is 205-186 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.
* As a head coach, she has 13 wins versus Shorter, 12 against West Alabama and West Georgia, and 11 against Delta State and Valdosta State. She is 8-1 against AUM and 2-1 in Pensacola.
* Yelton was named the GSC Coach of the Year in 2013-14 and 2018-19.
 
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 Wolves were picked third … Defending champion Lee earned four of six first place votes and was picked first in the East, followed by Montevallo who received the other two first place votes. UWG, VSU 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 in the preseason … 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 UWG game with 834 points and 682 rebounds in 100 games over four 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