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GSC CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL

* The UWF women's basketball team will face Union in the quarterfinals of the 2021 GSC Basketball Tournament on Tuesday night. Tip-off at Fred Delay Gymnasium in Jackson, Tenn. is at 5 p.m.

* UWF finished the regular-season at 9-9 and in fourth place in the GSC East Division. The Lady Bulldogs won the GSC West with a 15-5 record.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

* The winner will advance to Friday's GSC Semifinals against the winner of the Alabama Huntsville -Montevallo game.

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UWF'S GSC TOURNEY HISTORY

* UWF is making its 18th GSC Tournament appearance and has a 12-16 all-time record. That includes the 2014 title - the program's lone championship.

* The Argos are 7-9 in quarterfinal round games and have reached the semifinals eight times.

* If UWF advances to the semifinal round, it will be the fourth time in the last eight years to do so. The Argonauts have advanced to the finals four times (1998, 2014, 2017 & 2018) and are 1-3 in those contests. 

ABOUT THE ARGOS

* UWF is 9-9 on the year following the completion of the regular season. The Argonauts went 5-5 at home and 4-4 on the road this season.

* Senior F Danielle Norquest leads the team with 11.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and is second with 1.8 steals per game. She is also shooting 43.3 percent from the floor and 37 percent from outside, making 20-of-54 3-pointers. She leads the team with seven double-doubles. She suffered a knee injury on Feb. 19 and will not play the remainder of the season. She has 849 points and 695 rebounds in 102 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 11 games, she has averaged 14.0 points – with 10 of 11 in double figures – and shot 42 pct. She has connected on 35 pct. from outside, making 24-of-69 3-pointers. She has established a career-high in scoring in five of those games.

* Junior G Charlotte Ellmore is third on the squad with 9.7 ppg and is second with 28 3-pointers. She has made at least two triples in nine games and at least one in the 16 of the 18 contests.

* UWF is averaging 64.7 ppg as a team on 35.5 pct. shooting. They are allowing 65.6 ppg on 39.6 pct. shooting.

LEWIS PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL, SETS CAREER-HIGH FOR THIRD-CONSECUTIVE GAME

* Junior G Peyton Lewis has been a consistent spark off the bench for the Argonauts before moving into a starting role for the final game of the regular season.

* In the last 11 games, the Hampton, Ga. native has averaged 14.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 42 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 Feb. 12-13 and a career-best 18 at West Georgia on Feb. 16.

* The Kennesaw State transfer has raised her scoring average from 4.0 points to 10.1 ppg in the last month. She had totaled 18 points in seven games before scoring 154 in the last 11. She has scored in double figures in 10 of 11 games, while leading the team in scoring five times and ranking second the other four games.

UWF A SECOND HALF TEAM

* UWF is averaging 30.7 points in the first half and 34.0 points after halftime. Over the first 15 games, the best quarter average for the Argos had been the third, where they outscored their opponents 19.1-17.8 on average. But over the last three games, they have been a solid closing team, posting a 20.3-13.7 margin.

* 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

* Two weeks ago at West Georgia, 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 been consistent for the past two months, connecting on 112 for 8.0 per game, bringing its season average to 7.2 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 two weeks ago 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 43.2 rpg and is third in rebound defense, allowing just 35.3 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    43.2    1st

NORQUEST ENDS CAREER WITH 849 POINTS, 700 REBOUNDS

* Norquest has spent her entire career at UWF, leading the team in scoring and rebounding each of the last two seasons. She suffered a season-ending knee injury against AUM on Feb. 19, concluding her career with 849 points and 700 rebounds in 102 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.

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 UNION

* Union enters the GSC Tournament at 15-5 overall and was first in the GSC West Division.

* The Lady Bulldogs enter the contest averaging 70.7 ppg and allowing 60.9 ppg. UU i    s shooting a GSC-best 46.3 pct. overall and second with 32.6 from 3-point range.

* Shanique Lewis leads an outside-inside attach for the Lady Bulldogs, averaging 17.4 ppg and 3.9 apg while shooting 47 pct. Jaelencia Williams is a leading candidate for West Division Player of the Year with her 16.5 points and 9.9 boards per contest. She leads the league with 62.8 FG pct. and 41 blocked shots.

UWF-UNION SERIES HISTORY

* Union leads the series 12-4. The Lady Bulldogs have a 6-2 record in games played in Jackson. They have won the last three games and seven of the last eight. UWF's last win at Union was a 75-67 win in January 2016.

* A year ago, the Lady Bulldogs opened league play with a 95-35 win on Nov. 23, 2019. Union shot 57 percent in the contest and was 16-of-28 from outside. Leah Cauble was the top scorer in the game with 24 points on 8-of-11 3-pointers.

YELTON CLAIMS 200TH HEAD COACHING VICTORY

* Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is in her ninth season at UWF and has a 149-105 record at UWF … She is 206-189 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 versus Delta State and Valdosta State.

* 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 Lady Blazers were picked fourth … 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. West Georgia, 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.

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