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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The UWF men's basketball team returns home this weekend, hosting Delta State on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Mississippi College on Saturday at 4 p.m. Both games will be at the UWF Field House.
 
ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 8-10 through 18 games and is coming off a very impressive 72-54 win at Shorter on Saturday. The Argonauts are 4-10 in Gulf South Conference play.
* UWF is ninth in the GSC in scoring offense at 70.8 ppg and seventh in scoring defense at 71.0 ppg.
* UWF is shooting 43.1 percent from the field and is 7-5 when shooting at least 40 percent in a game.
* From outside the 3-point line, the Argos are converting 33.7 pct. They have made 46 in the last six games and at least seven eight times, going 5-3 in those contests.
* The Argos are averaging 32.6 rebounds per game and have outrebounded seven opponents this year - including three of their last four.
 
UWF COMING OFF A DOMINATING ROAD VICTORY OVER SHORTER
* UWF snapped a five-game losing skid while shooting 50 percent from the floor and scoring 13 fast-break points in a dominating 72-54 win at Shorter.
* LaTrell Tate and Daniel Sofield combined for 41 points to lead the team offensively. Tate led all scorers with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including 5-of-8 from outside. Sofield's 18 points came on 7-of-12 with three triples and both players had four assists. Dell Matthews had all nine of his points in the first half on 3-of-5 shooting.
* UWF outscored Shorter 35-10 over an 11:04 stretch from the end of the first half through the first eight minutes of the second.
 
UWF FREE THROW SHOOTING AMONG THE BEST UWF HISTORY
* UWF has made 76.2 percent of its free throw shots this season, its highest in any of Jeff Burkhamer's eight seasons as the head coach. The school record is .764 in the 1969-70 season.
* The Argos rank third in the GSC and 35th in the country. Additionally, the 14.9 FT made per game is third and 57th, respectively.
 
SINGLE-SEASON FT PCT.
.769 1969-70
.762 2022-23*
.749 1968-69
.737 2021-22*
.735 2018-19*
* Jeff Burkhamer-coached teams
 
TATE EMERGING AS A TOP SCORER IN THE GSC
* The move from point guard to more of a combo guard (splitting PG duties with Jared DeHart) has benefitted junior LaTrell Tate more than anyone could have imagined. He is the team's leading scorer with 17.2 ppg (6th in the GSC) and has scored in double figures in 15 games, including all 13 since the switch.
* In the last 14 contests, he is averaging 21.2 ppg with eight 20-plus point performances.
* Over New Year's weekend, the Marietta, Ga. native averaged 26.5 ppg in road contests at Montevallo and AUM. He had a career-high 37 in the game against the Falcons, which is the 23rd-highest in the country this season and the fourth most in a game in UWF history. Also had 16 two days later at AUM.
* For the season, he is shooting 80.2 pct. from the line, including 85.2 pct. (75-for-88) in the last nine outings.
 
GSC Leading Scorers Since Nov. 26
Name                                   PPG           20-Pt Games
Braxton Bertolette, Mont.       21.86         9
Maalik Cartwright, DSU          21.50         8
LaTrell Tate, UWF                  20.62        8
Tradavis Thompson, MC         19.92         7
 
SOFIELD'S ASSAULT ON THE UWF RECORD BOOK
* UWF guard/forward Daniel Sofield became the school's career 3-point record holder a year ago and then surpassed the 1,000-point plateau earlier this season. Below are his current ranks in a number of categories in the Argo Record Book:
POINTS
1. 1,477 - Anthony Russell (1995-98)
2. 1,245 - Rashaan Benson (2015-19)
3. 1,218 - Terrence Harris (1994-96)
4. 1,210 – Daniel Sofield (2019-present)
 
FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 587 - Anthony Russell (1995-98)
2. 477 - Terrence Harris (1994-96)
3. 434 – Daniel Sofield (2019-present)
4. 418 - Rashaan Benson (2015-19)
 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
1. 1,144 - Rashaan Benson (2015-19)
2. 999 - Terrence Harris (1994-96)
3. 941 – Daniel Sofield (2019-present)
4. 895 - Mike Morgan (1997-00)
5. 894 - Anthony Russell (1995-98)
 
THREE POINT FIELD GOALS
1. 207 - Daniel Sofield (2019-present)
2. 146 - Jason Laatsch (2012-17)
3. 132 - Rashaan Benson (2015-19)
 
STEALS
1. 157 - Rashaan Benson (2015-2019)
2. 139 - Deondre Boynton (2005-09)
3. 128 - D.J. Thorpe (2016-18)
4. 126 - Matt Shemwell (2001-04)
5. 122 - Maurice Thomas (2004-10)
6. 121 - Marcus Grant (2005-07)
7. 106 - Kashif Russell (2003-05)
8. 102 - Mike Morgan (1997-00)
9. 96 - Anthony Russell (1995-98)
10. 93 - Peter Connole (2009-13)
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88 - Daniel Sofield (2019-present)
 
 
MATTHEWS FINDING HIS SHOOTING TOUCH
* In the last four games, Dell Matthews has scored in double figures in all four with a 17.0 scoring avg, while raising his season scoring average to a season-high 10.4 ppg. He leads the team in FG pct. at 52.4 pct. raising that mark from 43.8 pct. thanks to shooting 66.7 pct. (26-for-39) over the last four games.
* He had a season-high 28 points on 11-of-13 shooting at Montevallo on Saturday, after an 18-point, 7-assist game in the win over Valdosta State just before the Christmas break.
 
BLOCKED SHOTS
(Since 1994)
1. 148 - Charles Bouie (2007-09)
2. 111 - Kelly Powe (2000-01)
3. 109 - Deangelo Legrier (2013-17)
4. 94 - Anthony Russell (1995-98)
5. 79 - Terrence Harris (1994-96)
6. 70 - Wendell Matthews (2020-Present)
7. 61 - Darryl Tucker (2016-18)
 
ABOUT DELTA STATE
* DSU is 6-11 on the season and 5-9 in GSC play, just ahead of the Argoanuts in the league standings.
* The Statesmen rank last in the GSC in both FG pct. and FG pct. defense.
* Maalik Cartwright has emerged as the top scorer in the GSC, posting 21.0 points per game. He is second in the GSC in field goal percentage and ninth in rebounding. He also has 1,117 career points. He was the D2CIDA National Player of the Week last week with 36.5 points per game in two wins for the Statesmen.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS DSU
* DSU leads the series since 2007, 13-12. UWF has won the last two games - , 94-60 in Pensacola.
 
ABOUT MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
* MC is 10-8 this season 6-8 in the league, just two games ahead of the Argos entering their game at Valdosta State.
* They average 75.4 ppg and are allowing 70.2 ppg.
* Tredavis Thompson and Galen Smith are the leading scorers for the Choctaws. Thompson puts up 18.6 points per game, while Smith averages 15.4 points and 7.1 rebounds. 
 
SERIES HISTORY VS MC
* The Argos are 10-5 all-time against the Choctaws. Prior to MC's win in Clinton in November, UWF had won the last three and 10 of the last 11.
* UWF is 5-3 in Pensacola against the Choctaws and has won four of the last five.

ARGOS PUT UP 113 POINTS AT MONTEVALLO
* UWF scored 113 points at Montevallo back on Dec. 31, marking the fifth-highest scoring game in program history.
* The Argos scored 65 points in the first half and 48 in the second. 
 
SINGLE-GAME SCORING RECORD
129       Mississippi College, 1968-69
126       Carver Bible, 2003-04
122       Wesley (Miss.), 2004-05
117       Mississippi College, 1968-69
113       at Montevallo, 2022-23
110       Shorter, 2016-17
            Oglethorpe, 1970-71
108       Thomas, 1999-00
            Gulf Coast Christian, 1996-97
            Flagler, 1994-95
            Florida Tech, 1972-73