UWF will put a bow on its 3-game home stand when it plays host to Gulf South Conference rival West Georgia in the annual Holiday Game at the UW Field House on Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
PROMOTIONS
* Fans can get their picture taken with Santa Claus in the lobby before both the women's and men's games.
* Fans can get FREE ADMISSION with a donation of 5 cans for the Argo Panty Food Drive.
* Fans are welcome to donate a new and unwrapped toy to the Toys For Tots toy drive, which is also located next to the Santa station.
 
ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 6-2 on the season following last weekend's home sweep of Mississippi College and Delta State.
* UWF averages 75.2 points per game on 43.3 pct. shooting. The Argos are 11th in the country and second in the GSC with 8.8 3-pointers per game on 39.1 pct., which is also 11th in the nationally.
* UWF is tied for first in the GSC with 44.5 rebounds per game. The Argos have gotten at least a plus-8 rebound margin in all six games.
* The Argos are second in the league and 31st in the country with 4.5 blocks per game.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
* UWF is 5-0 when it scored 70 points or more and 1-2 when it fails to get to 70.
* UWF has shot at least 40 percent in five of its six victories.
* UWF is 4-0 when it makes at least eight 3-pointers and 2-2 when it fails to make more than five.
* UWF had 133 assists on 209 field goals – 64 percent.
 
TOP TWO REBOUNDING TEAMS IN THE GSC GOING HEAD TO HEAD
* In Stephanie Lawrence Yelton's 12 seasons at UWF, the Argos have been the dominant rebounding team in the GSC. They have finished first or second in the league in all 11 previous seasons.
* This year the Argos are tied for first in the GSC and 15th nationally with 44.5 rebounds per game. Today's opponent – West Georgia – is the team they are tied with, led by their top player Jada Powell, who averages a league-high 10.7 rpg.
 
ARGOS AGAIN WITH A TOP TIER DEFENSE
* Along with the strong rebounding effort, the UWF defense has been present in just about every game, holding opponents to 58.4 points per contest on a paltry 33.4 shooting percentage. The FG defense ranks first in the GSC and 10th in Division II.
* UWF has held all eight opponents to under 40 percent shooting this season.
* In terms of outside shooting, it doesn't get any better for opponents as they have managed to make just 25.2 percent (1st in GSC/44th in NCAA) of their shots and with an average of just 5.0 per 40 minutes.
 
KANE, BOSTICK, TRUSHEL LEADING THE WAY OFFENSIVELY
* UWF brought in eight transfers during the summer, but Brooke Kane, Tyashia Bostick and Delaney Trushel have made the largest impact thus far, combining for 36.6 points per game while shooting 43.1 percent from the floor and 42 percent from outside.
* Kane spent four seasons at New Hampshire where she totaled 643 points and 392 rebounds in 95 games. She leads the Argos with 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. She also has a team-best seven steals along with six blocked shots. She ranks third in the GSC in both FG pct. and would lead in 3-point FG pct. but she is two made triples shy of the statistical minimum of 2.0 makes per game.
* Bostick made the shortest move of the newcomers after a standout 4-year career at Spring Hill, where she collected 1000 points, 353 rebounds, 117 3-pointers in 80 games. She also was an 81 pct. FT shooter for her career. This season she is second on the team with 10.3 points and has 11 3-pointers.
* Trushel was a 3-year starter at USC Aiken where she put up 8.3 ppg in 62 contests to go along with 40 pct. 3-point shooting each season with 82 total makes. This year she is third on the team with 9.9 ppg and 14-of-28 triples for 50 pct.
 
NO LETDOWN IN POINT GUARD PLAY WITH TAYLOR & STONE
* A year ago Moriah Taylor led the GSC with a 2.43 assist-to-turnover ratio. Through eight games in 2023-24, the 5th-year player from Hartselle, Alabama has picked up where she left off with a 4.0 ratio on 20 assists and just five turnovers in 172 minutes.
* Transfer Bella Stone has stepped in and has shown that there will not a be a drop off in ball security when either player in handling the rock. Stone has a 3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio with 22 dimes and 12 turnovers in 143 minutes.
* Both players have six steals and two blocked shots as well this season.
 
IT'S A BLOCK PARTY AND EVERYONE'S INVITED
* UWF has swatted 36 opponent field goals through eight games for 4.5 blocks per game. That is second in the GSC and ranks 31st in Division II.
* Claire Sutherland-Case is third in the GSC and 42nd in the country with 12 blocks. Brooke Kane is ninth in the league with six swats.
* Eight different Argos have at least one block this season.
 
SCOUTING WEST GEORGIA
* UWG enters Sunday's contest at 4-3 and losers of their last three, including a 61-54 home setback to Valdosta State in the Red Clay Rivalry series on Thursday.
* The Wolves do have three double-digit scorers, with Zuriyah Davis leading the team at 14.9 points per game. The post combo of K'Nari Holliday and Powell average 11.6 and 10.9 points per game, respectively.
* Powell and Holliday rank first and fourth in the league in rebounding, with Powell's 10.6 per game atop the GSC.
* Anna Gernatt is one of the top three-point shooters in the conference as she ranks sixth in 3-point percentage at 39.1 and is second in the league in 3-pointers per game at 3.0. She is ninth in the country in three-pointers per game.
 
SERIES HISTORY WITH UWG
* UWF is 38-27 against UWG dating back to the first meeting in 1989-90. The Argos are 16-8 in Pensacola since 2001. 
* The Argos are 12-5 in the last 17 games, with the magic number being 63. UWF is 12-0 when scoring at least 63 points and 0-5 when not.
* UWF has won the last eight against UWG, including all three meetings last season, 77-49 in Carrollton and 71-57 in Pensacola, and again by the same score of 71-57 in the GSC Tournament quarterfinal in Pensacola.
 
YELTON COLLECTED HEAD COACHING VICTORY NUMBER 250 AT SHORTER
* The win at Shorter last month was number 250 for Stephanie Lawrence Yelton as a head coach. She is currently 252-207 in her 17th season, which includes 196-123 in her 12th at UWF. She spent five seasons as the head coach at Charleston Southern, going 56-84 from 2001-06.
* Last season she became the winningest coach in program history, passing Shannon Bergen's 183 wins with a triumph at Christian Brothers on Feb. 4, 2023.
* Additionally, she is on the verge of becoming the tenth coach in GSC history to reach 200 victories at a league school.
 
SHATTERING RECORDS AGAINST SHC ON NOV. 21
* UWF scored 111 points in the win over SHC two days before Thanksgiving, marking the second-highest scoring game in program history. The Argos scored at least 25 points in all four quarters, with a season-high 33 in the fourth. Here are the top scoring games in UWF history:
125       vs. Stillman 1/27/94
111       vs. Spring Hill, 11/21/24
111       vs. Concordia-Selma 2/26/94
109       vs. Albany State 11/12/16
108       vs. Columbus State 12/15/97
106       vs. Central Arkansas 1991
106       vs. Stillman 12/2/94
 
* UWF was absolutely locked in from outside, making 20-of-28 3-pointers in the win over Spring Hill on Tuesday. The 20 triples shattered the previous school record of 16 set two years ago against the Badgers. The figure is the most in the country thus far and tied for the fifth-most in GSC history.
* The 3-point field goal percentage of 71.4 is where it gets interesting. That figure isn't close to the top eight in the GSC record book because the minimum for makes is 5, meaning 5-of-5, 9-of-10, 7-of-8 and 6-of-7 dominate the list. Looking at the six games where a team made at least 20, here's what they all shot in their games:
.714 (20-of-28)   UWF     vs. SHC, 2023-24
.618 (21-of-24)   Ark.-Monticello  vs. Rhema College, 2007-08
.591 (26-of-44)   Union   vs. Stillman, 2015-16
.522 (24-of-46)   Union   vs. Rust, 2015-16
.457 (21-of-46)   Union   vs. Shorter, 2022-23
n/a (20 made)    North Alabama  vs. Lindsey Wilson, 1998-99
 
* UWF handed out a school-record 33 assists as well, which is the 11th most in GSC history and the seventh-most in D2 this season.