The UWF women's basketball team closes out its 4-game homestand with a visit from No. 3/8 Valdosta State on Saturday afternoon. The game will begin at 2 p.m. at the UWF Field House.

SPECIAL PROMOTIONS
* UWF is giving away FREE T-SHIRTS to the first 100 students.
* UWF is recognizing the 2013-14 GSC Championship team at halftime.
* The doubleheader is sponsored by the Florida Lottery and they will have a giveaway as well.

ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 13-10 overall and 10-9 in the Gulf South Conference. The Argonauts are in seventh place entering the weekend. UWF will play at AUM and Montevallo next week before hosting Alabama Huntsville and West Alabama the final regular-season weekend in two weeks.
* UWF averages 69.1 points per game on 41.5 pct. shooting. The Argos are third in the GSC with 7.5 3-pointers per game on 33.1 pct.
* UWF is first in the GSC with 41.8 rebounds per game. The Argos have gotten at least a plus-8 rebound margin in 11 of 23 games.
* Brooke Kane is fifth in the GSC with 13.2 ppg and has scored in double figures in 19 of 23 games.
* Tyashia Bostick is second on the team with 12.0 ppg and has made a team-best 40 3-pointers.
* Claire Sutherland-Case has averaged 10.7 ppg and scored in double figures in 12 games, including seven of the last nine.
* Moriah Taylor leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio with 3.32 per game.

REBOUNDING A STRENGTH FOR THE ARGOS
* Historically, UWF has been a dominant rebounding team at both ends of the floor and 2023-24 is no different. UWF ranks first in the GSC at 41.8 rpg (33rd in NCAA), first in defensive rebounds at 30.3 (9th in NCAA) and is fifth in rebound defense, allowing 33.8 rpg. The 8.0 rebound margin is first (14th in NCAA).
* 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    42.7    1st
2021-22    41.0    1st  
2022-23    44.0    1st
2023-24    41.8    1st

WE BLOCK A LOT OF SHOTS TOO
* UWF ranks 22nd in the country with 4.6 blocks per game (106 total). The last time the Argos had more then 2.0 bpg was in 2017-18 with 3.5.
* Claire Sutherland-Case is 20th nationally with 2.0 per game. Her 44 total put her at 21st nationally.

SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKS RECORD
Year    Total    BPG
2005-06    169    5.6
2003-04    151    5.6
2023-24    106    4.6
2004-05    115    4.5
2014-15    116    4.0
2015-16    109    4.0
2016-17    133    3.8
2013-14    106    3.5
2017-18    105    3.5
2006-07    97    3.5
2010-11    90    3.5

ABOUT VALDOSTA STATE
* VSU is 21-2 on the season and 18-1 in GSC action while riding an 18-game winning streak – the second-longest active streak in Division 2.
* The Lady Blazers are fourth nationally in field goal percentage at a 47.2, while they are second in the league in field goal percentage defense, holding teams to a 37.0 clip – just behind UWF's GSC-best 35.5 pct.
* Kalifa Ford averages 15.2 points to lead the team, while Aleisha Curry comes off the bench to score 10.0 points per contest.

SERIES HISTORY WITH VSU
* VSU leads the all-time series 31-25 and 9-8 since January of 2016.
* The Lady Blazers have won the last two in Pensacola following 7-straight Argo victories.
* VSU won the first meeting in 2024, 75-67 in Valdosta.

YELTON COLLECTED HEAD COACHING VICTORY NUMBER 250 AT SHORTER
* The win at Shorter earlier this season was number 250 for Stephanie Lawrence Yelton as a head coach. She is currently 258-212 in her 17th season, which includes 202-128 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.
* The win at Alabama Huntsville in mid-January saw her become 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 (tied with three other teams) and tied for the fifth-most in GSC history. The 71.4 pct is second nationally behind 73.3 on 11-of-15 by Stanislaus State on Dec. 2.
* 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.