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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The UWF Men's Basketball Team will head north to Alabama, as they take on Auburn Montgomery and Montevallo on the road, on Thursday and Saturday.
 
Tip-off against the Warhawks on Thursday night is set for 7:30 PM while the matchup with the Falcons is Saturday at 4 PM.  It will mark the final two road games of the season for UWF.
 
West Florida, 7-17 and 5-15 in league action, has lost three of their last four games, which includes a 84-79 defeat on Saturday afternoon against Valdosta State.  Xavier Washington paced the Argonauts with 17 points and 12 rebounds, while Channick Nkoma added 13 points and eight boards.  Tautvydas Kupstas and Sano Rutatika combined for 24 points off the bench.
 
The Argonauts average 72.50 points per game on 42 percent shooting, while they are holding opponents to 78 points per contest on 45 percent shooting from the field.  Washington leads the Argos in points (13.3), field goals made (101), free throws made (101) and total rebounds (178), while his 7.4 rebounds per contest are the second most in the Gulf South Conference.
 
Kupstas is second on the team in scoring at 12 points per game, while his 54 made three-pointers lead the squad and is near the top-10 for three-point field goals in a single season.  Sterling White III paces the team with 100 assists and his 4.3 assist-to-turnover ratio is the best in Division II.
 
White's Career Night: Sterling White III had a phenomenal game in the win over Auburn Montgomery on February 12^th, as the point guard tallied 13 assists, the most by a GSC player this season.  It is tied for the fourth-most assists in a single-game in program history, with Moochie Norris distributing 13 assists in a contest against Life on March 2^nd, 1996. The last time an Argonaut tallied at least 12 assists was Rashaan Benson in 2018.
 
Double-Double Washington: Xavier Washington recorded his fourth double-double on the year in the contest against Valdosta State, with the forward tallying 17 points and 12 rebounds. It was the fourth double-double of the year for Washington, with his 27-point, 15-rebound outburst against Mississippi College, highlighting his season.
 
Scouting AUM: The Warhawks come into Thursday's match-up with a mark of 10-15 and 7-14 in league play.  AUM is ninth in the GSC in scoring and 10^th in opponent points per game, while they are third in three-point percentage at 36 percent.  Malachi Rhodes leads the way and is 16^th in the league in scoring at 14 points per game and is fourth in the GSC in rebounding at 7.1 per contest.
 
Series History: UWF is 11-7 in their last 18 meetings against the Warhawks, dating back to 2005.  Four Argos scored in double-figures, spearheaded by Ankit Choudhary, in a 93-89 win, nine days ago.
 
Scouting Montevallo: The Falcons are currently in ninth place, one-half game out of the eighth and final spot in the GSC tournament, at 10-15 and 9-12 overall.  Montevallo has a high-octane offense with their 78.7 points per game, while they have struggled defensively as they give up nearly 87 points per game, which is last in the league. Cam Glover is one to watch offensively for the Falcons, as he averages 16 points a game, which is ninth best in the GSC.  He is also shooting 38 percent from the three-point line, the seventh best mark in GSC play.
 
Series History: West Florida is 11-22 against the Falcons, dating back to the 2001 season, but has won the last two meetings.  UWF triumphed, 83-71, in early January behind 16 points from Kupstas.
 
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