The UWF women's basketball team will make its final regular-season road trip this week, beginning Thursday at AUM.

ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 13-11 overall and 10-10 in the Gulf South Conference. The Argonauts are in sixth place entering the weekend. UWF will play at AUM and Montevallo this week before hosting Alabama Huntsville and West Alabama the final regular-season weekend next weekend.
* UWF averages 68.3 points per game on 41.5 pct. shooting. The Argos are third in the GSC with 7.3 3-pointers per game on 33.1 pct.
* UWF is first in the GSC with 41.3 rebounds per game. The Argos have gotten at least a plus-8 rebound margin in 11 of 24 games.

ABOUT THE ARGOS
* Tyashia Bostick: Top 10 in the GSC with 12.2 ppg and 15 double-figure scoring games … Also 8th in GSC with 42 3-pointers made and 6th with 34.4 3FG pct. … 5th in GSC with four 20-point games.
* Brooke Kane: One of just 5 players to rank in the top 15 in the GSC in points and rebounds … 7th in ppg (12.7) and 11th in rpg (5.9) … Also 7th in 20-point games (3).
* Claire Sutherland-Case: 10.9 ppg in 2023-24 – 14.3 ppg since Jan. 1 is 7th in GSC over the last two months … 2nd in GSC with 6 double-doubles (5 since Jan. 1) … 1st with 49 blocked shots & 2.1 bpg … 3rd in GSC with 7 10-rebound games … 8th in GSC with 81.5 FT pct.
* Moriah Taylor: Ranks 5th in NCAA with 3.14 assist-to-turnover ratio (66 to 21) … 5.3 points and 2.8 assists per game … 25 steals are 20th in the GSC.
* Veronika Roberts: 4th in the GSC with 62.2 FG pct. and 88.2 FT pct.
* Bella Stone: While she doesn't meet the minimum of 2.5 makes per game to qualify for the 3-point lead, Bell Stone has a 52.4 3FG pct. on 11-of-21 shots.

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 41.3 rpg (35th in NCAA), first in defensive rebounds at 30.2 (9th in NCAA) and is fifth in rebound defense, allowing 34.1 rpg. The 7.2 rebound margin is first (17th 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    41.3    1st

WE BLOCK A LOT OF SHOTS TOO
* UWF ranks 14th in the country with 4.7 blocks per game (113 total). The last time the Argos had more then 2.0 bpg was in 2017-18 with 3.5.
* Claire Sutherland-Case is 16th nationally with 2.1 per game. Her 49 total put her at 18th nationally.

SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKS RECORD
Year    Total    BPG
2005-06    169    5.6
2003-04    151    5.6
2023-24    113    4.7
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 AUM
* AUM is having its best season since joining the GSC eight years ago, winning 10 of its last 11 en route to a 17-8 record. The Warhawks are 9-2 at home this season.
* Allasha Dudley leads the team with 16.9 ppg and converts 78 percent at the FT line. Her 60 3-pointers are third in the GSC and 44th nationally. She has a league-high 10 games of at least 20 points or more.
* Danielle Luckey leads the GSC with 11 double-doubles, averaging 9.5 points and a league-high 9.8 rebounds per game. Her 45 blocked shots are four behind UWF's Claire Sutherland-Case's 49 for tops in the GSC.
* Jon Plefka is in his first season at AUM after leading the program at Post University in Waterbury, Conn. for the last five seasons.

SERIES HISTORY WITH AUM
* UWF is 13-3 against AUM since the Falcons moved from NAIA to NCAA Division 2 in 2016.
* The Argos are 5-3 at the UWF Field House and 8-0 at the AUM Gymnasium. All three losses have been by one possession – 52-49 in 2020-21, 63-61 in 2019-20 and 64-61 last Monday in Pensacola.

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 259-216 in her 17th season, which includes 203-132 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.