The UWF women's basketball team returns home for the final two game of the 2023-24 regular-season, hosting Alabama Huntsville and West Alabama. Thursday's game with the Chargers will begin at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday's Senior Day match-up with the Tigers is a 2 p.m. start.

ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 14-12 overall and 11-11 in the Gulf South Conference following a road split at AUM (L) and Montevallo (W) last weekend. The Argonauts are alone in sixth place entering the weekend.
* The Argonauts can finish anywhere from fifth to ninth place with the top eight advancing to the GSC Championship.
* UWF averages 68.3 points per game on 41.6 pct. shooting. The Argos are third in the GSC with 7.3 3-pointers per game on 32.8 pct.
* UWF is first in the GSC with 41.2 rebounds per game. The Argos have gotten at least a plus-8 rebound margin in 12 of 26 games.

ABOUT THE ARGOS
* Tyashia Bostick: Ranks in the top 10 in the GSC with 12.0 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) ... She is 27 points away from 1,000 in her career.
* Claire Sutherland-Case: 11.1 ppg in 2023-24 – 14.5 ppg since Jan. 1 is 7th in GSC over the last two months … 2nd in GSC with 7 double-doubles (6 since Jan. 1) … 1st with 55 blocked shots & 2.1 bpg … 3rd in GSC with 8 10-rebound games … 8th in GSC with 82.4 FT pct.
* Moriah Taylor: Ranks 9th in NCAA with 2.62 assist-to-turnover ratio … 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 41.2 rpg (35th in NCAA), first in defensive rebounds at 29.9 (9th in NCAA) and is fifth in rebound defense, allowing 34.5 rpg. The 6.7 rebound margin is second in the league (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    41.2    1st

WE BLOCK A LOT OF SHOTS TOO
* UWF ranks 12th in the country with 4.8 blocks per game (124 total). The last time the Argos had more then 2.0 bpg was in 2017-18 with 3.5.
* Claire Sutherland-Case is 14th nationally with 2.2 per game. Her 55 total put her at 16th nationally.

UWF SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKS RECORD
Year    Total    BPG
2005-06    169    5.6
2003-04    151    5.6
2023-24    124    4.8
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

INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKED SHOTS
1. 100 - Courtney Meyer (2016-17)
2. 89 - Melissa Nafzger (2005-06)
3. 67 - Courtney Meyer (2017-18)
4. 63 - Regan Rockwell (1996-97)
5. 58 - Melissa Nafzger (2004-05)
6. 55 - Claire Sutherland-Case (2023-24)
7. 54 - Juana Coletti (1986-87)

ABOUT ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE
* UAH is 9-16 overall and 8-14 in the GSC standings.
* Jesse Jennings (10.3 ppg) is one of three Chargers averaging at least 10 points per game. The others are Bellah Machen at 10.1 ppg and Haley Nichols at 10.0 ppg.
* Bella White is third in the GSC in rebounding, pulling down 7.4 rpg and eighth in steals, with 1.8 spg.

SERIES HISTORY WITH UAH
* UWF leads the all-time series 36-27 and is 18-12 in Pensacola. The Argonauts have won the last five and nine of the last 10.
* UWF won the first meeting this season, 66-57 in Huntsville on Jan. 13. The Argos overcame a bad start - trailing 12-1 in the first 5:30 - to take control in the second quarter (outscored UAH 18-7) to play them eve in the second half (UWF 37-35). Claire Sutherland-Case had 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Moriah Taylor matched Sutherland-Case with three 3-pointers on her way to 14 points.
* UWF coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is 11-7 against UAH.

ABOUT WEST ALABAMA
* UWA enters Thursday game at Valdosta State with a 6-20 record and a 5-17 mark in GSC action.
* Julia Rodriguez leads the team in scoring with 9.9 ppg. 
* Rusty Cram has announced his retirement from coaching after 28 years at the collegiate level. He has spent the last 10 seasons at UWA, following two years at Belhaven, 16 at Georgia Southern, and a number of years at the high school level. Between UWA, Belhaven and Georgia Southern, Cram has tallied 374 career victories. Adding 230 wins at the high school level, he has 604 total going into the final weekend of the regular season. 

SERIES HISTORY WITH UWA
* UWF is 33-26 against UWA since joining the NCAA and GSC in the 1994-95 season. The Argos are 18-8 in games played in Pensacola.
* UWF coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is 16-8 against UWA.

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 260-217 in her 17th season, which includes 204-133 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.