THE OPENING TIP
* Fifth seeded UWF returns to the GSC Championship for the 20th time this week, facing fourth seeded Auburn Montgomery for the third time in 22 days.
* Tip-off is at 5:30 p.m. and admission is free courtesy of the AUM Athletics Department. 75 seats will be reserved behind the UWF bench for Argo fans. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.
* Tuesday's winner will face either Valdosta State or West Georgia in the semifinals on Saturday at Noon in Birmingham.

ABOUT UWF
* UWF is 14-12 on the year and finished fourth in the GSC with a 13-11 record. The Argonauts went 9-6 at home and 7-6 on the road this season.
* The Argonauts have won three-consecutive games for the third time this season. A win on Tuesday would match their season-best 4-game stretch from games 2-5.
* UWF is third in the GSC in scoring offense (68.2 ppg) and third in scoring defense (60.6 ppg). The Argos have scored at least 69 points 12 times this season and are 11-1 in those contests.
* UWF leads the GSC in field goal percentage defense for the second-consecutive season, holding teams to 35.3 percent shooting overall and 29.2 percent from outside.
* UWF has outrebounded 20 opponents this season, including the last three games during the 3-game win streak. UWF leads the GSC with 41.3 rebounds per game and an 6.8 rebound margin. UWF has finished first or second in the GSC in rebounding in all 12 seasons under coach Yelton.

UWF'S GSC TOURNEY HISTORY
* UWF is making its 20th GSC Tournament appearance and has a 13-18 all-time record. That includes the 2014 title - the program's lone championship.
* The Argos are 8-10 in quarterfinal round games and have reached the semifinals nine times.
* Entering this week, UWF has reached the semifinals four times in the last nine years. The Argos have advanced to the finals four times (1998, 2014, 2017 & 2018) and are 1-3 in those contests.

STARTERS NOTES
* UWF has used seven different starting lineups this season. The group used in the first two games of the current 3-game winning streak are projected for Tuesday.
* G - Moriah Taylor (Hartselle, Ala.): Senior who averages 2.8 assists per game to rank 12th in the GSC, while her 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio is first in the GSC and 10th in the NCAA ... Has seven 5-plus assist games this year, including the last two ... 3.5 apg in the last 13 ... Averages 5.4 ppg with four double-figure contests, including 13 versus UWA on Saturday ... Transferred from Georgia State prior to last season.
* G - Delaney Trushel (Brentwood, Tenn.): Senior transfer who averages 7.4 ppg ... One of the top 3-point shooters in the GSC with 43.5 3FG pct and 37 makes for 1.4 per game ... Has made at least two 3-pointers in 10 games this season with a season-high of 5 twice, including Thursday against UAH with 15 points ... Has made 55.9 pct. (19-for-34) from outside in the last eight games with five multi-3FG games ... Transferred from USC Aiken this season.
* G - Jaden Langford (Huntsville, Ala.): Fifth on the team in scoring with 6.2 ppg, third in rebounding at 4.5 rpg and second in minutes with 25.3 mpg ... Has six games in double figures ... Second on the team with 52.7 FG pct. ... Missed four games in late Jan. with a hamstring injury ... Career-high 16 points at West Alabama (2/25/23) last season ... Transferred from Samford prior to last season.
* F - Brooke Kane (Derry, N.H.): Graduate transfer leads the team with 13.1 ppg ... Also has 6.1 rpg, 4.7 defensive rpg, 28.2 mpg and 2 double-doubles (one rebound away from 3 more) ... One of just 5 GSC players to rank in the top 15 in scoring and rebounding ... Has led the team in scoring 12 times and rebounding 10 times ... Surpassed 1,000 career points on Saturday, entering the AUM game with 1,011 in five seasons of college basketball (643 in four years at New Hampshire).
* F - Claire Sutherland-Case (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada): Senior is third on the team with 11.2 ppg and first with 6.7 rpg (6th in GSC) ... Leads the GSC and ranks 13th nationally with 62 blocked shots and 2.3 bpg ... Fourth in GSC and 64th in NCAA with 83.1 FT pct. ... Since Jan. 1, she ranks 6th in the GSC with 13.9 ppg, 3rd with 7.6 rpg, and tied for 1st with six double-doubles ... Transferred from Central Connecticut State prior to last season ... Averaged 5.7 ppg in final six games last year after missing the first 23 games with a foot injury.

SERIES HISTORY VS. AUM
* UWF is 13-4 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 8-1 at the AUM Gymnasium.
* AUM won the first game, 64-61, in Pensacola on Feb. 12 ... UWF led 59-56 with just under 3:00 left ... AUM scored 15 points off 14 UWF turnovers, and had 14 points off 18 offensive rebounds ... Allasha Dudley made a 35-footer to beat the shot clock with 28 seconds left for the game winner.
* The Warhawks claimed a 76-63 decision in Montgomery 10 days later ... AUM outrebounded UWF 47-33, including 18 offensive that led to 22 second chance points.

ARGOS IN CLOSE GAMES
* UWF has played seven games decided by 5 points or less this season and gone 1-6 in them.

UWF WHEN...
        Leading    Tied    Trailing
At the half    14-4    0-0    2-8
After 3 qtrs.    15-1    0-1    1-10
With 5:00 left    15-2    0-1    1-9

3 players score in double figures    5-5
4 players score in double figures    4-2
5 or more players score in double figures    1-0

UWF makes at least 8 3-pointers    11-3

ARGOS FROM OUTSIDE
* UWF is an above average shooting team from outside, making 33 percent from 3-point range to rank sixth in the GSC and 70th nationally.
* The Argos average 7.5 triples per game and have made at least 10 in a game seven times, including their last two with 10 each against UAH and UWA.
* Earlier this season against Spring Hill, UWF was absolutely locked in from outside, making 20-of-28 3-pointers. The 20 triples shattered the previous school record of 16 set two years ago against the Badgers. The figure is still tied for the most in the country (tied with three other teams including twice by Union) and tied for the fifth-most in GSC history. The 71.4 pct is fifth behind four games with 11 or 12 3-points made.
* 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

ANOTHER DOUBLE-DIGIT CONFERENCE WIN TOTAL
* UWF finished the season with 13 GSC victories, marking the eighth time in the last 10 years to hit double-digits.
* It had only been done seven times total in the 19 previous seasons.

UWF'S MOST WINS IN GSC PLAY
RK.    WINS    SEASON    FINISH
1.    20    2022-23*    3
2.    18    2016-17*    1
3.     17    2018-19*    2
4.    16    2014-15*    2
5.    15    2015-16*    4
6.     14    1998-99    1
7.     13    2023-24*    5
    13    2021-22*    4
* Team coached by Stephanie Lawrence Yelton

43RD SEASON OF UWF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
* UWF enters the GSC Championship with 645 all-time wins dating back 40-plus years to the inaugural season of 1981-82. The Argonauts are 645-545 all-time with six NCAA Tournament appearances, one Elite Eight, four GSC Regular-Season Championships and one GSC tourney title.
* In 30 seasons of NCAA/GSC membership, the program is 291-210 for a .575 winning pct., ranking fifth among current members and third among those that have been in the league for at least 10 seasons.

YELTON IN 12TH SEASON AT UWF
* Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is in her 12th season at UWF and has a 206-133 (.601) record with the Argos … She is 262-217 (.537) in her 17th season as a head coach, which includes five seasons at Charleston Southern.
* She has nine winning seasons in 12 years at UWF.
* Yelton was the GSC Coach of the Year in 2013-14 & 2018-19.
* The Morrow, Ga. native (suburb south of Atlanta) is a UNC grad from 1996 and was a 4-year letterwinner for the Tar Heels, where she won two ACC Championships and the 1994 NCAA National Championship – she threw the inbounds pass on Charlotte Smith's game-winning buzzer beater in the 1994 title game. The team celebrated the 30th Anniversary of that season last month in Chapel Hill.