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ELON, N.C. – Following a 13-day break, the Elon University women’s basketball team is back in action on Saturday, Dec. 18, for a 2 p.m. White Out versus the Western Carolina Catamounts. The first 500 Elon fans in attendance will receive a free Phoenix basketball T-shirt at the door for the team’s first Southern Conference home game of the season.

THE SERIES: Western Carolina leads the all-time series, 16-15. Elon dropped its last meeting to WCU, 75-48, on Feb. 13, 2010 in Elon, but captured a 59-54 win in Cullowhee on Jan. 9, 2010. Saturday's game marks the earliest meeting between the two teams since they met on Dec. 6 during the 2000-01 season.

LOOKING AHEAD: Elon returns to action on Monday night, Dec. 20, when it hosts the Davidson Wildcats for its final contest before Christmas. After playing Davidson, the Phoenix heads to Huntington, W. Va. on Dec. 30 to face Marshall for its final contest of the calendar year.

LOOKING BACK: Elon captured its first road win of the season on Dec. 5, topping Morgan State, 69-61, in Baltimore. Ali Ford scored a season-high 24 points, while Julie Taylor, a Columbia, Md. native, tallied 13 points in her return to the Old Line State.

THE BAREFOOT FILE: Elon head coach Karen Barefoot enters Saturday's game with a 194-134 career record in her 13th season as a head coach, including a 22-48 mark in her third season with the Phoenix.

GIVE ME A BREAK: Elon’s 13-day layoff between its last game on Dec. 5 at Morgan State and Saturday’s game on Dec. 18 versus WCU is the team’s longest since the 2007-08 season when the Phoenix had a 15-day break between games (Dec. 21-Jan. 5).

PHOENIX IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS: As a team, Elon currently ranks 15th in the nation in blocked shots per game (5.6), 50th in scoring offense (72.5) and 57th in steals per game (11.1). Individually, Ali Ford ranks 16th in the nation in three-point field goals per game (3.1) and is 35th in the country in points per game (18.9). Kelsey Evans ranks 26th in the nation in rebounding (10.5 rpg) and is 37th in blocks per game (2.3). Lisa Archie currently ranks 33rd in the nation in blocks per game (2.3), while Shon Redmond is 79th in steals per game (2.7).

HOME SWEET HOME: The last time Elon started the season 4-0 at home was the 2003-04 season. The last time an Elon team started the season better than 4-0 at home was the 2002-03 season when the team started 11-0 at home (finished the season 12-1 at home).

CLOSING TIME: Elon is a perfect 5-0 this season when leading with five minutes remaining in regulation.