2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team
The 2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team will represent the University of Wyoming in the 2018–19 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by head coach Joe Legerski in his 16th and final season. The Cowgirls will play their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West Tournament where they lost to Boise. They received an at-large to the 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Northern Colorado, South Alabama and Pepperdine in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Arizona in the quarterfinals.
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WNIT, Quarterfinals | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
2018–19 record | 25–9 (13–5 Mountain West) |
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Home arena | Arena-Auditorium |
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Boise State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Statistics
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
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Bailee Cotton | 34 | 34 | 29.1 | .444 | .300 | .761 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 11.6 |
Karla Erjavec | 34 | 34 | 31.6 | .394 | .333 | .761 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 8.9 |
Marta Gomez | 34 | 34 | 30.6 | .523 | .474 | .927 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 15.6 |
Tommi Olson | 11 | 0 | 6.1 | .143 | .000 | .500 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
Elisa Pilli | 8 | 0 | 5.9 | .500 | .750 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
Tijana Raca | 12 | 0 | 5.1 | .357 | .375 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
Sladjana Rakovic | 25 | 0 | 13.5 | .581 | .556 | .750 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
Taylor Rusk | 34 | 34 | 32.7 | .438 | .323 | .656 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 9.1 |
Alba Sanchez Ramos | 7 | 0 | 7.9 | .522 | .467 | .800 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
Clara Tapia | 34 | 34 | 26.9 | .366 | .238 | .592 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
Rachelle Tucker | 21 | 0 | 6.4 | .551 | .000 | .867 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
Tereza Vitulova | 27 | 0 | 8.7 | .491 | .357 | .773 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
Quinn Weidemann | 34 | 0 | 23.0 | .405 | .426 | .760 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 6.6 |
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/02/2018* 6:30 pm |
Western State Colorado | W 64–28 | 0–0 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,058) Laramie, WY | |||||||
Non–Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/07/2018* 6:30 pm |
Chadron State | W 80–33 | 1–0 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,119) Laramie, WY | |||||||
11/09/2018* 7:00 pm |
at Saint Mary's | L 84–90 | 1–1 |
McKeon Pavilion (482) Moraga, CA | |||||||
11/13/2018* 6:30 pm |
UC Colorado Springs | W 98–37 | 2–1 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,062) Laramie, WY | |||||||
11/23/2018* 1:30 pm |
vs. North Texas Tiger Turkey Tip Off |
W 53–49 | 3–1 |
Alex G. Spanos Center (132) Stockton, CA | |||||||
11/24/2018* 4:00 pm |
at Pacific Tiger Turkey Tip Off |
L 64–70 | 3–2 |
Alex G. Spanos Center (325) Stockton, CA | |||||||
11/27/2018* 6:30 pm |
Montana State | W 66–58 | 4–2 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,381) Laramie, WY | |||||||
12/04/2018* 6:30 pm |
Denver | W 78–74 | 5–2 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,374) Laramie, WY | |||||||
12/08/2018* 1:00 pm |
Idaho | W 64–61 | 6–2 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,551) Laramie, WY | |||||||
12/20/2018* 6:30 pm |
South Dakota State | W 77–70 | 7–2 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,837) Laramie, WY | |||||||
Mountain West regular season | |||||||||||
01/02/2019 7:00 pm |
at Boise State | L 64–72 | 7–3 (0–1) |
Taco Bell Arena (1,097) Boise, ID | |||||||
01/05/2019 2:00 pm |
UNLV | W 90–62 | 8–3 (1–1) |
Arena-Auditorium (3,879) Laramie, WY | |||||||
01/09/2019 6:30 pm |
San Diego State | W 87–45 | 9–3 (2–1) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,290) Laramie, WY | |||||||
01/12/2019 2:00 pm |
at Utah State | L 42–50 | 9–4 (2–2) |
Smith Spectrum (265) Logan, UT | |||||||
01/19/2019 2:00 pm |
New Mexico | L 75–78 | 9–5 (2–3) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,590) Laramie, WY | |||||||
01/23/2019 8:00 pm |
at San Jose State | W 70–56 | 10–5 (3–3) |
Event Center Arena (418) San Jose, CA | |||||||
01/26/2019 2:00 pm |
Boise State | W 64–52 | 11–5 (4–3) |
Arena-Auditorium (3,621) Laramie, WY | |||||||
01/30/2019 8:00 pm |
at Fresno State | W 63–56 | 12–5 (5–3) |
Save Mart Center (1,994) Fresno, CA | |||||||
02/06/2019 6:30 pm |
Air Force | W 80–60 | 13–5 (6–3) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,460) Laramie, WY | |||||||
02/09/2019 2:00 pm |
at Colorado State Border War |
W 60–49 | 14–5 (7–3) |
Moby Arena (1,807) Fort Collins, CO | |||||||
02/13/2019 6:30 pm |
Utah State | W 53–35 | 15–5 (8–3) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,400) Laramie, WY | |||||||
02/16/2019 3:00 pm |
at Nevada | W 55–51 | 16–5 (9–3) |
Lawlor Events Center (2,371) Reno, NV | |||||||
02/20/2019 7:00 pm |
at UNLV | W 64–49 | 17–5 (10–3) |
Cox Pavilion (782) Paradise, NV | |||||||
02/23/2019 2:00 pm |
Colorado State Border War |
W 56–32 | 18–5 (11–3) |
Arena-Auditorium (4,361) Laramie, WY | |||||||
02/27/2019 6:30 pm |
Fresno State | L 64–66 | 18–6 (11–4) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,560) Laramie, WY | |||||||
03/02/2019 2:00 pm |
at Air Force | W 59–56 OT | 19–6 (12–4) |
Clune Arena (742) Colorado Springs, CO | |||||||
03/04/2019 6:30 pm |
San Jose State | W 85–56 | 20–6 (13–4) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,932) Laramie, WY | |||||||
03/07/2019 7:00 pm |
at New Mexico | L 50–57 | 20–7 (13–5) |
The Pit (8,152) Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
Mountain West Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/11/2019 9:30 pm, Stadium |
(3) | vs. (6) Utah State Quarterfinals |
W 64–41 | 21–7 |
Thomas & Mack Center (2,231) Paradise, NV | ||||||
03/12/2019 9:30 pm, Stadium |
(3) | vs. (7) San Diego State Semifinals |
W 75–70 OT | 22–7 |
Thomas & Mack Center (1,934) Paradise, NV | ||||||
03/13/2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN |
(3) | vs. (1) Boise State Championship Game |
L 51–68 | 22–8 |
Thomas & Mack Center (2,011) Paradise, NV | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
03/21/2019* 6:30 pm |
Northern Colorado First round |
W 68–60 | 23–8 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,685) Laramie, WY | |||||||
03/24/2019* 2:00 pm |
South Alabama Second round |
W 78–71 | 24–8 |
Arena-Auditorium (3,405) Laramie, WY | |||||||
03/28/2019* 6:30 pm |
Pepperdine Third round |
W 61–60 | 25–8 |
Arena-Auditorium (5,134) Laramie, WY | |||||||
03/31/2019* 2:00 pm |
at Arizona Quarterfinals |
L 45–67 | 25–9 |
McKale Center (7,717) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
References
- "Wyoming Cowgirls 2018-19 schedule". Retrieved August 28, 2018.