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.

2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2018–19 record25–9 (13–5 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
2018–19 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Boise State162 .889  285  .848
New Mexico144 .778  247  .774
Wyoming135 .722  259  .735
Fresno State117 .611  1913  .594
Utah State108 .556  1715  .531
UNLV108 .556  1218  .400
Nevada711 .389  1219  .387
San Diego State711 .389  1418  .438
San Jose State513 .278  624  .200
Air Force414 .222  822  .267
Colorado State216 .111  822  .267
2019 MW Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Karla Erjavec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrSport Gymnasium Zagreb, CRO
F 2 Tereza Vitulova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrSportovni Gymnazium L Danka Domašov, CZE
G 3 Elisa Pilli 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS JrLiceo Scientifico Parini Padova, ITA
F 4 Taylor Rusk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrThunderRidge HS Highlands Ranch, CO
F 5 Sladjana Rakovic 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrWestern Nebraska
Prva Tehnicka Skola HS
Bijelo Polje, MNE
F 10 Selale Kepenc  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrBostenci Doga College Istanbul, TUR
G 11 Alba Sanchez Ramos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrColegio Torrevilano Madrid, ESP
F 12 Marta Gomez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrINS Joaquim Blume Valles, ESP
G 14 Quinn Weidemann 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrWestside HS Omaha, NE
G 15 Maria Torreblanca 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrIEW Joaquim Blume Melilla, ESP
G 22 Clara Tapia 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrUniversitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, ESP
F 23 Bailee Cotton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SrDenver School of Science and Technology Denver, CO
G 24 Tommi Olson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrHighlands Ranch HS Worland, WY
F 32 Tijana Raca 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrAristoteleio College Pyles, GRC
F 40 Coreen Labish 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS JrMead HS Cheney, WA
F 44 Rachelle Tucker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrPierce HS Pierce, NE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: August 28, 2018

Statistics

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG BPG SPG PPG
Bailee Cotton343429.1.444.300.7618.61.61.11.411.6
Karla Erjavec343431.6.394.333.7612.63.60.20.88.9
Marta Gomez343430.6.523.474.9274.71.10.31.015.6
Tommi Olson1106.1.143.000.5000.60.90.01.10.3
Elisa Pilli805.9.500.750.6670.50.40.00.41.9
Tijana Raca1205.1.357.375.0000.70.60.00.31.1
Sladjana Rakovic25013.5.581.556.7504.20.90.00.55.5
Taylor Rusk343432.7.438.323.6563.43.20.20.99.1
Alba Sanchez Ramos707.9.522.467.8000.40.40.10.45.0
Clara Tapia343426.9.366.238.5922.03.10.10.83.9
Rachelle Tucker2106.4.551.000.8671.90.10.10.43.2
Tereza Vitulova2708.7.491.357.7732.00.10.30.14.7
Quinn Weidemann34023.0.405.426.7601.51.30.10.56.6

Schedule

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
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
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

References

  1. "Wyoming Cowgirls 2018-19 schedule". Retrieved August 28, 2018.
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