2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

The 2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by head coach Joe Legerski in his 16th and final season. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming 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 State. They received an at-large to the WNIT 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
Record25–9 (13–5 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
Seasons
2018–19 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
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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2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Karla Erjavec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Sport Gymnasium Zagreb, Croatia
F 2 Tereza Vitulova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Sportovni Gymnazium L Danka Domašov, Czech Republic
G 3 Elisa Pilli 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Liceo Scientifico Parini Padova, Italy
F 4 Taylor Rusk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr ThunderRidge HS Highlands Ranch, CO
F 5 Sladjana Rakovic 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Western Nebraska
Prva Tehnicka Skola HS
Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
F 10 Selale Kepenc   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bostenci Doga College Istanbul, Turkey
G 11 Alba Sanchez Ramos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Colegio Torrevilano Madrid, Spain
F 12 Marta Gomez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr INS Joaquim Blume Valles, Spain
G 14 Quinn Weidemann 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Westside HS Omaha, NE
G 22 Clara Tapia 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Spain
F 23 Bailee Cotton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Denver School of Science and Technology Denver, CO
G 24 Tommi Olson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Highlands Ranch HS Worland, WY
F 32 Tijana Raca 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Aristoteleio College Pyles, Greece
F 40 Coreen Labish 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Mead HS Cheney, WA
F 44 Rachelle Tucker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Pierce HS Pierce, NE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: September 12, 2024

Statistics

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG BPG SPG PPG
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

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2018*
6:30 p.m.
Western State Colorado W 64–28  0–0
Arena-Auditorium (2,058)
Laramie, WY
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2018*
6:30 p.m.
Chadron State W 80–33  1–0
Arena-Auditorium (2,119)
Laramie, WY
November 9, 2018*
7:00 p.m.
at Saint Mary's L 84–90  1–1
McKeon Pavilion (482)
Moraga, CA
November 13, 2018*
6:30 p.m.
UC Colorado Springs W 98–37  2–1
Arena-Auditorium (2,062)
Laramie, WY
November 23, 2018*
1:30 p.m.
vs. North Texas
Tiger Turkey Tip-Off
W 53–49  3–1
Alex G. Spanos Center (132)
Stockton, CA
November 24, 2018*
4:00 p.m.
at Pacific
Tiger Turkey Tip-Off
L 64–70  3–2
Alex G. Spanos Center (325)
Stockton, CA
November 27, 2018*
6:30 p.m.
Montana State W 66–58  4–2
Arena-Auditorium (2,381)
Laramie, WY
December 4, 2018*
6:30 p.m.
Denver W 78–74  5–2
Arena-Auditorium (2,374)
Laramie, WY
December 8, 2018*
1:00 p.m.
Idaho W 64–61  6–2
Arena-Auditorium (2,551)
Laramie, WY
December 20, 2018*
6:30 p.m.
South Dakota State W 77–70  7–2
Arena-Auditorium (2,837)
Laramie, WY
Mountain West regular season
January 2, 2019
7:00 p.m.
at Boise State L 64–72  7–3
(0–1)
Taco Bell Arena (1,097)
Boise, ID
January 5, 2019
2:00 p.m.
UNLV W 90–62  8–3
(1–1)
Arena-Auditorium (3,879)
Laramie, WY
January 9, 2019
6:30 p.m.
San Diego State W 87–45  9–3
(2–1)
Arena-Auditorium (2,290)
Laramie, WY
January 12, 2019
2:00 p.m.
at Utah State L 42–50  9–4
(2–2)
Smith Spectrum (265)
Logan, UT
January 19, 2019
2:00 p.m.
New Mexico L 75–78  9–5
(2–3)
Arena-Auditorium (2,590)
Laramie, WY
January 23, 2019
8:00 p.m.
at San Jose State W 70–56  10–5
(3–3)
Event Center Arena (418)
San Jose, CA
January 26, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Boise State W 64–52  11–5
(4–3)
Arena-Auditorium (3,621)
Laramie, WY
January 30, 2019
8:00 p.m.
at Fresno State W 63–56  12–5
(5–3)
Save Mart Center (1,994)
Fresno, CA
February 6, 2019
6:30 p.m.
Air Force W 80–60  13–5
(6–3)
Arena-Auditorium (2,460)
Laramie, WY
February 9, 2019
2:00 p.m.
at Colorado State
Border War
W 60–49  14–5
(7–3)
Moby Arena (1,807)
Fort Collins, CO
February 13, 2019
6:30 p.m.
Utah State W 53–35  15–5
(8–3)
Arena-Auditorium (2,400)
Laramie, WY
February 16, 2019
3:00 p.m.
at Nevada W 55–51  16–5
(9–3)
Lawlor Events Center (2,371)
Reno, NV
February 20, 2019
7:00 p.m.
at UNLV W 64–49  17–5
(10–3)
Cox Pavilion (782)
Paradise, NV
February 23, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Colorado State
Border War
W 56–32  18–5
(11–3)
Arena-Auditorium (4,361)
Laramie, WY
February 27, 2019
6:30 p.m.
Fresno State L 64–66  18–6
(11–4)
Arena-Auditorium (2,560)
Laramie, WY
March 2, 2019
2:00 p.m.
at Air Force W 59–56 OT 19–6
(12–4)
Clune Arena (742)
Colorado Springs, CO
March 4, 2019
6:30 p.m.
San Jose State W 85–56  20–6
(13–4)
Arena-Auditorium (2,932)
Laramie, WY
March 7, 2019
7:00 p.m.
at New Mexico L 50–57  20–7
(13–5)
The Pit (8,152)
Albuquerque, NM
Mountain West women's tournament
March 11, 2019
9:30 p.m., Stadium
(3) vs. (6) Utah State
Quarterfinals
W 64–41  21–7
Thomas & Mack Center (2,231)
Paradise, NV
March 12, 2019
9:30 p.m., Stadium
(3) vs. (7) San Diego State
Semifinals
W 75–70 OT 22–7
Thomas & Mack Center (1,934)
Paradise, NV
March 13, 2019
8:00 p.m., CBSSN
(3) vs. (1) Boise State
Championship game
L 51–68  22–8
Thomas & Mack Center (2,011)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
March 21, 2019*
6:30 p.m.
Northern Colorado
First round
W 68–60  23–8
Arena-Auditorium (2,685)
Laramie, WY
March 24, 2019*
2:00 p.m.
South Alabama
Second round
W 78–71  24–8
Arena-Auditorium (3,405)
Laramie, WY
March 28, 2019*
6:30 p.m.
Pepperdine
Third round
W 61–60  25–8
Arena-Auditorium (5,134)
Laramie, WY
March 31, 2019*
2:00 p.m.
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.
All times are in Mountain.

Source:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball". gowyo.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.