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.
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WNIT, quarterfinals | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 25–9 (13–5 Mountain West) |
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Home arena | Arena-Auditorium |
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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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Statistics
editPlayer | 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
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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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 | |||||||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball". gowyo.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.