2019–20 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

2019–20 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record18–12 (12–6 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
Seasons
2019–20 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Fresno State 16 – 2   .889 24 – 6   .800
Boise State † 13 – 5   .722 22 – 9   .710
Wyoming 12 – 6   .667 16 – 11   .593
San Jose State 12 – 6   .667 19 – 11   .633
San Diego State 9 – 9   .500 14 – 17   .452
UNLV 9 – 9   .500 13 – 17   .433
Nevada 7 – 11   .389 15 – 16   .484
Air Force 7 – 11   .389 10 – 21   .323
New Mexico 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
Colorado State 6 – 12   .333 12 – 18   .400
Utah State 2 – 16   .111 8 – 22   .267
† 2020 MW Tournament winner
As of December 12, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2019–20 college basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by first-year head coach Gerald Mattinson, hired following the retirement of longtime coach Joe Legerski.[1][2] The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and were members of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

The Cowgirls finished the 2018–19 season 25–9, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They defeated Utah State[3] and San Diego State[4] in the Mountain West tournament before losing to Boise State in the championship game.[5] They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT before losing to the eventual champion, Arizona. Longtime head coach Joe Legerski retired at the end of the season after 16 years as head coach.[6]

Offseason

Wyoming was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West Conference by coaches and media.[7]

Roster

2019–20 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Karla Erjavec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Sport Gymnasium Zagreb, CRO
F 2 Tereza Vitulova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Sportovni Gymnazium L Danka Domašov, CZE
G 3 Elisa Pilli 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Liceo Scientifico Parini Padova, ITA
F 4 Taylor Rusk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr ThunderRidge HS Highlands Ranch, CO
F 5 Jaye Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Natrona County HS
Casper College 		Casper, WY
F 10 Selale Kepenc 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Bostenci Doga College Istanbul, TUR
G 11 Alba Sanchez Ramos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Colegio Torrevilano Madrid, ESP
G 12 McKinley Bradshaw 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lyman HS Lyman, WY
G 14 Quinn Weidemann 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Westside HS Omaha, NE
F 22 Paige Powell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Cody HS Cody, WY
F 23 Jaeden Vaifanua 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Corner Canyon HS Draper, UT
G 24 Tommi Olson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Highlands Ranch HS Worland, WY
G 32 Emily Buchanan 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Southeast HS
Eastern Wyoming College 		Yoder, WY
F 40 Coreen Labish 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Mead HS Cheney, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 14, 2019

Statistics

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
McKinley Bradshaw 29 0 12.5 .361 .390 .756 2.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 4.7
Emily Buchanan 5 0 5.6 .333 .000 1.000 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.6
Karla Erjavec 22 18 26.9 .331 .309 .821 3.0 3.2 0.4 0.1 6.3
Jaye Johnson 24 0 7.0 .275 .231 .500 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.1
Selale Kepenc 27 0 8.6 .426 .378 .818 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.1
Tommi Olson 29 11 20.4 .350 .107 .250 3.4 2.5 1.2 0.1 1.6
Elisa Pilli 6 0 3.0 .500 .000 .000 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.7
Paige Powell 3 0 6.7 .714 .500 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.7
Taylor Rusk 29 29 33.1 .450 .406 .647 4.9 2.6 1.0 0.2 10.2
Alba Sanchez-Ramos 29 29 30.7 .344 .257 .628 4.9 1.6 0.7 0.4 7.2
Jaeden Vaifanua 29 0 12.9 .487 .235 .870 4.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 7.1
Tereza Vitulova 29 29 25.1 .548 .442 .870 5.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 14.2
Quinn Weidemann 29 29 32.0 .421 .397 .878 2.6 1.8 1.0 0.2 10.2

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2019*
6:30 p.m. 		Adams State W 81–45  0–0
 Arena-Auditorium (2,384)
Laramie, WY
Non-Conference regular season
Nov 6, 2019*
6:30 p.m. 		Colorado Christian W 70–31  1–0
 Arena-Auditorium (2,246)
Laramie, WY
Nov 10, 2019*
1:00 p.m. 		Saint Mary's W 69–67  2–0
 Arena-Auditorium (2,402)
Laramie, WY
Nov 14, 2019*
7:00 p.m. 		at Denver L 57–71  2–1
 Magness Arena 
Denver, CO
Nov 17, 2019*
1:00 p.m. 		Colorado L 56–66  2–2
 Arena-Auditorium (2,531)
Laramie, WY
Nov 23, 2019*
5:00 p.m. 		at South Dakota State L 40–67  2–3
 Frost Arena (1,499)
Brookings, SD
Nov 25, 2019*
6:00 p.m. 		at North Dakota State W 66–57  3–3
 Scheels Center (449)
Fargo, ND
Nov 30, 2019*
2:00 p.m. 		New Mexico Highlands W 64-56  4-3
 Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
Dec 12, 2019*
6:30 p.m. 		Mississippi Valley State W 95–22  6–3
 Arena-Auditorium (2,270)
Laramie, WY
Dec 15, 2019*
1:00 p.m. 		Northern Colorado L 44–46  6–4
 Arena-Auditorium (2,334)
Laramie, WY
Dec 17, 2019*
6:30 p.m. 		No. 17 Gonzaga L 54–65  6–5
 Arena-Auditorium (2,432)
Laramie, WY
Mountain West regular season
Dec 4, 2019
6:30 p.m. 		at Air Force W 65–63  4–3
(1–0) 		Clune Arena (252)
Colorado Springs, CO
Dec 7, 2019
2:00 p.m. 		at New Mexico W 73–66  5–3
(2–0) 		Dreamstyle Arena (5,495)
Albuquerque, NM
Jan 1, 2020
6:30 p.m. 		Boise State W 73–68  7–5
(3–0) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,395)
Laramie, WY
Jan 4, 2020
2:00 p.m. 		Colorado State
Border War 		L 49–56  7–6
(3–1) 		Arena-Auditorium (3,257)
Laramie, WY
Jan 8, 2020
7:30 p.m. 		at San Diego State L 60–67 OT 7–7
(3–2) 		Viejas Arena (347)
San Diego, CA
Jan 11, 2020
4:00 p.m. 		at UNLV L 53–65  7–8
(3–3) 		Cox Pavilion (998)
Paradise, NV
Jan 15, 2020
6:30 p.m. 		Nevada W 83–59  8–8
(4–3) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,270)
Laramie, WY
Jan 18, 2020
3:00 p.m. 		at Fresno State L 59–89  8–9
(4–4) 		Save Mart Center 
Fresno, CA
Jan 22, 2020
6:30 p.m. 		San Diego State W 81–67  9–9
(5–4) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,404)
Laramie, WY
Jan 29, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		at Utah State W 65–54  10–9
(6–4) 		Smith Spectrum (437)
Logan, UT
Feb 1, 2020
1:00 p.m. 		San Jose State W 80–45  11–9
(7–4) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,851)
Laramie, WY
Feb 5, 2020
TBD 		at Boise State L 48–67  11–10
(7–5) 		ExtraMile Arena (912)
Boise, ID
Feb 8, 2020
2:00 p.m. 		New Mexico L 71–74 OT 11–11
(7–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,713)
Laramie, WY
Feb 15, 2020
2:00 p.m. 		at Colorado State
Border War 		W 43–40  12–11
(8–6) 		Moby Arena (2,298)
Fort Collins, CO
Feb 19, 2020
6:30 p.m. 		Utah State W 64–45  13–11
(9–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,430)
Laramie, WY
Feb 22, 2020
2:00 p.m. 		Air Force W 68–52  14–11
(10–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,838)
Laramie, WY
Feb 24, 2020
7:30 p.m. 		at Nevada W 84–79  15–11
(11–6) 		Lawlor Events Center (998)
Reno, NV
Feb 27, 2020
6:30 p.m. 		Fresno State W 64–55  16–11
(12–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,724)
Laramie, WY
Mountain West Women's Tournament
Mar 2, 2020
9:30 p.m., MWN 		(3) vs. (11) Utah State
Quarterfinals 		W 64–59  17–11
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
Mar 3, 2020
9:30 p.m., MWN 		(3) vs. (2) Boise State
Semifinals 		L 71–79  17–12
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

See also

References

  1. ^ Foster, Brandon (April 24, 2019). "Joe Legerski retires as Wyoming women's basketball coach". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Potter, Davis (May 8, 2019). "Gerald Mattinson promoted to head women's basketball coach". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Renshaw, Dalton (March 12, 2019). "Aggies handled by Wyoming in MW quarterfinals". ThenUtah Statesman. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Settle, David (March 13, 2019). "Cowgirls Will Play For A Title And NCAA Bid Wednesday". kowb1290.com. KOWB. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. ^ Potter, Davis (March 14, 2019). "Despite loss, Wyoming eager to keep 'enjoying the ride' in postseason". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Auclair, Noah (March 31, 2019). "And then there were four: Wildcats overpower Wyoming en route to WNIT Final Four". Arizona Daily Wildcat. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "Mountain West Announces 2019-20 WBB Preseason Honors". themw.com. Mountain West Conference. October 31, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.