2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represent the University of Wyoming in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by fifteenth year head coach Joe Legerski . The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and are members of the Mountain West Conference . They Finished the season 22-11, 13-5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Mountain West tournament to Nevada. They were invited to the 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament where they won in the first round against New Mexico State, but lost in the second round.
Roster
2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 3
Elisa Pilli 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
RS So Liceo Scientifico Parini
Padova, ITA
F 4
Taylor Rusk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
So ThunderRidge HS
Highlands Ranch, CO
G 5
Sladjana Rakovic 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr Western Nebraska
Bijelo Polje, MNE
F 10
Selale Kepenc 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Bostenci Doga College
Istanbul, TUR
F 12
Marta Gomez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr INS Joaquim Blume
Valles, ESP
G 13
Liv Roberts 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Sr Sentinel HS
Missoula, MT
F 14
Natalie Baker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sr Chaparral HS
Parker, CO
G 22
Clara Tapia 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, ESP
F 23
Bailee Cotton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
RS Jr Denver School S&T
Denver, CO
G 24
Skyler Snodgrass 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sr Andover Central HS
Wichita, KS
F 32
Tijana Raca 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
So Aristoteleio College
Pyles, GRC
F 40
Coreen Labish 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
RS So Mead HS
Cheney, WA
F 42
Marleah Campbell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr Shawnee Mission West HS
Lenexa, KS
F 44
Rachelle Tucker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr Pierce HS
Pierce, NE
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Statistics
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3FG%
FT%
RPG
APG
BPG
SPG
PPG
Natalie Baker
32 32 23.0
.377
.303
.725
4.3
1.2
0.2
0.6
7.0
Marleah Campbell
19
0
6.3
.419
.714 .750
1.2
0.3
0.1
0.2
1.9
Bailee Cotton
32 32 26.9
.421
.000
.723
6.2 1.1
0.5
1.3 8.3
Marta Gomez
32 0
21.8
.467
.483
.742
2.7
1.2
0.2
0.3
8.7
Selale Kepenc
24
0
8.3
.410
.370
.500
1.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
3.5
Coreen Labish
3
0
5.3
.000
.000
.000
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tijana Raca
13
0
6.1
.375
.167
.000
0.6
0.6
0.0
0.1
1.5
Sladjana Rakovic
32 1
15.6
.345
.188
.767
3.9
1.1
0.0
0.3
4.0
Liv Roberts
31
31
32.5
.474 .367
.819
6.0
1.7
0.5 0.7
14.1
Taylor Rusk
32 32 33.5 .455
.429
.730
3.4
3.0
0.3
1.0
10.2
Skyler Snodgrass
12
0
5.8
.176
.200
.000
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.7
Clara Tapia
32 32 31.5
.356
.217
.825 2.3
4.3 0.0
0.6
4.6
Rachelle Tucker
8
0
4.9
.417
.000
.000
0.9
0.0
0.3
0.3
1.3
Schedule
[ 1]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Exhibition
11/03/2017 *5:30 pm
Chadron State W 77–25 Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2017 *2:00 pm
Adams State W 73–47 1–0
Arena-Auditorium (2,608)Laramie, WY
11/13/2017 *6:30 pm
Montana W 67–62 2–0
Arena-Auditorium (2,484)Laramie, WY
11/16/2017 *7:00 pm
at Denver
W 61–51 3–0
Hamilton Gymnasium (284)Denver, CO
11/21/2017 *6:30 pm
Drake W 75–61 4–0
Arena-Auditorium (2,453)Laramie, WY
11/25/2017 *10:00 am
vs. Northern Iowa UCF Thanksgiving ClassicL 40–55 4–1
CFE Arena Orlando, FL
11/27/2016 *9:00 am
vs. IUPUI UCF Thanksgiving Classic L 59–65 4–2
CFE Arena Orlando, FL
11/29/2017 *11:00 am
at Montana State
L 46–50 4–3
Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
12/03/2017 *1:00 pm
Idaho State W 61–53 5–3
Arena-Auditorium (2,460)Laramie, WY
12/09/2017 *1:00 pm
at Idaho
W 70–64 6–3
Memorial Gym Moscow, ID
12/12/2017 *4:00 pm
Colorado Christian W 62–33 7–3
Arena-Auditorium (1,374)Laramie, WY
12/21/2017 *5:00 pm
at No. 16 Duke
L 40–63 7–4
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017 7:30 pm
at San Diego State
L 62–68 7–5
Viejas Arena San Diego, CA
01/03/2018 6:30 pm
Nevada W 66–60 8–5
Arena-Auditorium (2,207)Laramie, WY
01/06/2018 2:00 pm
at Boise State
W 66–51 9–5
Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID
01/10/2018 6:30 pm
New Mexico W 66–55 10–5
Arena-Auditorium (2,105)Laramie, WY
01/13/2018 2:00 pm
at Colorado State Border War W 53–49 11–5
Moby Arena Colorado Springs, CO
01/20/2018 2:00 pm
Utah State W 61–44 12–5
Arena-Auditorium (2,563)Laramie, WY
01/24/2018 7:30 pm
at Nevada
W 65–62 13–5
Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV
01/27/2018 2:00 pm
San José State W 58–46 14–5
Arena-Auditorium (3,248)Laramie, WY
01/31/2018 6:30 pm
Colorado State Border War L 53–64 14–6
Arena-Auditorium (3,158)Laramie, WY
02/03/2018 3:00 pm
at Fresno State
L 47–60 14–7
Save Mart Center Fresno, CA
02/07/2018 7:00 pm
at Utah State
W 64–46 15–7
Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
02/10/2018 2:00 pm
UNLV W 69–57 16–7
Arena-Auditorium (3,223)Laramie, WY
02/14/2018 6:30 pm
San Diego State W 70–50 17–7
Arena-Auditorium (3,026)Laramie, WY
02/17/2018 3:00 pm
at San José State
W 66–64 18–7
Event Center Arena San Jose, CA
02/21/2018 7:00 pm
at New Mexico
W 63–62 19–7
The Pit Albuquerque, NM
02/24/2018 2:00 pm
Fresno State W 74–57 20–7
Arena-Auditorium (3,021)Laramie, WY
02/27/2018 7:00 pm
at Air Force
L 47–57 20–8
Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO
03/03/2018 6:30 pm
Boise State L 63–67 20–9
Arena-Auditorium (6,312)Laramie, WY
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/06/2018 9:30 pm
(3)
vs. (6) New Mexico Quarterfinals W 69–66 21–9
Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
03/07/2018 10:00 pm
(3)
vs. (7) Nevada Semifinals L 63–67 21–10
Thomas & Mack Center (3,298)Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/15/2018 6:30 pm
New Mexico State First round W 67–59 22–10
Arena-Auditorium (2,788)Larime, WY
03/18/2018 1:00 pm
UC Davis Second round L 64–72 22–11
Arena-Auditorium (5,493)Larime, WY
*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
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