Wyoming Basketball Contact Amy Dambro, Assistant Media Relations Director Phone: (307) 766-2269 Email: [email protected]
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Wyoming Basketball Contact Amy Dambro, Assistant Media Relations Director Phone: (307) 766-2269 Email: [email protected] Cowgirl Quick Facts Game 20 - Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 7:00 p.m. (Arena Auditorium, Laramie, Wyo.) Location: Laramie, Wyoming Live Stats/Audio: www.gowyo.com TV: None Founded: 1886 Radio: 1240 AM KFBC (Cheyenne)/1290 AM KOWB (Laramie) Enrollment: 13,992 Nickname: Cowgirls Colors: Brown & Gold Wyoming Cowgirls New Mexico Lobos Home Court: Arena Auditorium (15,028) (13-6 overall, 4-4 MW) (8-12 overall, 3-6 MW) Press Row Phone: 307-766-2222 Affi liation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mountain West President (Interim): Dr. Robert McGinity Athletics Director: Tom Burman (Wyoming, '88) Associate AD/SWA: Julie Manning (Iowa State, '83) Wyoming Cowgirls (13-6 overall, 4-4 MW) Faculty Representative: Alyson Hagy Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown Stats Athletics Department Phone: 307-766-2292 4 Kayla Woodward F 5-11 Jr. 2L Sheridan, Wyo. 17.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg Ticket Offi ce Phone: 307-766-4850 or 877-996-3261 10 Marquelle Dent G 5-7 So. 1L Denver, Colo. 8.6 ppg, 4.4 aspg 12 Fallon Lewis G 6-0 Sr. 1L Dayton, Wyo. 14.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg Basketball Staff Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, '79) 31 Kaitlyn Mileto G 5-10 Jr. 2L Colorado Springs, Colo. 13.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg Record at Wyoming: 209-121 (.633), 11 years 40 Jordan Sibrel F 6-1 Jr. 2L Loveland, Colo. 3.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg Career Record: Same Conf. Record at Wyoming: 98-64 (.605), 11 years Off The Bench Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown Stats Conference Record: Same 3 Whitney Gordon F 6-2 So. 1L Marion, Kan. 1.2 ppg, 1.2 rpg Assoc. Head Coach: Gerald Mattinson (Weber State, '81) 5 Jasmine Davis G 5-9 So. TR Petone, New Zealand 2.1 ppg, 1.0 rpg Assistant Coach: Katie Kern (New Mexico, '99) 21 Fatima Thiam C 6-6 So. 1L Dakar, Senegal Has not played this year Assistant Coach: Mike Petrino (Montana St.-Billings, '99) Basketball Offi ce Phone: 307-766-3715 22 Jordan Kelley G 5-9 RSo. TR Gillette, Wyo. Will sit out this season Best Time to Reach Coach Legerski: Contact SID 23 Chelan Landry G 5-9 Sr. 3L Milwaukee, Wis. 5.2 ppg, 2.5 aspg 32 Kaylee Hoffman G 5-10 Sr. 3L Hays, Kan. 1.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg Team Information 33 Hailey Ligocki G 5-8 Fr. HS Sheridan, Wyo. Has played in 5 games 2013-14 Record: 13-6 (.684) 45 Kaylie Rader C 6-4 Fr. HS Thornton, Colo. 5.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg 2013-14 Conf. Record/Finish: 4-4 (.500) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/6 Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, ‘79), 11th Year Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Associate Head Coach: Gerald Mattinson (Weber State, '81), 11th Year Newcomers: 4 Assistant Coaches: Katie Kern (New Mexico, ‘99), Eighth Year Mike Petrino (Montana State-Billings, '99), Third Year History First Year of Basketball: 1973-74 All-Time Record/Years: 600-541 (.526) (41 years) New Mexico Lobos (8-12 overall, 3-6 MW) All-Time MW Record: 116-100 (.537) (15 years) Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Stats All-Time WAC Record: 57-69 (.452) (Nine years) 12 Bryce Owens G 5-4 So. DeSoto, Texas 7.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg NCAA Appearances Record: One/0-1 13 Khadijah Shumpert F 6-0 So. Minneapolis, Minn. 10.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg Last NCAA Appearance: 2008 Result: Lost in First Round to Pittsburgh, 63-58 15 Antiesha Brown G 5-10 RJr. Clovis, N.M. 12.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg WNIT Appearances/Record: 7/12-8 20 Sara Halasz G 5-11 RSr. Ohatchee, Ala. 11.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg Last WNIT Appearance: 2013 44 Deeva Vaughn F 6-0 RSr. Albuquerque, N.M. 8.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg Result: WNIT-First Round Off The Bench Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Stats Media Information 1 Brooke Allemand G 5-4 Fr. Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas 2.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg Associate AD for Media Relations: Tim Harkins Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2321 3 Josie Greenwood F 5-11 Fr. Hobart, Australia 0.6 ppg, 0.6 rpg email: [email protected] 4 Alex Lapeyrolerie G 5-11 Fr. Highland Village, Calif. 1.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg Assistant Media Relations Director (WBB Contact): 11 Alexa Chavez F 6-0 So. Santa Fe, N.M. 3.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg Amy Dambro 21 Marissa Perry G 5-4 Fr. Corrales, N.M. Has played in two games email: [email protected] Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2269/2256 25 Brea Mitchell G 5-10 So. Plano, Texas 2.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg Cell Phone: 307-760-1736 32 Kianna Keller F/C 6-4 Fr. Waukesha, Wisc. 4.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg Fax Number: 307-766-2346 33 Maddie Muraida C 6-2 Jr. Albuquerque, N.M. Has played in two games Offi cial Wyoming Website: www.gowyo.com Head Coach: Yvonne Sanchez (U.S. International (Ca.) ‘89), Third Year Assistant Coaches: Joseph Anders, Edwina Brown, Anthony Turner Mailing Address Overnight Address Athletics Media Relations Offi ce 16th and Gibbon Streets University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Department 3414 82071-3414 1000 East University Avenue Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3414 2013-14 Cowgirl Basketball Opponent Information/Notes Last Time Out: The Cowgirl basketball team overcame a 19-point second half defi cit and pulled to within Scouting the Lobos: The Cowgirls return home one, but fell short in a tough 80-75 loss against Utah State, on Saturday night in Logan. Junior Kayla this week and will host the New Mexico Lobos, on Woodward fi nished with a double-double including 18 second half points. The Cowgirls are now 13-6 Wednesday. The Lobos are 8-12 overall and 3-6 in MW overall on the season and 4-4 in the Mountain West while the Aggies improve to 9-10 overall and 4-5 in play. Last time out, they defeated the San Jose State league play. Spartans, 76-73, on Saturday. They are led by Antiesha Brown who is averaging a team high 12.8 points plus “I think that Utah State was the aggressor in the fi rst half specifi cally in the fi rst fi ve to six minutes of the 3.9 rebounds. Sara Halasz is adding a team high 6.5 rebounds plus 11.2 points per game. They return four game.” said head coach Joe Legerski. “I talked to the team at halftime about being balanced like we were starters and seven letterwinners to a team that went 17- in the victory against Fresno State, and in the fi rst half Kayla and Kaylie combined for 24 of our 28 points. 14 overall and 8-8 in the MW last year. This will be 68th We had opportunities for other players, but really struggled to hit shots. We came back in the second half meeting between the two schools. UNM leads the series down 15 at the half and 19 in the second pulling to within one. We had two good looks at the basket with 37-30. The last time the two teams met was Jan. 8, 2014 a three and a layup to go ahead. I was proud of what we accomplished in the second half and that was as the Lobos defeated the Cowgirls 75-65 in Albuquerque. the team that has been showing up we just have to fi nd a way to get over the hump.” They are coached by Yvonne Sanchez who is in her third season with the program. Out of the break, Utah State scored two quick baskets to extend the lead to 19, 47-28. Started by a Woodward fi eld goal, the Cowgirls went on a 10-2 run to close the gap to 11, 49-38, with 15:57 left in the General Information game. Franny Vaaulu hit a shot to stop the UW scoring run, but the Wyoming ran off eight of the next Location Albuquerque, N.M. ten to make it a seven-point contest, 53-46. Jasmine Porter got the Aggie lead back to ten, 56-46. The Enrollment 28,500 Founded 1889 two teams traded the next couple of scores as Utah State continued to lead. With the score 60-50, the Nickname Lobos Cowgirls fought back with a 9-3 run to make it 63-59. The Aggies increased the lead back eight, 67-59, School Colors Cherry & Silver which was answered with seven straight to pull UW to within one, 67-66. Free throws put Utah State back Conference Mountain West up three, 69-66, but a quick basket from Rader made it one game, 69-68. The Cowgirls had several op- Arena (Capacity) The Pit (15,411) portunities to tie or take the lead unfortunately free throws gave the Aggies an 80-75 win. President Dr. Robert Frank Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs Woodward recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 27 points and 10 rebounds. She was Coaching Staff followed by Kaylie Rader with a career high 18 points plus seven rebounds, while Fallon Lewis fi nished Head Coach Yvonne Sanchez with 11 points and nine rebounds. Wyoming was 28-66 (.424) from the fi eld including 17-36 (.472) in the Alma Mater US International '89 second half. UW had 28 points in the paint and 24 points off the bench.