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 No. 12 - Thurs., Dec. 29, 2016, 7:00 p.m. MT (Clune Arena, Colorado Springs, Colo.) Location: Laramie, Wyoming Live Stats/Audio/Video: www.gowyo.com Founded: 1886 Radio: 1240 AM KFBC or 97.5 FM (Cheyenne)/95.1 FM KCGY (Laramie) Enrollment: 13,551 Nickname: Cowgirls Colors: Brown & Gold Wyoming Cowgirls Air Force Falcons Home Court: Arena Auditorium (11,612) (8-3 overall, 0-0 MW) (2-8 overall, 0-0 MW) Press Row Phone: 307-766-2222 Affi liation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mountain West President: Dr. Laurie Nichols Athletics Director: Tom Burman (Wyoming, '88) Faculty Representative: Alyson Hagy Wyoming Cowgirls (8-3 overall, 0-0 MW) Athletics Department Phone: 307-766-2292 Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown Stats Ticket Offi ce Phone: 307-766-7220 or 877-996-3261 13 Liv Roberts G 5-11 Jr. 2L Missoula, Mont. 14.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg Basketball Staff 14 Natalie Baker F 6-0 Jr. 2L Parker, Colo. 8.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, '79) 22 Clara Tapia G 5-7 So. TR Barcelona, Spain 6.3 ppg, 4.2 aspg Record at Wyoming: 253-159 (.614), 14 years 23 Bailee Cotton F 6-2 RSo. 1L Denver, Colo. 5.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg Career Record: Same 33 Hailey Ligocki G 5-8 Sr. 3L Sheridan, Wyo. 7.1 ppg, 2.8 aspg Conf. Record at Wyoming: 120-88 (.577), 13 years Conference Record: Same Assoc. Head Coach: Gerald Mattinson (Weber State, '81) Off The Bench Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown Stats Assistant Coach: Bojan Jankovic (Univ. of the Ozarks, '06) 3 Daley Handy G 6-0 RFr. RS Wichita, Kan. Played in four games Assistant Coach: Heather Ezell (Iowa State, '09) 4 Taylor Rusk F 5-11 Fr. HS Highlands Ranch, Colo. 4.2 ppg, 0.9 rpg Asst. Dir. of Player Dev.: Fallon Lewis (Wyoming, '14) 5 Riikka Kujala G 5-5 So. 1L Vimpeli, Finland 1.3 ppg, 1.0 aspg Basketball Offi ce Phone: 307-766-3715 Best Time to Reach Coach Legerski: Contact SID 10 Selale Kepenc F 6-2 Fr. HS Istanbul, Turkey 1.8 ppg, 0.8 rpg 12 Marta Gomez F 6-1 So. 1L Valles, Spain 8.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg Team Information 24 Skyler Snodgrass G 5-10 Jr. 2L Wichita, Kan. 1.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg 2016-17 Record: 8-3 (.727) 32 Tijana Raca F 6-0 So. 1L Pylea Thessaloniki, Greece Played in four games 2016-17 Conf. Record/Finish: 0-0 (.000) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/2 40 Coreen Labish F 6-2 So. 1L Cheney, Wash. Has yet to play Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 42 Marleah Campbell F 6-2 Jr. 2L Lenexa, Kan. 5.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg Newcomers: 4 44 Rachelle Tucker F 6-2 So. 1L Pierce, Neb. 7.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg History Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, ‘79), 14th Year First Year of Basketball: 1973-74 All-Time Record/Years: 644-580 (.526) (44 years) Assoc. Head Coach: Gerald Mattinson (Weber State, '81), 14th Year All-Time MW Record: 138-124 (.527) (17 years) Assistant Coaches: Bojan Jankovic (University of the Ozarks, ’06) Second Year All-Time WAC Record: 57-69 (.452) (Nine years) Heather Ezell (Iowa State, ‘09), Second Year NCAA Appearances Record: One/0-1 Asst. Dir. of Player Dev.: Fallon Lewis (Wyoming, '14), Second Year Last NCAA Appearance: 2008 Result: Lost in First Round to Pittsburgh, 63-58 WNIT Appearances/Record: 7/12-8 Air Force Falcons (2-8 overall, 0-0 MW) Last WNIT Appearance: 2013 Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Stats Result: WNIT-First Round 0 Dee Bennett F 6-0 Jr. Miami, Fla. 6.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg 10 Venessannah Itugbu G 5-9 So. Colorado Springs, Colo. 1.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg Media Information 11 Cortney Porter G 5-9 Jr. Ogden, Utah 7.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg Associate AD for Media Relations: Tim Harkins Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2321 33 Mariah Forde G 5-10 Fr. Belen, N.M. 9.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg email: [email protected] 55 Kassady Huffman F 6-2 Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. 7.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg Director of Media Relations (WBB Contact): Amy Dambro Off The Bench Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Stats email: [email protected] Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2269/2256 5 Sarah Falvey G 5-6 Sr. Plymouth, Mich. Played in fi ve games Cell Phone: 307-760-1736 12 Kailin Davis G/F 5-11 Fr. Weatherford, Texas 10.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg Fax Number: 307-766-2346 13 Anna Nicholson G/F 6-0 Fr. Warner Robins, Ga. Has yet to play 15 Ifeoma Emeka G 5-10 Fr. Bothell, Wash. 3.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg Offi cial Wyoming Website: www.gowyo.com 25 Erika Chapman F/G 5-10 Jr. Cibolo, Texas 7.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg 30 Stefawn Perrin G 5-6 Fr. Blaine, Wash. Has yet to play Mailing Address Overnight Address 32 Darby Glaab F 5-11 So. Hamilton, Ohio 0.5 ppg, 0.9 rpg Athletics Media Relations Offi ce 16th and Gibbon Streets 34 Patricia Rosich G 5-10 Fr. Corozal, Puerto Rico 0.6 ppg, 0.6 rpg University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Department 3414 82071-3414 1000 East University Avenue Head Coach: Chris Gobrecht (USC, ‘77), Second Year Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3414 Assistant Coaches: Stacy McIntyre, Erin Mills-Reid, Clare Fitzpatrick, Rynae Rasley, Capt. Derek Brooks 2016-17 Cowgirl Basketball Opponent Information/Notes Last Time Out: Behind a solid team effort, the Cowgirl basketball team (8-3 overall) closed out non- Scouting the Falcons: Wyoming will begin the 2017 MW conference play by earning an 82-75 victory over the 15th-ranked and previously undefeated Colorado campaign on Thursday against the Air Force Falcons. Air Buffaloes (10-1 overall) on Wednesday night. It’s the fi rst time that the program has beaten a ranked Force went 2-8 during non-conference play and closed it out with a 65-44 loss against Eastern Michigan. Freshman opponent since Jan. 13, 2010 when they defeated the 22nd ranked TCU Horned Frogs in Laramie. Kailin Davis leads the way with 10.1 points while adding 2.8 rebounds off the bench. Junior Dee Bennett is averaging a Four Cowgirls fi nished the night in double-fi gures led by junior Liv Roberts and sophomore Marta Go- team-high 6.7 points and 6.4 rebounds. As a squad, Air Force mez. Roberts recorded her second double-double of the season with a career-high 21 points and fi ve is shooting 177-544 (.324) from the fi eld, averaging 53.1 steals along with 11 rebounds. Gomez came off the bench and fi nished her night with a season-high points and 37.5 rebounds per contest. This will be the 50th 19 points while shooting 8-8 from the free throw line. Sophomore Clara Tapia had 13 points and six meeting between the two schools with Wyoming holding a assists while junior Natalie Baker chipped in ten points. Wyoming shot a season-high 27-of-54 (.500) 47-2 lead in the series. The last time the two teams met was February 3, 2016 with the Cowgirls earning an 84-56 win. The from the fi eld and 19-of-23 (.826) from the free throw line including 16-of-16 (1.00) in the fourth quarter. Falcons are coached by Chris Gobrecht who is in her second The Cowgirls recorded 34 points in the paint, 30 off the bench and had 23 assists on 27 baskets. season with the program. “We needed every basket, every point,” head coach Joe Legerski said. “We shot 50 percent from General Information the fi eld, 83 percent from the free throw line and it was down to the last 30 seconds of the basketball Location Colorado Springs, Colo. game. It shows you how talented Colorado is. The Wyoming team played with a lot of grit, determina- Enrollment 4,000 tion, didn’t back down and that’s what I like about this group. They made a run, the place got loud, cut Founded 1954 it to two points and Marta hit a big three. It put us up fi ve, got us to relax and I thought we handled the Nickname Falcons pressure as well as we could. It’s a diffi cult press in a number of ways, we just tried to get the ball to School Colors Blue & Silver open people, stay aggressive and make free throws. We were 16-16 in free throws in the fourth quarter Conference Mountain West and we needed every one of them.” Arena (Capacity) Clune Arena (5,843) Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson Colorado was led by sophomore Kennedy Leonard who fi nished her night with a game-high 29 points, Athletics Director Jim Knowlton 22 of them coming in the fi nal ten minutes. Fellow sophomores Makenzie Ellis and Ariana Freeman recorded 16 and 15 points respectively, while Freeman fi nished with a team-high eight rebounds. The Buffs were 27-of-66 (.409) from the fi eld and out rebounded the Cowgirls 38-31. Coaching Staff Head Coach Chris Gobrecht The Cowgirls came out of the break and pushed the lead to nine, 42-34, with a 10-3 run.