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. 3 - Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, 6:30 p.m. MT (Arena-Auditorium, Laramie, Wyo.) Location: Laramie, Wyoming Live Stats/Audio/Video: www.gowyo.com Founded: 1886 Radio: 1240 AM KFBC (Cheyenne)/1290 AM KCGY (Laramie) Enrollment: 13,551 Nickname: Cowgirls Colors: Brown & Gold Wyoming Cowgirls Denver Pioneers Home Court: Arena Auditorium (11,612) (1-1 overall, 0-0 MW) (1-1 overall) 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 (1-1 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. 8.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg Basketball Staff 14 Natalie Baker F 6-0 Jr. 2L Parker, Colo. 4.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, '79) 22 Clara Tapia G 5-7 So. TR Barcelona, Spain 11.5 ppg, 6.5 aspg Record at Wyoming: 246-157 (.610), 14 years 23 Bailee Cotton F 6-2 RSo. 1L Denver, Colo. 2.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg Career Record: Same 33 Hailey Ligocki G 5-8 Sr. 3L Sheridan, Wyo. 6.5 ppg, 2.0 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 one game Assistant Coach: Heather Ezell (Iowa State, '09) 4 Taylor Rusk F 5-11 Fr. HS Highlands Ranch, Colo. 7.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg Dir. of Recruiting: Fallon Lewis (Wyoming, '14) 5 Riikka Kujala G 5-5 So. 1L Vimpeli, Finland 2.5 ppg, 1.5 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 Played in one game 12 Marta Gomez F 6-1 So. 1L Valles, Spain 9.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg Team Information 24 Skyler Snodgrass G 5-10 Jr. 2L Wichita, Kan. Played in one game 2016-17 Record: 1-1 (.500) 32 Tijana Raca F 6-0 So. 1L Pylea Thessaloniki, Greece Played in one game 2015-16 Conf. Record/Finish: 1-0 (1.00) 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. 4.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg Newcomers: 4 44 Rachelle Tucker F 6-2 So. 1L Pierce, Neb. 9.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg History Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, ‘79), 14th Year First Year of Basketball: 1973-74 All-Time Record/Years: 637-578 (.524) (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 Director of Recruiting: 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 Denver Pioneers (1-1 overall) Last WNIT Appearance: 2013 Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Stats Result: WNIT-First Round 12 Jacqlyn Poss G 5-9 Sr. Shoreview, Minn. 7.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg 20 Ciera Morgan G 5-9 Jr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. 6.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg Media Information 22 Sam Romanowski G 5-9 So. Mountlake Terrace, Wash. 16.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg Associate AD for Media Relations: Tim Harkins Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2321 31 Jesse Spittel F 6-2 Sr. Yorba Linda, Calif. 6.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg email: [email protected] 34 Jahla Osborne F 6-0 RSo. Stafford, Va. 3.0 ppg, 6.0 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 1 Briana Johnson G 5-6 Fr. Carson, Calif. 5.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg Cell Phone: 307-760-1736 3 Lauren Loven G 5-7 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. 4.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg Fax Number: 307-766-2346 10 Haley Simental G 5-8 RFr. Pueblo West, Colo. 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg 15 Alecia Espinoza F 6-1 Sr. Hacienda Heights, Calif. Has yet to play Offi cial Wyoming Website: www.gowyo.com 23 Madison Nelson F 6-1 Fr. Dover, Minn. Played in one game 25 Sydney Koel F 6-1 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. Played in one game Mailing Address Overnight Address 32 Tori Bryant F 6-0 Sr. Brea, Calif. Played in one game Athletics Media Relations Offi ce 16th and Gibbon Streets 33 Abi Curtin G/F 6-1 Fr. Sydney, Australia Played in one game University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Department 3414 82071-3414 44 Leya DePriest C 6-2 Fr. Palmer, Alaska 1.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg 1000 East University Avenue 45 Jordyn Alt F 6-2 Jr. North Oaks, Minn. 3.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3414 Head Coach: Kerry Cremeans (Florida ‘94), (Kentucky ’04), Fifth Year Associate Head Coach: Seth Kuskin (Wisconsin ‘92) Assistant Coaches: Nettie Respondek (Vanderbilt ’98, ‘00) David Elliott (Arizona ‘09) Director of Operations: Brittany Graham (Georgia State ’10, ’13) 2016-17 Cowgirl Basketball Opponent Information/Notes Last Time Out: The Wyoming women’s basketball team (1-1 overall) gave a great effort, but fell short Scouting the Pioneers: Wyoming returns home 63-51 against the 22nd-ranked Michigan State Spartans (2-0 overall) on Sunday afternoon. to welcome the Denver Pioneers this week. The Pioneers are currently 1-1 overall. Samantha Sophomore Marta Gomez led the way for the Cowgirls with 15 points along with six rebounds in 27 Romanowski leads the way averaging 16 points per minutes of action. Sophomore Rachelle Tucker and freshman Taylor Rusk each added eight points game while Jesse Spittel and Jordyn Alt are adding while Tucker also recorded fi ve rebounds. Bailee Cotton fi nished her night with six boards while Clara 6.5 rebounds per contest. As a squad, Denver returns Tapia tallied six assists. UW shot 17-of-42 (.405) from the fi eld and 8-of-14 (.571) from beyond the arc. four starters and eight letterwinners to a team that UW also out rebounded the Spartans, 32-29. went 5-25 overall and 3-13 in The Summit League a season ago. This is the 25th meeting between the “I told the team at the end of the game that coaching is a diffi cult profession. You can win by 22 and not two schools. UW leads the series 20-4 and has won be happy with the performance or take a loss like today and I couldn’t be more proud of them,” head the last four in a row. The last time the two met was coach Joe Legerski said. “We had to compete. I thought in the second quarter we got down by nine, December 9, 2015. The Cowgirls came out on top with fought back and went in to the locker room down two. We executed what we wanted to do, were there a 75-64 victory. The Pioneers are coached by Kerry mistakes made, but there will always be. I was so pleased that we kept fi ghting all the way until the Cremeans who is in her fi fth season with the program. end. Marta (Gomez) played well on the offensive end and did what we asked her to do. Also, we got a big lift from Taylor (Rusk) with eight points, defended well, and Rachelle (Tucker) gave us that energy General Information off the bench. I’m happy with what we are progressing to become.” Location Denver, Colo. Enrollment 11,767 Michigan State was led by Tori Jankoska with a game-high 22 points and four assists. Taya Reimer fol- Founded 1864 lowed with 18 points and seven rebounds while Branndais Agee added nine points and ten rebounds. Nickname Pioneers The Spartans shot 21-of-54 (.389) from the fi eld and 16-of-21 (.762) from the free throw line. School Colors Crimson & Gold Conference The Summit League Michigan State extended the lead to nine, 32-23, with a 7-0 run to begin the third quarter. A basket Arena (Capacity) Magness Arena (7,200) by Tucker ended a 3:30 minute scoring drought for the Cowgirls and they would close the gap to six, Chancellor Rebecca Chopp 38-32, with 3:10 left on the clock. The Spartans closed out the period scoring seven of nine to take a Athletics Director Peg Bradley-Doppes 45-34 advantage. Wyoming fell behind by 14, 50-36, in the fi rst couple of minutes of the fourth until free throws and a basket by Gomez started a 9-6 run to cut the defi cit to ten, 56-46. Despite a solid effort, the Cowgirls would run out of chances, falling by the fi nal of 63-51. Coaching Staff Head Coach Kerry Cremeans The Cowgirls got on the board fi rst with a Liv Roberts three-point fi eld goal while the Spartans followed Alma Mater Florida '94 with fi ve-straight to go up 5-3 in the early part of the game.