Wyoming Basketball Contact Amy Dambro, Assistant Media Relations Director Phone: (307) 766-2269 Email: [email protected] Cowgirl Quick Facts Game No. 9 - Friday, Dec. 9, 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)/95.1 FM KCGY (Laramie) Enrollment: 13,551 Nickname: Cowgirls Colors: Brown & Gold Wyoming Cowgirls Idaho Vandals Home Court: Arena Auditorium (11,612) (6-2 overall, 0-0 MW) (2-5 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 (6-2 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. 13.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg Basketball Staff 14 Natalie Baker F 6-0 Jr. 2L Parker, Colo. 7.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, '79) 22 Clara Tapia G 5-7 So. TR Barcelona, Spain 6.6 ppg, 4.1 aspg Record at Wyoming: 251-158 (.614), 14 years 23 Bailee Cotton F 6-2 RSo. 1L Denver, Colo. 6.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg Career Record: Same 33 Hailey Ligocki G 5-8 Sr. 3L Sheridan, Wyo. 6.3 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 three games Assistant Coach: Heather Ezell (Iowa State, '09) 4 Taylor Rusk F 5-11 Fr. HS Highlands Ranch, Colo. 4.4 ppg, 1.0 rpg Asst. Dir. of Player Dev.: Fallon Lewis (Wyoming, '14) 5 Riikka Kujala G 5-5 So. 1L Vimpeli, Finland 1.5 ppg, 1.1 rpg 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 2.3 ppg, 1.0 rpg 12 Marta Gomez F 6-1 So. 1L Valles, Spain 6.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg Team Information 24 Skyler Snodgrass G 5-10 Jr. 2L Wichita, Kan. 2.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg 2016-17 Record: 6-2 (.750) 32 Tijana Raca F 6-0 So. 1L Pylea Thessaloniki, Greece Played in three 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. 3.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg Newcomers: 4 44 Rachelle Tucker F 6-2 So. 1L Pierce, Neb. 8.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg History Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, ‘79), 14th Year First Year of Basketball: 1973-74 All-Time Record/Years: 642-579 (.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 Idaho Vandals (2-5 overall) Last WNIT Appearance: 2013 Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown Stats Result: WNIT-First Round 2 Karlee Wilson PG 5-4 Sr. 3L Lewiston, Idaho 7.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg 4 Brooke Reilly P 6-1 R-Jr. 2L Spokane, Wash. 9.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg Media Information 14 Taylor Pierce G 5-7 So. 1L Carlsbad, Calif. 9.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg Associate AD for Media Relations: Tim Harkins Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2321 21 Mikayla Ferenz G 5-10 So. 1L Walla Walla, Wash. 14.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg email: [email protected] 31 Geraldine McCorkell P 6-0 Jr. 2L Melbourne, Australia 12.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg Director of Media Relations (WBB Contact): Amy Dambro Off The Bench Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown Stats email: [email protected] Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2269/2256 1 Jenae Lewallen G 5-8 Fr. HS Surprise, Ariz. Played in one game Cell Phone: 307-760-1736 5 Brigitte O’Neill P 6-2 So. 1L Melbourne, Australia 1.8 ppg, 0.8 rpg Fax Number: 307-766-2346 10 Cherita Daugherty G 5-8 Fr. HS Vancouver, Wash. 3.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg 11 Isabelle Hadden P 6-4 Fr. HS Boise, Idaho 3.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg Offi cial Wyoming Website: www.gowyo.com 12 Nejra Solo P 6-5 Jr. 2L Zenica, Bosnia 0.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg 22 Bethany Krause G 5-8 Jr. 2L Centerville, Ohio 0.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg Mailing Address Overnight Address 24 Daylee Hanson G 5-11 Fr. HS Edmonds, Wash. 0.2 ppg, 1.4 rpg Athletics Media Relations Offi ce 16th and Gibbon Streets 32 Agueda Trujillo G 5-11 Sr. 3L Manacor, Spain 7.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Department 3414 82071-3414 44 Sue Winger P 6-1 R-Fr. RS Spokane, Wash. Played in one game 1000 East University Avenue Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3414 Head Coach Jon Newlee (San Diego State, '82), Ninth Year Assoc. Head Coach Christa Sanford (Idaho State, '04) Assistant Coaches: Jeri Jacobson (Upper Iowa, '12) Steven Fennelly (Iowa State, '07) 2016-17 Cowgirl Basketball Opponent Information/Notes Last Time Out: The Wyoming basketball team (6-2 overall) overcame a fourth-quarter defi cit to force Scouting the Vandals: Wyoming will play its fi nal overtime and come out on top with a 69-62 victory against the South Dakota Coyotes (6-2 overall) on non-conference home game against the Idaho Sunday afternoon. Vandals on Friday. The Vandals are currently 2-5 overall. Sophomore guard Mikayla Ferenz leads the “I thought it was a tremendous defensive game by both teams,” head coach Joe Legerski said. “Both way with 14 points and fi ve rebounds per contest. teams run motion offense, spread the fl oor and everybody knew what you wanted to do which became Junior Geraldine McCorkell is adding 12.3 points and a big part of the game. We had to make a change on how we wanted to play because it created some a team-high 5.3 boards followed by junior Brooke issues with our fi ves to be out defending on the perimeter, so we went with Marta (Gomez) and Natalie Reilly with nine points and 5.1 boards. As a squad, (Baker) as our post players. We also used Marleah Campbell who gave us a big lift on the outside. the Vandals are shooting 161-419 (.384) from the fi eld They ended up getting their big out, so it was a pretty good chess match going on.” and averaging 64.7 points per contest. This will be the 12th meeting between the two schools. UW holds Junior Liv Roberts fi nished with her fi rst double-double of the season with 19 points and a career-high the slight 6-5 advantage. The last time the two teams 12 rebounds. She was 5-10 from the fi eld and 8-11 from the free throw line. Senior Hailey Ligocki tied met was December 5, 2015 with the Vandals taking a her career-high with 13 points, six rebounds and fi ve assists. Sophomore Marta Gomez added 12 61-57 victory. Idaho is coached by Jon Newlee who is points off the bench while sophomores Clara Tapia and Bailee Cotton each recorded nine points each. in his ninth season with the program. As a team, the Cowgirls shot 20-of-51 (.392) from the fi eld and 23-of-32 (.719) from the free throw line. General Information “This was a quality win, quality opponent that plays well and competes. It was a good win for us in Location Moscow, Idaho the fashion that we did it. We had to come back in the last couple of minutes and left some points on Enrollment 11,543 the board. Clara (Tapia) made two big free throws to send it in to overtime. Even bigger than that, she Founded 1889 knew she would get them since she had missed the layup earlier that could have tied it. She is men- Nickname Vandals tally tough and a competitor. Then you look across the board, Liv (Roberts) had an outstanding game. School Colors Silver & Vandal Gold She played in 44 of the 45 minutes, double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Hailey (Ligocki) Conference Big Sky hit a big three as the shot clock is winding down. We had to run a few things offensively trying to fi nd a Arena (Capacity) Cowan Spectrum (5,000) way to score.” President Dr. Chuck Staben Athletics Director Dr. Rob Spear South Dakota had three players in double-fi gures led by sophomore Allison Arens. She recorded 18 points along with six rebounds and three assists. Sophomore Jaycee Bradley added 12 points in 41 Coaching Staff minutes of play followed by freshman Ciara Duffy with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds.