Wyoming Basketball Contact Amy Dambro, Assistant Media Relations Director Phone: (307) 766-2269 Email: [email protected] Cowgirl Quick Facts Game No. 15 - Wed., Jan. 11, 2017, 7:00 p.m. MT (Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, Logan, Utah) Location: Laramie, Wyoming Live Stats/Audio/Video: www.gowyo.com Founded: 1886 Radio: 1240 AM KFBC or 97.5 FM (Cheyenne)/1290 AM KOWB (Laramie) Enrollment: 13,551 Nickname: Cowgirls Colors: Brown & Gold Wyoming Cowgirls Utah State Aggies Home Court: Arena Auditorium (11,612) (11-3 overall, 3-0 MW) (8-7 overall, 1-3 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 (11-3 overall, 3-0 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. 15.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg Basketball Staff 14 Natalie Baker F 6-0 Jr. 2L Parker, Colo. 7.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, '79) 22 Clara Tapia G 5-7 So. TR Barcelona, Spain 5.9 ppg, 4.9 aspg Record at Wyoming: 256-159 (.617), 14 years 23 Bailee Cotton F 6-2 RSo. 1L Denver, Colo. 5.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg Career Record: Same 33 Hailey Ligocki G 5-8 Sr. 3L Sheridan, Wyo. 7.1 ppg, 2.9 aspg Conf. Record at Wyoming: 123-88 (.583), 14 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. 5.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg Asst. Dir. of Player Dev.: Fallon Lewis (Wyoming, '14) 5 Riikka Kujala G 5-5 So. 1L Vimpeli, Finland 1.1 ppg, 0.8 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 1.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg 12 Marta Gomez F 6-1 So. 1L Valles, Spain 9.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg Team Information 24 Skyler Snodgrass G 5-10 Jr. 2L Wichita, Kan. 1.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg 2016-17 Record: 11-3 (.786) 32 Tijana Raca F 6-0 So. 1L Pylea Thessaloniki, Greece Played in six games 2016-17 Conf. Record/Finish: 3-0 (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. 4.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg Newcomers: 4 44 Rachelle Tucker F 6-2 So. 1L Pierce, Neb. 7.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg History Head Coach: Joe Legerski (Wyoming, ‘79), 14th Year First Year of Basketball: 1973-74 All-Time Record/Years: 647-580 (.527) (44 years) Assoc. Head Coach: Gerald Mattinson (Weber State, '81), 14th Year All-Time MW Record: 141-124 (.532) (18 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 Utah State Aggies (8-7 overall, 1-3 MW) Last WNIT Appearance: 2013 Probable Starters Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown Stats Result: WNIT-First Round 1 Eliza West G 5-5 Fr. HS Mount Martha, Australia 7.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg 2 Jessie Geer G 5-8 Fr. HS Gillette, Wyo. 5.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg Media Information 5 Shannon Duffi cy F 6-2 Fr. HS Preston, Australia 9.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg Associate AD for Media Relations: Tim Harkins Offi ce Phone: 307-766-2321 12 Hailey Bassett G/F 6-2 Fr. HS Layton, Utah 6.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg email: [email protected] 22 Rachel Brewster G 5-11 So. 1L Melbourne, Australia 11.9 ppg, 4.3 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 3 Olivia West G 5-6 Fr. HS Launceston, Australia 6.3 ppg, 0.9 rpg Cell Phone: 307-760-1736 11 Lindsey Jensen G 5-9 So. 1L Smithfi eld, Utah Has yet to play Fax Number: 307-766-2346 21 Victoria Price G 5-8 So. 1L Grand Prairie, Texas Has yet to play 30 Dee Moore F 6-4 Fr. HS Allen, Texas 2.6 ppg, 1.9 rpg Offi cial Wyoming Website: www.gowyo.com 31 Katie Toole G 5-10 So. 1L Farmington, Utah 3.5 ppg, 1.4 rpg 32 Taylor Enders G 5-10 So. SQ West Linn, Ore. Has yet to play Mailing Address Overnight Address 33 Lizzy Klinker G 5-10 So. 1L Fairfi eld, Mont. 1.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg Athletics Media Relations Offi ce 16th and Gibbon Streets 35 Angelica de Paulo F 6-2 Sr. 1L São Paulo, Brazil Played in two games University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming Department 3414 82071-3414 41 Antoina Robinson F 6-2 Sr. 1L Dallas, Texas 4.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg 1000 East University Avenue 44 Deja Mason C 6-4 So. 1L San Antonio, Texas 3.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3414 Head Coach: Jerry Finkbeiner (Southern Nazarene, ‘80), Fifth Year Assistant Coaches: Ben Finkbeiner (Oral Roberts, ‘06), Third Year JC Carter (Southwest Baptist, ‘02), Third year Kelsie Kruger (Adams State, ’11), First Year Director of Operations: Brooke Jackson (Arizona, ’11), First Year 2016-17 Cowgirl Basketball Opponent Information/Notes Last Time Out: Junior Liv Roberts recorded her third double-double of the season helping the Wyo- Scouting the Aggies: Wyoming will open up a two-game ming women’s basketball team (11-3 overall, 3-0 MW) to its fi fth win in a row with a 70-48 victory over road swing on Wednesday against the Utah State Aggies. the Fresno State Bulldogs (8-6 overall, 1-2 MW) on Wednesday night. It’s the longest winning streak Utah State enters the game 8-7 overall and 1-3 in league play. Last time out, the Aggies dropped a 55-53 overtime contest since the 2013-14 season and the 3-0 conference start is the best since the 2007-08 team. with UNLV. Sophomore Rachel Brewster leads the way with 11.9 points and 4.3 rebounds. Freshman Shannon Duffi cy Roberts recorded her third double-double of the season with 24 points and tied a career-high with 12 is averaging a team-high 8.9 points plus 9.2 points. As a rebounds. She was 9-15 from the fi eld while adding four assists and two steals. Redshirt sophomore squad, the Aggies are shooting 355-915 (.388) from the fi eld, Bailee Cotton and freshman Taylor Rusk each contributed eight points followed by junior Natalie Baker averaging 61.4 points and 39.4 rebounds per contest. This will and sophomore Marta Gomez with seven. Sophomore Clara Tapia dished out seven assists and be the 25th meeting between the two schools with Wyoming had two steals. Wyoming shot 27-of-59 (.458) from the fi eld, out rebounded the Bulldogs 38-30 and holding a 16-8 lead in the series. The last time the two teams met was February 6, 2016 with the Aggies earning an 84-75 recorded 20 assists on 27 baskets. win. Utah State is coached by Jerry Finkbeiner who is in his fi fth season with the program. “Once again, we got off to a good start playing with a great deal of confi dence offensively and defen- sively,” head coach Joe Legerski. “We had a lull to end the half and turned the ball over a couple of General Information times, plus coming out of the break and Fresno State makes a run which all good teams do. They cut Location Logan, Utah it to 11 with about eight and a half to go and Clara (Tapia) makes two big steals in post play. It was Enrollment 27,622 important that we come down Liv (Roberts) hits a big three and got everybody relaxed then Taylor Founded 1888 Nickname Aggies (Rusk) hit back to back threes which helped steady what we were doing. Liv has the big game again School Colors Navy Blue, Pewter & White with the double-double and when she’s on the fl oor gives us so much energy. I think what’s becoming Conference Mountain West the mark of this team is we had six players that scored between six and eight points so we are getting Arena (Capacity) Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270) a balanced contribution and not just one or two players. I thought Marleah (Campbell) gave us impor- President Stan Albrecht tant minutes, Taylor as I mentioned and Bailee (Cotton) played as well as she has both offensively and Athletics Director John Hartwell defensively. There is a lot of to go around from the coaching staff, to the players because everyone did contribute to this victory.” Coaching Staff Head Coach Jerry Finkbeiner Alma Mater Southwest Nazarene '80 The Bulldogs was led by redshirt sophomore Tory Jacobs with 19 points in her 35 minutes of action.