2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	22–11 (13–5 Mountain West)
Head coach	Joe Legerski (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Gerald Mattinson; Bojan Janković; Heather Ezell;
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boise State †	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
UNLV	14	–	4	.778	19	–	12	.613
Wyoming	13	–	5	.722	22	–	11	.667
Colorado State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Fresno State	11	–	7	.611	17	–	15	.531
New Mexico	10	–	8	.556	25	–	11	.694
Nevada	7	–	11	.389	19	–	17	.528
San Diego State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Utah State	5	–	13	.278	7	–	23	.233
Air Force	5	–	13	.278	6	–	25	.194
San Jose State	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233


† 2018 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represent the University of Wyoming in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by fifteenth year head coach Joe Legerski. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They Finished the season 22-11, 13-5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They lost in the semifinals of the Mountain West tournament to Nevada. They were invited to the 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament where they won in the first round against New Mexico State, but lost in the second round.

Roster

2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Elisa Pilli	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS So	Liceo Scientifico Parini	Padova, ITA
F	4	Taylor Rusk	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	ThunderRidge HS	Highlands Ranch, CO
G	5	Sladjana Rakovic	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Western Nebraska	Bijelo Polje, MNE
F	10	Selale Kepenc	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Bostenci Doga College	Istanbul, TUR
F	12	Marta Gomez	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	INS Joaquim Blume	Valles, ESP
G	13	Liv Roberts	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Sentinel HS	Missoula, MT
F	14	Natalie Baker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Chaparral HS	Parker, CO
G	22	Clara Tapia	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Barcelona, ESP
F	23	Bailee Cotton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Denver School S&T	Denver, CO
G	24	Skyler Snodgrass	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Andover Central HS	Wichita, KS
F	32	Tijana Raca	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Aristoteleio College	Pyles, GRC
F	40	Coreen Labish	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Mead HS	Cheney, WA
F	42	Marleah Campbell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Shawnee Mission West HS	Lenexa, KS
F	44	Rachelle Tucker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Pierce HS	Pierce, NE

Head coach

Joe Legerski (Wyoming)

Assistant coach(es)

Gerald Mattinson (Weber State)
Bojan Janković (Ozarks)
Heather Ezell (Iowa State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 4, 2017

Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	BPG	SPG	PPG
Natalie Baker	32	32	23.0	.377	.303	.725	4.3	1.2	0.2	0.6	7.0
Marleah Campbell	19	0	6.3	.419	.714	.750	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.9
Bailee Cotton	32	32	26.9	.421	.000	.723	6.2	1.1	0.5	1.3	8.3
Marta Gomez	32	0	21.8	.467	.483	.742	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.3	8.7
Selale Kepenc	24	0	8.3	.410	.370	.500	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	3.5
Coreen Labish	3	0	5.3	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tijana Raca	13	0	6.1	.375	.167	.000	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.1	1.5
Sladjana Rakovic	32	1	15.6	.345	.188	.767	3.9	1.1	0.0	0.3	4.0
Liv Roberts	31	31	32.5	.474	.367	.819	6.0	1.7	0.5	0.7	14.1
Taylor Rusk	32	32	33.5	.455	.429	.730	3.4	3.0	0.3	1.0	10.2
Skyler Snodgrass	12	0	5.8	.176	.200	.000	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7
Clara Tapia	32	32	31.5	.356	.217	.825	2.3	4.3	0.0	0.6	4.6
Rachelle Tucker	8	0	4.9	.417	.000	.000	0.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2017* 5:30 pm		Chadron State	W 77–25		Arena-Auditorium (3,351) Laramie, WY
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2017* 2:00 pm		Adams State	W 73–47	1–0	Arena-Auditorium (2,608) Laramie, WY
11/13/2017* 6:30 pm		Montana	W 67–62	2–0	Arena-Auditorium (2,484) Laramie, WY
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm		at Denver	W 61–51	3–0	Hamilton Gymnasium (284) Denver, CO
11/21/2017* 6:30 pm		Drake	W 75–61	4–0	Arena-Auditorium (2,453) Laramie, WY
11/25/2017* 10:00 am		vs. Northern Iowa UCF Thanksgiving Classic	L 40–55	4–1	CFE Arena Orlando, FL
11/27/2016* 9:00 am		vs. IUPUI UCF Thanksgiving Classic	L 59–65	4–2	CFE Arena Orlando, FL
11/29/2017* 11:00 am		at Montana State	L 46–50	4–3	Worthington Arena (6,012) Bozeman, MT
12/03/2017* 1:00 pm		Idaho State	W 61–53	5–3	Arena-Auditorium (2,460) Laramie, WY
12/09/2017* 1:00 pm		at Idaho	W 70–64	6–3	Memorial Gym (454) Moscow, ID
12/12/2017* 4:00 pm		Colorado Christian	W 62–33	7–3	Arena-Auditorium (1,374) Laramie, WY
12/21/2017* 5:00 pm		at No. 16 Duke	L 40–63	7–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,021) Durham, NC
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2017 7:30 pm		at San Diego State	L 62–68	7–5 (0–1)	Viejas Arena (2,029) San Diego, CA
01/03/2018 6:30 pm		Nevada	W 66–60	8–5 (1–1)	Arena-Auditorium (2,207) Laramie, WY
01/06/2018 2:00 pm		at Boise State	W 66–51	9–5 (2–1)	Taco Bell Arena (1,025) Boise, ID
01/10/2018 6:30 pm		New Mexico	W 66–55	10–5 (3–1)	Arena-Auditorium (2,105) Laramie, WY
01/13/2018 2:00 pm		at Colorado State Border War	W 53–49	11–5 (4–1)	Moby Arena (2,678) Colorado Springs, CO
01/20/2018 2:00 pm		Utah State	W 61–44	12–5 (5–1)	Arena-Auditorium (2,563) Laramie, WY
01/24/2018 7:30 pm		at Nevada	W 65–62	13–5 (6–1)	Lawlor Events Center (1,109) Reno, NV
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		San José State	W 58–46	14–5 (7–1)	Arena-Auditorium (3,248) Laramie, WY
01/31/2018 6:30 pm		Colorado State Border War	L 53–64	14–6 (7–2)	Arena-Auditorium (3,158) Laramie, WY
02/03/2018 3:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 47–60	14–7 (7–3)	Save Mart Center (2,174) Fresno, CA
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		at Utah State	W 64–46	15–7 (8–3)	Smith Spectrum (794) Logan, UT
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		UNLV	W 69–57	16–7 (9–3)	Arena-Auditorium (3,223) Laramie, WY
02/14/2018 6:30 pm		San Diego State	W 70–50	17–7 (10–3)	Arena-Auditorium (3,026) Laramie, WY
02/17/2018 3:00 pm		at San José State	W 66–64	18–7 (11–3)	Event Center Arena (629) San Jose, CA
02/21/2018 7:00 pm		at New Mexico	W 63–62	19–7 (12–3)	The Pit (4,769) Albuquerque, NM
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		Fresno State	W 74–57	20–7 (13–3)	Arena-Auditorium (3,021) Laramie, WY
02/27/2018 7:00 pm		at Air Force	L 47–57	20–8 (13–4)	Clune Arena (237) Colorado Springs, CO
03/03/2018 6:30 pm		Boise State	L 63–67	20–9 (13–5)	Arena-Auditorium (6,312) Laramie, WY
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/06/2018 9:30 pm	(3)	vs. (6) New Mexico Quarterfinals	W 69–66	21–9	Thomas & Mack Center (2,273) Paradise, NV
03/07/2018 10:00 pm	(3)	vs. (7) Nevada Semifinals	L 63–67	21–10	Thomas & Mack Center (3,298) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/15/2018 6:30 pm		New Mexico State First round	W 67–59	22–10	Arena-Auditorium (2,788) Larime, WY
03/18/2018 1:00 pm		UC Davis Second round	L 64–72	22–11	Arena-Auditorium (5,493) Larime, WY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

References

^ "Wyoming Cowgirls 2017-18 schedule". Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[1] "Wyoming Cowgirls 2017-18 schedule". Retrieved August 1, 2016.

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v t e Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
Venues	War Memorial Fieldhouse (1973–1984) Multi-Purpose Gymnasium (1984–2003) Arena-Auditorium (2003–present)
Rivalries	Colorado State
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

Roster

Statistics

Schedule

See also

References