2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	25–9 (13–5 Mountain West)
Head coach	Joe Legerski (16th season);
Assistant coaches	Gerald Mattinson; Bojan Janković; Heather Ezell;
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

The 2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team will represent the University of Wyoming in the 2018–19 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by head coach Joe Legerski in his 16th and final season. The Cowgirls will play their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Boise. They received an at-large to the 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Northern Colorado, South Alabama and Pepperdine in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Arizona in the quarterfinals.

2018–19 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boise State †	16	–	2	.889	28	–	5	.848
New Mexico	14	–	4	.778	24	–	7	.774
Wyoming	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Fresno State	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Utah State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	15	.531
UNLV	10	–	8	.556	12	–	18	.400
Nevada	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
San Diego State	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
San Jose State	5	–	13	.278	6	–	24	.200
Air Force	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
Colorado State	2	–	16	.111	8	–	22	.267


† 2019 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Karla Erjavec	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Sport Gymnasium	Zagreb, CRO
F	2	Tereza Vitulova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Sportovni Gymnazium L Danka	Domašov, CZE
G	3	Elisa Pilli	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Liceo Scientifico Parini	Padova, ITA
F	4	Taylor Rusk	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	ThunderRidge HS	Highlands Ranch, CO
F	5	Sladjana Rakovic	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Western Nebraska Prva Tehnicka Skola HS	Bijelo Polje, MNE
F	10	Selale Kepenc	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Bostenci Doga College	Istanbul, TUR
G	11	Alba Sanchez Ramos	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Colegio Torrevilano	Madrid, ESP
F	12	Marta Gomez	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	INS Joaquim Blume	Valles, ESP
G	14	Quinn Weidemann	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Westside HS	Omaha, NE
G	15	Maria Torreblanca	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	IEW Joaquim Blume	Melilla, ESP
G	22	Clara Tapia	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Barcelona, ESP
F	23	Bailee Cotton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Denver School of Science and Technology	Denver, CO
G	24	Tommi Olson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Highlands Ranch HS	Worland, WY
F	32	Tijana Raca	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Aristoteleio College	Pyles, GRC
F	40	Coreen Labish	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Mead HS	Cheney, WA
F	44	Rachelle Tucker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	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: August 28, 2018

Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	BPG	SPG	PPG
Bailee Cotton	34	34	29.1	.444	.300	.761	8.6	1.6	1.1	1.4	11.6
Karla Erjavec	34	34	31.6	.394	.333	.761	2.6	3.6	0.2	0.8	8.9
Marta Gomez	34	34	30.6	.523	.474	.927	4.7	1.1	0.3	1.0	15.6
Tommi Olson	11	0	6.1	.143	.000	.500	0.6	0.9	0.0	1.1	0.3
Elisa Pilli	8	0	5.9	.500	.750	.667	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.9
Tijana Raca	12	0	5.1	.357	.375	.000	0.7	0.6	0.0	0.3	1.1
Sladjana Rakovic	25	0	13.5	.581	.556	.750	4.2	0.9	0.0	0.5	5.5
Taylor Rusk	34	34	32.7	.438	.323	.656	3.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	9.1
Alba Sanchez Ramos	7	0	7.9	.522	.467	.800	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.4	5.0
Clara Tapia	34	34	26.9	.366	.238	.592	2.0	3.1	0.1	0.8	3.9
Rachelle Tucker	21	0	6.4	.551	.000	.867	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	3.2
Tereza Vitulova	27	0	8.7	.491	.357	.773	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	4.7
Quinn Weidemann	34	0	23.0	.405	.426	.760	1.5	1.3	0.1	0.5	6.6

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2018* 6:30 pm		Western State Colorado	W 64–28	0–0	Arena-Auditorium (2,058) Laramie, WY
Non–Conference regular season
11/07/2018* 6:30 pm		Chadron State	W 80–33	1–0	Arena-Auditorium (2,119) Laramie, WY
11/09/2018* 7:00 pm		at Saint Mary's	L 84–90	1–1	McKeon Pavilion (482) Moraga, CA
11/13/2018* 6:30 pm		UC Colorado Springs	W 98–37	2–1	Arena-Auditorium (2,062) Laramie, WY
11/23/2018* 1:30 pm		vs. North Texas Tiger Turkey Tip Off	W 53–49	3–1	Alex G. Spanos Center (132) Stockton, CA
11/24/2018* 4:00 pm		at Pacific Tiger Turkey Tip Off	L 64–70	3–2	Alex G. Spanos Center (325) Stockton, CA
11/27/2018* 6:30 pm		Montana State	W 66–58	4–2	Arena-Auditorium (2,381) Laramie, WY
12/04/2018* 6:30 pm		Denver	W 78–74	5–2	Arena-Auditorium (2,374) Laramie, WY
12/08/2018* 1:00 pm		Idaho	W 64–61	6–2	Arena-Auditorium (2,551) Laramie, WY
12/20/2018* 6:30 pm		South Dakota State	W 77–70	7–2	Arena-Auditorium (2,837) Laramie, WY
Mountain West regular season
01/02/2019 7:00 pm		at Boise State	L 64–72	7–3 (0–1)	Taco Bell Arena (1,097) Boise, ID
01/05/2019 2:00 pm		UNLV	W 90–62	8–3 (1–1)	Arena-Auditorium (3,879) Laramie, WY
01/09/2019 6:30 pm		San Diego State	W 87–45	9–3 (2–1)	Arena-Auditorium (2,290) Laramie, WY
01/12/2019 2:00 pm		at Utah State	L 42–50	9–4 (2–2)	Smith Spectrum (265) Logan, UT
01/19/2019 2:00 pm		New Mexico	L 75–78	9–5 (2–3)	Arena-Auditorium (2,590) Laramie, WY
01/23/2019 8:00 pm		at San Jose State	W 70–56	10–5 (3–3)	Event Center Arena (418) San Jose, CA
01/26/2019 2:00 pm		Boise State	W 64–52	11–5 (4–3)	Arena-Auditorium (3,621) Laramie, WY
01/30/2019 8:00 pm		at Fresno State	W 63–56	12–5 (5–3)	Save Mart Center (1,994) Fresno, CA
02/06/2019 6:30 pm		Air Force	W 80–60	13–5 (6–3)	Arena-Auditorium (2,460) Laramie, WY
02/09/2019 2:00 pm		at Colorado State Border War	W 60–49	14–5 (7–3)	Moby Arena (1,807) Fort Collins, CO
02/13/2019 6:30 pm		Utah State	W 53–35	15–5 (8–3)	Arena-Auditorium (2,400) Laramie, WY
02/16/2019 3:00 pm		at Nevada	W 55–51	16–5 (9–3)	Lawlor Events Center (2,371) Reno, NV
02/20/2019 7:00 pm		at UNLV	W 64–49	17–5 (10–3)	Cox Pavilion (782) Paradise, NV
02/23/2019 2:00 pm		Colorado State Border War	W 56–32	18–5 (11–3)	Arena-Auditorium (4,361) Laramie, WY
02/27/2019 6:30 pm		Fresno State	L 64–66	18–6 (11–4)	Arena-Auditorium (2,560) Laramie, WY
03/02/2019 2:00 pm		at Air Force	W 59–56 ^OT	19–6 (12–4)	Clune Arena (742) Colorado Springs, CO
03/04/2019 6:30 pm		San Jose State	W 85–56	20–6 (13–4)	Arena-Auditorium (2,932) Laramie, WY
03/07/2019 7:00 pm		at New Mexico	L 50–57	20–7 (13–5)	The Pit (8,152) Albuquerque, NM
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/11/2019 9:30 pm, Stadium	(3)	vs. (6) Utah State Quarterfinals	W 64–41	21–7	Thomas & Mack Center (2,231) Paradise, NV
03/12/2019 9:30 pm, Stadium	(3)	vs. (7) San Diego State Semifinals	W 75–70 ^OT	22–7	Thomas & Mack Center (1,934) Paradise, NV
03/13/2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN	(3)	vs. (1) Boise State Championship Game	L 51–68	22–8	Thomas & Mack Center (2,011) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/21/2019* 6:30 pm		Northern Colorado First round	W 68–60	23–8	Arena-Auditorium (2,685) Laramie, WY
03/24/2019* 2:00 pm		South Alabama Second round	W 78–71	24–8	Arena-Auditorium (3,405) Laramie, WY
03/28/2019* 6:30 pm		Pepperdine Third round	W 61–60	25–8	Arena-Auditorium (5,134) Laramie, WY
03/31/2019* 2:00 pm		at Arizona Quarterfinals	L 45–67	25–9	McKale Center (7,717) Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"Wyoming Cowgirls 2018-19 schedule". Retrieved August 28, 2018.

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2018–19 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

Roster

Statistics

Schedule

See also

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