2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

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.

2017–18 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2017–18 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

2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
	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

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 Jankovic (University of 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.

See also

• 2017–18 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team

References

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