2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball

WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2016–17 record	22–10 (13–5 Mountain West)
Head coach	Joe Legerski (14th season)
Assistant coach	Gerald Mattinson
Assistant coach	Bojan Janković
Assistant coach	Heather Ezell
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

2016–17 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Colorado State	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Wyoming	13	–	5	.722	21	–	9	.700
Boise State†	12	–	6	.667	25	–	7	.781
UNLV	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
New Mexico	10	–	8	.556	15	–	15	.500
Utah State	9	–	9	.500	17	–	14	.548
Fresno State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
San Jose State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	21	.344
San Diego State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	19	.367
Nevada	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Air Force	2	–	16	.111	4	–	25	.138


† 2017 MW Tournament winner As of March 3, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by fourteenth year head coach Joe Legerski. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Women's Tournament to Fresno State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Seattle in the first round before losing in to Washington State in the second round.

Roster

2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	3	Handy, DaleyDaley Handy	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Maize HS	Wichita, KS
3.5 !F	4	Rusk, TaylorTaylor Rusk	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	ThunderRidge HS	Highlands Ranch, CO
1.5 !G	5	Kujala, RikkaRikka Kujala	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	2.0 !So	Vimpelin Lukio High School	Vimpeli, Finland
3.5 !F	10	Kepenc, SelaleSelale Kepenc	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Bostenci Doga College	Istanbul, Turkey
3.5 !F	12	Gomez, MartaMarta Gomez	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.0 !So	INS Joaquim Blume High School	Valles, Spain
1.5 !G	13	Roberts, LivLiv Roberts	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.0 !Jr	Sentinel HS	Missoula, MT
3.5 !F	14	Baker, NatalieNatalie Baker	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Chaparral HS	Parker, CO
1.5 !G	22	Tapia, ClaraClara Tapia	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Barcelona, Spain
3.5 !F	23	Cotton, BaileeBailee Cotton	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.5 !RS So	Denver School S&T	Denver, CO
1.5 !G	24	Snodgrass, SkylerSkyler Snodgrass	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Andover Central HS	Wichita, KS
3.5 !F	32	Raca, TijanaTijana Raca	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Aristoteleio College	Pyles Thessaloniki, Greece
1.5 !G	33	Ligocki, HaileyHailey Ligocki	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	Sheridan HS	Sheridan, WY
3.5 !F	40	Labish, CoreenCoreen Labish	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Mead HS	Cheney, WA
3.5 !F	42	Campbell, MarleahMarleah Campbell	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Shawnee Mission West HS	Lenexa, KS
3.5 !F	44	Tucker, RachelleRachelle Tucker	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	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: September 5, 2016

Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Natalie Baker	32	30	27.9	.424	.318	.879	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	9.7
Marleah Campbell	29	0	8.6	.525	.333	.846	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.3	3.2
Bailee Cotton	32	31	18.5	.431	.000	.692	4.8	0.6	0.5	0.2	5.9
Marta Gomez	32	9	24.0	.418	.396	.818	3.0	1.7	0.5	0.2	8.8
Daley Handy	10	0	4.3	.200	.000	.000	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4
Selale Kepenc	14	0	5.2	.306	.385	.875	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.1	2.8
Riikka Kujala	24	0	8.6	.333	.333	.833	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.8
Hailey Ligocki	32	32	27.3	.417	.182	.661	2.4	2.5	1.0	0.3	7.3
Tijana Raca	10	0	4.0	.000	.000	.500	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Liv Roberts	25	25	32.6	.496	.410	.814	7.8	2.4	1.2	0.2	15.6
Taylor Rusk	32	1	21.2	.487	.446	.593	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.1	6.3
Skyler Snodgrass	13	0	5.2	.292	.235	.250	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.5
Clara Tapia	32	32	30.2	.400	.365	.680	2.2	4.5	1.1	0.1	6.2
Rachelle Tucker	19	0	8.9	.600	.000	.667	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	4.8

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2016* 6:30 PM		South Dakota Tech	W 62–54		Arena-Auditorium (2,398) Laramie, WY
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 5:30 PM		Chadron State	W 74–50	1–0	Arena Auditorium (2,530) Laramie, WY
11/13/2016* 11:00 AM		at Michigan State	L 51–63	1–1	Breslin Center (4,138) East Lansing, MI
11/17/2016* 6:30 PM		Denver	W 59–49	2–1	Arena Auditorium (1,764) Laramie, WY
11/20/2016* 1:00 PM		Cal State Fullerton	W 61–26	3–1	Arena Auditorium (2,170) Laramie, WY
11/22/2016* 6:30 PM		Adams State	W 79–40	4–1	Arena Auditorium (2,801) Laramie, WY
11/27/2016* 1:00 PM		at Drake	L 50–63	4–2	Knapp Center (2,153) Des Moines, IA
12/02/2016* 6:30 PM		Southern Utah	W 68–48	5–2	Arena Auditorium (2,304) Laramie, WY
12/04/2016* 1:00 PM		South Dakota	W 69–62 ^OT	6–2	Arena Auditorium (2,058) Laramie, WY
12/09/2016* 6:30 PM		Idaho	L 71–75	6–3	Arena Auditorium (2,309) Laramie, WY
12/18/2016* 2:00 PM		at Montana	W 67–42	7–3	Dahlberg Arena (2,569) Missoula, MT
12/21/2016* 7:00 PM		at No. 15 Colorado	W 82–75	8–3	Coors Events Center (1,982) Boulder, CO
Mountain West regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 PM		at Air Force	W 66–54	9–3 (1–0)	Clune Arena (386) Colorado Springs, CO
12/31/2016 2:00 PM		UNLV	W 79–57	10–3 (2–0)	Arena Auditorium (2,831) Laramie, WY
01/04/2017 6:30 PM		Fresno State	W 70–48	11–3 (3–0)	Arena Auditorium (2,054) Laramie, WY
01/11/2016 7:00 PM		at Utah State	W 71–48	12–3 (4–0)	Smith Spectrum (528) Logan, UT
01/14/2017 5:00 PM		at Nevada	W 72–59	13–3 (5–0)	Lawlor Events Center (1,016) Reno, NV
01/18/2017 6:30 PM		San Jose State	W 89–60	14–3 (6–0)	Arena Auditorium (2,218) Laramie, WY
01/21/2017 2:00 PM		New Mexico	W 68–52	15–3 (7–0)	Arena Auditorium (2,788) Laramie, WY
01/25/2016 7:00 PM		at UNLV	L 46–51	15–4 (7–1)	Cox Pavilion (865) Las Vegas, NV
01/28/2017 2:00 PM		at Boise State	L 54–64	15–5 (7–2)	Taco Bell Arena (938) Boise, ID
02/01/2017 6:30 PM		San Diego State	W 80–67	16–5 (8–2)	Arena Auditorium (2,031) Laramie, WY
02/04/2017 2:00 PM		Air Force	W 73–41	17–5 (9–2)	Arena Auditorium (2,327) Laramie, WY
02/08/2017 8:00 PM		at Fresno State	L 47–52	17–6 (9–3)	Save Mart Center (2,035) Fresno, CA
02/11/2017 2:00 PM		Utah State	W 59–40	18–6 (10–3)	Arena Auditorium (2,295) Laramie, WY
02/15/2017 7:00 PM		at Colorado State Border War	L 54–61	18–7 (10–4)	Moby Arena (2,056) Fort Collins
02/18/2017 2:00 PM		Boise State	L 43–53	18–8 (10–5)	Arena Auditorium (2,952) Laramie, WY
02/25/2016 2:00 PM		at New Mexico	W 60–58	19–8 (11–5)	The Pit (5,239) Albuquerque, NM
02/28/2017 6:30 PM		Colorado State Border War	W 56–49	20–8 (12–5)	Arena Auditorium (2,588) Laramie, WY
03/03/2017 8:00 PM		at San Jose State	W 68–59	21–8 (13–5)	Event Center Arena (763) San Jose, CA
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/07/2017 7:00 PM	(2)	vs. (7) Fresno State Quarterfinals	L 58–48	21–9	Thomas & Mack Center (1,642) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/16/2017 6:30 PM		Seattle First Round	W 68–52	22–9	Arena Auditorium (1,671) Laramie, WY
03/18/2017 2:00 PM		Washington State Second Round	L 67–68 ^OT	22–10	Arena Auditorium (1,871) Laramie, 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.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ "Wyoming Cowgirls 2016-17 schedule". Retrieved August 1, 2016.

Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
Venues	War Memorial Fieldhouse (1973–1984) Multi-Purpose Gymnasium (1984–2003) Arena-Auditorium (2003–present)
Rivalries	Colorado State
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 1999–00 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

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