# 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.

## 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

| 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. ||||||