# 2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

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.

## 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

| 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 (3,588) 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 48-58 | 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
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| (RV) | Received Votes |