Wyoming Women's Basketball 2017 NIT Tournament Capsule

 

Wyoming Cowgirls

Mountain West (21-9, 13-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/4 South Dakota (69-62), 12/21 at Colorado (82-75), 2/28 Colorado State (56-49)
Bad Losses: 12/9 Idaho (71-74), 1/25 at UNLV (46-51), 2/8 at Fresno State (47-52)
Coach: Joe Legerski
 
Probable Starters:
Liv Roberts, Junior, Guard, 15.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg
Hailey Ligocki, Senior, Guard, 7.3 ppg, 2.5 apg
Clara Tapia, Sophomore, Guard, 6.3 ppg, 4.6 apg
Natalie Baker, Junior, Forward, 9.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg
Bailee Cotton, Sophomore, Forward, 5.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Marta Gomez, Sophomore, Forward, 8.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Taylor Rusk, Freshman, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 1.6 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 64.9 (167th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 53.8 (6, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.6 (53, 1)                 
Field-Goal Defense: 37.3 (55, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.4 (56, 3)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.2 (17, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.2 (56, 3)
Rebound Margin: 4.0 (82, 4)
Assists Per Game: 15.6 (51, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.9 (23, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2013    NIT      First Round loss to Northern Colorado
2011    NIT      Round of 64 win over Portland State
2011    NIT      Round of 32 win over Oklahoma State
2011    NIT      Regional Semifinal loss to Colorado
2010    NIT      Round of 64 win over Nevada
2010    NIT      Round of 32 win over Texas Tech
2010    NIT      Regional Semifinal loss to BYU
2008    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Pittsburg
2007    NIT      First Round win over Nevada
2007    NIT      Second Round win over Missouri
2007    NIT      Third Round win over Oregon
2007    NIT      Fourth Round win over South Dakota
2007    NIT      Semifinal win over Kansas State
2007    NIT      Final win over Wisconsin
2006    NIT      First Round win over Oregon State
2006    NIT      Second Round loss to Nebraska
 
*all team stats through 3/2