2023β24 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball | |
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WNIT, Great 8 | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 18β15 (11β7 Mountain West) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Arena-Auditorium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV β | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 3 | .909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024 Mountain West tournament winner |
The 2023β24 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2023β24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by head coach Heather Ezell, in her second season. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium, and were members of the Mountain West Conference.
The Cowgirls finished the 2022β23 season 23β11, 13β5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place in the conference. They lost in the championship of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball tournament to UNLV. [1] The Cowgirls were invited to the WNIT, where they lost in the 2nd round to Kansas State. [2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Grace Ellis | 4 | F | 6'0" | Sr. | Brisbane, AUS | Transferred to Cleveland State [3] |
Quinn Weidemann | 14 | G | 5'9" | Sr. | Omaha, NE | Graduated |
Lexi Bull | 24 | G/F | 6'0" | Sr. | Pocatello, ID | Transferred to Tarleton State [4] |
Tommi Olson | 24 | G | 5'6" | Sr. | Worland, WY | Graduated |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Madi Symons | 11 | F | 6'0" | Fr. | Coeur d'Alene, ID | Coeur d'Alene HS |
Kati Ollilainen | 14 | G | 5'9" | Fr. | Helsinki, FIN | HBA-Marsky |
Maren McKenna | 21 | G | 5'9" | Fr. | Hyde Park, UT | Green Canyon HS |
Joslin Igo | 23 | G | 5'6" | Jr. | Douglas, WY | Casper College |
Mikyn Hamlin | 25 | G | 5'8" | Fr. | Hugoton, KS | Hugoton HS |
McKinley Dickerson | 42 | G | 5'11" | Sr. | Lyman, WY | Returning from Mission (LDS Church) |
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 2, 2023* 6:30 pm |
Western Colorado | W 86β72 | 0β0 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,022) Laramie, WY | |||||||
NonβConference | |||||||||||
November 6* 6:30 pm |
North Dakota | W 77β60 | 1β0 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,284) Laramie, WY | |||||||
November 10* 6:30 pm, MW Network |
Nebraska | L 52β71 | 1β1 |
Arena-Auditorium (3,460) Laramie, WY | |||||||
November 14* 6:00 pm |
at Denver | W 58β41 | 2β1 |
Hamilton Gymnasium (615) Denver, CO | |||||||
November 18* 3:00 pm |
at Gonzaga | L 64β80 | 2β2 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,059) Spokane, WA | |||||||
November 21* 11:00 am, MW Network |
Chadron State | W 78β32 | 3β2 |
Arena-Auditorium (7,550) Laramie, WY | |||||||
November 28* 6:30 pm, MW Network |
BYU | W 86β74 | 4β2 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,442) Laramie, WY | |||||||
December 3* 12:00 pm, BIG12/ ESPN+ |
at Oklahoma State | L 62β78 | 4β3 |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,862) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
December 10* 1:00 pm, MW Network |
No. 22 Creighton | L 61β73 | 4β4 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,204) Laramie, WY | |||||||
December 17* 12:00 pm |
at Montana State | L 55β64 | 4β5 |
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,501) Bozeman, MT | |||||||
December 21* 4:30 pm |
vs.
Wright State Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Tournament |
W 71β61 | 5β5 |
South Point Arena Enterprise, NV | |||||||
December 22* 12:00 pm |
vs.
Eastern Washington Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Tournament |
L 43β62 | 5β6 |
South Point Arena Las Vegas, NV | |||||||
Mountain West Conference | |||||||||||
December 30 2:00 pm, MW Network |
Boise State | W 61β47 | 6β6 (1β0) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,939) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 3, 2024 6:00 pm, MW Network |
at Utah State | W 54β48 | 7β6 (2β0) |
Smith Spectrum (662) Logan, UT | |||||||
January 6 1:00 pm, MW Network |
at Air Force | W 68β51 | 8β6 (3β0) |
Clune Arena (511) Colorado Springs, CO | |||||||
January 10 6:30 pm, MW Network |
San Diego State | W 72β55 | 9β6 (4β0) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,060) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 17 7:00 pm, MW Network |
at New Mexico | L 61β68 | 9β7 (4β1) |
The Pit (4,744) Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
January 20 2:00 pm, MW Network |
Colorado State Border War |
W 67β63 | 10β7 (5β1) |
Arena-Auditorium (3,030) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 24 6:30 pm, MW Network |
Air Force | W 66β63 | 11β7 (6β1) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,333) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 27 2:00 pm, MW Network |
at Fresno State | W 69β47 | 12β7 (7β1) |
Save Mart Center (1,167) Fresno, CA | |||||||
January 31 7:30 pm, MW Network |
at UNLV | L 51β58 | 12β8 (7β2) |
Thomas & Mack Center (2,059) Paradise, NV | |||||||
February 3 2:00 pm, MW Network |
Nevada | W 59β52 | 13β8 (8β2) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,644) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 7 6:30 pm, MW Network |
Utah State | W 62β47 | 14β8 (9β2) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,077) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 10 1:00 pm, MW Network |
at Boise State | L 42β56 | 14β9 (9β3) |
ExtraMile Arena (1,492) Boise, ID | |||||||
February 17 12:30 pm, MW Network |
at Colorado State | L 70β75 | 14β10 (9β4) |
Moby Arena (8,083) Fort Collins, CO | |||||||
February 21 6:30 pm, MW Network |
UNLV | L 60β63 OT | 14β11 (9β5) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,261) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 24 2:00 pm, MW Network |
New Mexico | L 58β59 | 14β12 (9β6) |
Arena-Auditorium (3,166) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 28 8:00 pm, MW Network |
at San Jose State | W 88β73 | 15β12 (10β6) |
Provident Credit Union Event Center San Jose, CA | |||||||
March 2 1:00 pm, MW Network |
Fresno State | W 62β51 | 16β12 (11β6) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,860) Laramie, WY | |||||||
March 5 7:00 pm, MW Network |
at San Diego State | L 55β58 | 16β13 (11β7) |
Viejas Arena (1,937) San Diego, CA | |||||||
Mountain West Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
March 11 8:30 pm, MW Network |
(3) | (6) Boise State | L 54β62 | 16β14 |
Thomas & Mack Center (2,683) Paradise, NV | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
March 24* 1:00 p.m. |
UTSA Second Round |
W 80β64 | 17β14 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,061) Laramie, WY | |||||||
March 29* 6:30 p.m. |
South Dakota Super 16 |
W 84β52 | 18β14 |
Arena-Auditorium (3,342) Laramie, WY | |||||||
April 1* 6:30 p.m. |
Minnesota Great 8 |
L 54β65 | 18β15 |
Arena-Auditorium (3,710) 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. |
2023β24 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball | |
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WNIT, Great 8 | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Record | 18β15 (11β7 Mountain West) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Arena-Auditorium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV β | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 3 | .909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024 Mountain West tournament winner |
The 2023β24 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2023β24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by head coach Heather Ezell, in her second season. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium, and were members of the Mountain West Conference.
The Cowgirls finished the 2022β23 season 23β11, 13β5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place in the conference. They lost in the championship of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball tournament to UNLV. [1] The Cowgirls were invited to the WNIT, where they lost in the 2nd round to Kansas State. [2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Grace Ellis | 4 | F | 6'0" | Sr. | Brisbane, AUS | Transferred to Cleveland State [3] |
Quinn Weidemann | 14 | G | 5'9" | Sr. | Omaha, NE | Graduated |
Lexi Bull | 24 | G/F | 6'0" | Sr. | Pocatello, ID | Transferred to Tarleton State [4] |
Tommi Olson | 24 | G | 5'6" | Sr. | Worland, WY | Graduated |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Madi Symons | 11 | F | 6'0" | Fr. | Coeur d'Alene, ID | Coeur d'Alene HS |
Kati Ollilainen | 14 | G | 5'9" | Fr. | Helsinki, FIN | HBA-Marsky |
Maren McKenna | 21 | G | 5'9" | Fr. | Hyde Park, UT | Green Canyon HS |
Joslin Igo | 23 | G | 5'6" | Jr. | Douglas, WY | Casper College |
Mikyn Hamlin | 25 | G | 5'8" | Fr. | Hugoton, KS | Hugoton HS |
McKinley Dickerson | 42 | G | 5'11" | Sr. | Lyman, WY | Returning from Mission (LDS Church) |
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 2, 2023* 6:30 pm |
Western Colorado | W 86β72 | 0β0 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,022) Laramie, WY | |||||||
NonβConference | |||||||||||
November 6* 6:30 pm |
North Dakota | W 77β60 | 1β0 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,284) Laramie, WY | |||||||
November 10* 6:30 pm, MW Network |
Nebraska | L 52β71 | 1β1 |
Arena-Auditorium (3,460) Laramie, WY | |||||||
November 14* 6:00 pm |
at Denver | W 58β41 | 2β1 |
Hamilton Gymnasium (615) Denver, CO | |||||||
November 18* 3:00 pm |
at Gonzaga | L 64β80 | 2β2 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,059) Spokane, WA | |||||||
November 21* 11:00 am, MW Network |
Chadron State | W 78β32 | 3β2 |
Arena-Auditorium (7,550) Laramie, WY | |||||||
November 28* 6:30 pm, MW Network |
BYU | W 86β74 | 4β2 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,442) Laramie, WY | |||||||
December 3* 12:00 pm, BIG12/ ESPN+ |
at Oklahoma State | L 62β78 | 4β3 |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,862) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
December 10* 1:00 pm, MW Network |
No. 22 Creighton | L 61β73 | 4β4 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,204) Laramie, WY | |||||||
December 17* 12:00 pm |
at Montana State | L 55β64 | 4β5 |
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,501) Bozeman, MT | |||||||
December 21* 4:30 pm |
vs.
Wright State Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Tournament |
W 71β61 | 5β5 |
South Point Arena Enterprise, NV | |||||||
December 22* 12:00 pm |
vs.
Eastern Washington Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Tournament |
L 43β62 | 5β6 |
South Point Arena Las Vegas, NV | |||||||
Mountain West Conference | |||||||||||
December 30 2:00 pm, MW Network |
Boise State | W 61β47 | 6β6 (1β0) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,939) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 3, 2024 6:00 pm, MW Network |
at Utah State | W 54β48 | 7β6 (2β0) |
Smith Spectrum (662) Logan, UT | |||||||
January 6 1:00 pm, MW Network |
at Air Force | W 68β51 | 8β6 (3β0) |
Clune Arena (511) Colorado Springs, CO | |||||||
January 10 6:30 pm, MW Network |
San Diego State | W 72β55 | 9β6 (4β0) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,060) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 17 7:00 pm, MW Network |
at New Mexico | L 61β68 | 9β7 (4β1) |
The Pit (4,744) Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
January 20 2:00 pm, MW Network |
Colorado State Border War |
W 67β63 | 10β7 (5β1) |
Arena-Auditorium (3,030) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 24 6:30 pm, MW Network |
Air Force | W 66β63 | 11β7 (6β1) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,333) Laramie, WY | |||||||
January 27 2:00 pm, MW Network |
at Fresno State | W 69β47 | 12β7 (7β1) |
Save Mart Center (1,167) Fresno, CA | |||||||
January 31 7:30 pm, MW Network |
at UNLV | L 51β58 | 12β8 (7β2) |
Thomas & Mack Center (2,059) Paradise, NV | |||||||
February 3 2:00 pm, MW Network |
Nevada | W 59β52 | 13β8 (8β2) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,644) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 7 6:30 pm, MW Network |
Utah State | W 62β47 | 14β8 (9β2) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,077) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 10 1:00 pm, MW Network |
at Boise State | L 42β56 | 14β9 (9β3) |
ExtraMile Arena (1,492) Boise, ID | |||||||
February 17 12:30 pm, MW Network |
at Colorado State | L 70β75 | 14β10 (9β4) |
Moby Arena (8,083) Fort Collins, CO | |||||||
February 21 6:30 pm, MW Network |
UNLV | L 60β63 OT | 14β11 (9β5) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,261) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 24 2:00 pm, MW Network |
New Mexico | L 58β59 | 14β12 (9β6) |
Arena-Auditorium (3,166) Laramie, WY | |||||||
February 28 8:00 pm, MW Network |
at San Jose State | W 88β73 | 15β12 (10β6) |
Provident Credit Union Event Center San Jose, CA | |||||||
March 2 1:00 pm, MW Network |
Fresno State | W 62β51 | 16β12 (11β6) |
Arena-Auditorium (2,860) Laramie, WY | |||||||
March 5 7:00 pm, MW Network |
at San Diego State | L 55β58 | 16β13 (11β7) |
Viejas Arena (1,937) San Diego, CA | |||||||
Mountain West Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
March 11 8:30 pm, MW Network |
(3) | (6) Boise State | L 54β62 | 16β14 |
Thomas & Mack Center (2,683) Paradise, NV | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
March 24* 1:00 p.m. |
UTSA Second Round |
W 80β64 | 17β14 |
Arena-Auditorium (2,061) Laramie, WY | |||||||
March 29* 6:30 p.m. |
South Dakota Super 16 |
W 84β52 | 18β14 |
Arena-Auditorium (3,342) Laramie, WY | |||||||
April 1* 6:30 p.m. |
Minnesota Great 8 |
L 54β65 | 18β15 |
Arena-Auditorium (3,710) 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. |