2020–21 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

The 2020–21 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2020–21 college basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by head coach Gerald Mattinson, in his second season. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and are members of the Mountain West Conference. The beginning of the season was delayed until at least November 25, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

2020–21 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
Mountain West tournament champions
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record14–10 (8–8 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
Seasons
2020–21 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico 11 3   .786 15 5   .750
UNLV 13 5   .722 15 9   .625
Colorado State 11 5   .688 15 6   .714
Fresno State 12 6   .667 17 11   .607
Nevada 9 7   .563 13 9   .591
Boise State 10 8   .556 14 9   .609
Wyoming 8 8   .500 14 10   .583
San Jose State 1 2   .333 2 3   .400
San Diego State 5 12   .294 7 17   .292
Air Force 4 14   .222 8 18   .308
Utah State 2 16   .111 4 20   .167
San Jose State suspended their season on January 14, 2021
2021 MW Tournament winner
As of July 7, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Cowgirls finished the 2019–20 season 17–12, 12–6 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They defeated Utah State[2] in the Mountain West tournament before losing to Boise State[3] in the semifinals. They didn't play in a postseason tournament.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Karla Erjavec 1 G 5'10" Junior Zagreb, CRO Transferred to Miami[4][5]
Tereza Vitulova 2 F 6'2" Junior Domašov, CZE Transferred to South Florida[4][6]
Elisa Pilli 3 G 5'9" Graduate Padua, ITA Graduated
Taylor Rusk 4 F 5'11" Graduate Highlands Ranch, CO Graduated
Selale Kepenc 10 F 6'1" Senior Istanbul, TUR Graduated
Jaeden Vaifaunua 23 F 6'1" Sophomore Draper, UT Religious mission[7]

Arrivals

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Iris Tsafra 0 G 6'0" RS Sophomore Athens, GRE South Florida
Grace Ellis 4 F 6'0" Freshman Brisbane, AUS St Peters Lutheran College
Paula Salazar 10 F 6'3" Freshman Barcelona ESP Institute Vilanova del Valles
Marta Savic 15 F 6'1" Freshman Zagreb, CRO Sport Gymnasium
Landri Hudson 21 G 5'9" Freshman Aurora, CO Grandview HS
Lexi Bull 23 G/F 6'0" Freshman Pocatello, ID Century HS
Ola Ustowska 30 G 5'10" Freshman Kartuzy, POL SMS PZKosz Lomianki
Dagný Lísa Davíðsdóttir 33 F 6'1" Senior Hveragerði, ISL Niagara

Roster

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2020–21 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Iris Tsafara 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So South Florida
First High School of Agia Paraskeui
Athens, GRE
F 4 Grace Ellis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr St Peters Lutheran College Brisbane,AUS
F 5 Jaye Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Casper College
Natrona County HS
Casper, WY
F 10 Paula Salazar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Institute Vilanova del Valles Barcelona, ESP
G 11 Alba Sanchez Ramos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Colegio Torreyilano Madrid, ESP
G 12 McKinley Bradshaw 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Lyman HS Lyman, WY
G 14 Quinn Weidemann 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Westside HS Omaha, NE
F 15 Marta Savic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Sport Gymnasium Zagreb, CRO
G 21 Landri Hudson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Grandview HS Aurora, CO
F 22 Paige Toomer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cody HS Cody, WY
G/F 23 Lexi Bull 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Century HS Pocatello, ID
G 24 Tommi Olson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Highlands Ranch HS Worland, WY
G 30 Ola Ustowska 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr SMS PZKosz Lomianki Kartuzy, POL
G 32 Emily Buchanan 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Eastern Wyoming College
Southeast HS
Yoder, WY
F 33 Dagný Lísa Davíðsdóttir 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Niagara
Westtown School
Hveragerði, ISL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 20, 2020

Statistics

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
McKinley Bradshaw 22 4 22.8 .462 .427 .768 3.8 1.0 .5 .0 11.7
Lexi Bull 9 0 2.2 .500 .500 .3 .2 .1 .0 .3
Dagný Lísa Davíðsdóttir 24 24 24.3 .505 .000 .674 5.4 .6 .4 .7 9.0
Grace Ellis 24 0 10.3 .296 .292 .739 1.5 .5 .0 .1 2.3
Landri Hudson 10 0 2.5 .200 .250 .1 .1 .1 .0 .3
Jaye Johnson 24 20 21.3 .327 .282 .750 2.5 1.0 .3 .3 4.3
Tommi Olson 24 24 33.6 .393 .280 .500 5.4 4.2 2.3 .2 5.8
Paula Salazar 14 0 5.5 .212 .083 .250 .9 .2 .1 .4 1.1
Alba Sanchez Ramos 24 24 31.1 .400 .299 .714 6.3 1.9 .6 .4 10.3
Marta Savic 21 0 7.2 .614 .500 1.9 .2 .2 .1 3.8
Ola Ustowska 24 0 14.4 .348 .317 .429 1.2 .6 .2 .1 3.5
Quinn Weidemann 24 24 34.9 .364 .398 .897 2.3 2.9 .9 .3 11.0

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non–Conference
December 5*
2:00 pm
Denver W 79–67  1–0
Arena-Auditorium (1,045)
Laramie, WY
December 8*
TBA
No. 25 Gonzaga L 50–89  1–1
Arena-Auditorium (1,003)
Laramie, WY
December 20*
TBA
at Northern Colorado W 53–50 OT 3–2
Bank of Colorado Arena 
Greeley, CO
February 24*
6:30 pm
CSU–Pueblo Cancelled Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
Mountain West Conference
December 12
2:30 pm
at UNLV L 46–54  1–2
(0–1)
Cox Pavilion 
Paradise, NV
December 14
2:30 pm
at UNLV W 67–62  2–2
(1–1)
Cox Pavilion 
Paradise, NV
January 2
2:00 pm
Fresno State W 65–63  4–2
(2–1)
Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 4
6:30 pm
Fresno State L 80–83 OT 4–3
(2–2)
Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 11
2:00 pm
at Boise State L 61–68  4–4
(2–3)
ExtraMile Arena 
Boise, ID
January 13
TBA
at Boise State L 62–68  4–5
(2–4)
ExtraMile Arena 
Boise, ID
January 16
TBA
Air Force W 55–49  5–5
(3–4)
Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 18
6:30 pm
Air Force W 59–46  6–5
(4–4)
Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 22
6:00 pm
at Nevada L 52–60  6–6
(4–5)
Lawlor Events Center 
Reno, NV
January 24
1:30 pm
at Nevada L 50–57  6–7
(4–6)
Lawlor Events Center (50)
Reno, NV
January 28
6:30 pm
San Diego State W 54–36  7–7
(5–6)
Arena-Auditorium (695)
Laramie, WY
January 30
1:00 pm
San Diego State W 62–41  8–7
(6–6)
Arena-Auditorium (780)
Laramie, WY
February 4
6:00 pm
at Colorado State L 61–69  8–8
(6–7)
Moby Arena 
Fort Collins, CO
February 6
1:00 pm
at Colorado State L 65–68  8–9
(6–8)
Moby Arena 
Fort Collins, CO
February 11
6:30 pm
Utah State W 68–56  9–9
(7–8)
Arena-Auditorium (844)
Laramie, WY
February 13
2:00 pm
Utah State W 79–42  10–9
(8–8)
Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
February 17
New Mexico Canceled Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
February 19
New Mexico Canceled Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
February 25
at San Jose State Canceled Provident Credit Union Event Center 
San Jose, CA
February 27
at San Jose State Canceled Provident Credit Union Event Center 
San Jose, CA
Mountain West Women's Tournament
March 7
5:30 pm
(7) vs. (10) Utah State
First Round
W 69–41  11–9
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
March 8
6:30 pm
(7) vs. (2) UNLV
Quarterfinals
W 72–56  12–9
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
March 8
8:30 pm
(7) vs. (6) Boise State
Semifinals
W 53–38  13–9
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
March 9
9:00 pm, CBSSN
(7) vs. (4) Fresno State
Championship
W 59–56  14–9
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
March 22*
8:00 pm, ESPN
(14 H) vs. (3 H) No. 9 UCLA
Round of 64
L 48–69  14–10
Alamodome 
San Antonio, TX
*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.

References

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  1. ^ Potter, Davis (September 16, 2020). "College hoops' new start date pushes back Wyoming's seasons to Thanksgiving week". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Nowlin, Jack (March 3, 2020). "Wyoming Cowgirls rally past Utah State in Mountain West quarterfinals". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Cowgirls eliminated from MW Tournament with semifinal loss to Boise State". Casper Star Tribune. March 4, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Potter, Davis (March 7, 2020). "Two women's basketball players transferring from Wyoming". Casper Star Tribune. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Meier Adds Transfer Guard to 2020-21 Roster". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "BULLS LAND ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST STANDOUT TEREZA VITULOVA". gousfbulls.com. University of South Florida. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "2020-21 Cowgirl Quick Facts" (PDF). gowyo.com. University of Wyoming. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

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