2020–21 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

2020–21 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
Mountain West tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	14–10 (8–8 Mountain West)
Head coach	Gerald Mattinson (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Heather Ezell Fallon Lewis Ryan Larsen
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium

2020–21 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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

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]

Previous season

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

Departures

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

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

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 Gerald Mattinson (Weber State) Assistant coach(es) Heather Ezell (Iowa State) Ryan Larsen (MSU Moorhead) Fallon Lewis (Wyoming) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 20, 2020

Statistics

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

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

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. 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.
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