2021–22 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

2021–22 Colorado State Rams women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record21–12 (9–9 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rico Burkett
  • Kyley Bachand
  • Amber Cunningham
Home arenaMoby Arena
Seasons
2021–22 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNLV † 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788
New Mexico 14 – 4   .778 26 – 10   .722
Wyoming 11 – 6   .647 17 – 13   .567
Nevada 11 – 6   .647 20 – 13   .606
Air Force 11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576
Colorado State 9 – 9   .500 21 – 12   .636
San Diego State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 16   .484
Fresno State 7 – 10   .412 11 – 18   .379
Utah State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
Boise State 4 – 13   .235 8 – 21   .276
San Jose State 2 – 16   .111 5 – 25   .167
† 2022 MW Tournament winner

The 2021–22 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by tenth year head coach Ryun Williams,[1] played their home games at Moby Arena, and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21–12,[2] 9–9 in Mountain West play to finish in 6th place in the conference.[3][4][5] The Rams advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West women's basketball tournament, beating 11 seed San Jose State,[6] and upsetting 3 seed Wyoming [7][8][9] and 2 seed New Mexico,[10][11][12][13] before falling short to 1 seed UNLV 75–65 in the championship.[14][15] The Rams earned an invite to the 2022 WNIT, where they fell to Portland in the 1st round, 72–63.[3][16][17]

Roster

[18]

2021–22 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Kendyll Kinzer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Lewiston HS
Fresno State 		Lewiston, ID
F 3 Jess Moors 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Westlake Girls HS Auckland, NZ
G 4 McKenna Hofschild (C) 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Jr Prior Lake HS
Seton Hall 		Prior Lake, MN
G 5 Upe Atosu 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Scholars Imperial
Butler 		Edo State, Nigeria
G/F 11 Petra Farkas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Kecskemet TE
College of Southern Idaho 		Kecskemét, Hungary
F 12 Clara Gomez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Segle XXI Sabadell, Spain
F 22 Cali Clark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Cherry Creek HS Centennial, CO
G 23 Anna Prim 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Segle XXI Lleida, Spain
G/F 24 Sydney Mech 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Cherry Creek HS
DU 		Englewood, CO
G/F 32 Makayla Hemingway 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Cherokee Trail HS Aurora, CO
G 33 Bengisu Alper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Florya Doga Anataolian - Fenerbahce S.K.
Maine 		Istanbul, Turkey
F 42 Karly Murphy (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) River Falls HS
Wisconsin Green Bay 		River Falls, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

[3]

Statistics

[19]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kendyll Kinzer 33 33 34.2 .434 .408 .600 6.5 2.3 .6 .9 9.5
Jess Moors 13 0 6.2 .250 .250 .500 1.6 0.2 0.0 .2 0.5
McKenna Hofschild 33 33 36.2 .423 .320 .795 4.0 6.5 .5 .1 16.9
Upe Atosu 33 32 33.2 .382 .375 .803 2.5 1.7 1.0 0.0 14.8
Petra Farkas 33 18 23.2 .339 .265 .889 2.3 .7 .7 .2 4.9
Clara Gomez 23 0 6.2 .250 .000 1.000 1.1 .3 .2 .0 .5
Cali Clark 32 3 13.3 .478 .391 .741 5.0 0.4 .5 .4 4.9
Anna Prim 23 0 7.8 .308 .238 .833 0.7 0.8 0.3 .0 1.5
Sydney Mech 22 16 28.6 .492 .422 .588 2.7 1.0 .5 1.7 7.1
Makayla Hemingway 10 0 4.1 .250 .200 .000 0.7 0.3 .2 .1 0.7
Bengisu Alper 15 0 8.5 .200 .143 .538 1.5 0.5 .1 .0 1.3
Karly Murphy 32 30 25.5 .480 .111 .768 8.8 0.9 .7 .2 11.3

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2021*
6:00 pm 		Chadron State W 78–43 
Moby Arena (919)
Fort Collins, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2021*
5:00 pm 		CCU W 77-42  1–1
 Moby Arena 
Fort Collins, CO
11/12/2021*
5:30 pm 		Northern Colorado W 61–50  2–0
 Moby Arena 
Fort Collins, CO
11/15/2021*
6:00 pm 		Oral Roberts W 71–56  3–0
 Moby Arena (862)
Fort Collins, CO
11/18/2021*
7:00 pm 		at Denver W 67–43  4–0
 Hamilton Gymnasium (376)
Denver, CO
11/21/2021*
12:00 pm 		Lipscomb W 81–55  5–0
 Moby Arena (902)
Fort Collins, CO
11/28/2021*
12:00 pm 		No. 10 Louisville L 56–71  5-1
 Moby Arena (1,336)
Fort Collins, CO
12/04/2021*
3:30 pm 		vs. Harvard W 59–52  6–1
 Desert Financial Arena (1,700)
Tempe, AZ
12/05/2021*
2:30 pm 		vs. UTSA W 52–48  7–1
 Desert Financial Arena (1,530)
Tempe, AZ
12/08/2021*
6:00 pm 		Weber State W 73–60  8–1
 Moby Arena (830)
Fort Collins, CO
12/12/2021*
12:00 pm 		CSU-Pueblo W 64–45  9–1
 Moby Arena (1,009)
Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West regular season
12/28/2021
6:00 pm 		Boise State W 81–77  10–1
(1-0) 		Moby Arena (1,209)
Fort Collins, CO
01/03/2022
7:00 pm 		at San Diego State L 63–73  10–2
(1–1) 		Viejas Arena (254)
San Diego, CA
01/09/2022
12:00 pm 		San José State W 90–64  11–2
(2–1) 		Moby Arena (931)
Fort Collins, CO
01/13/2022
6:00 pm 		Air Force L 52–77  11–3
(2–2) 		Moby Arena (838)
Fort Collins, CO
01/15/2022
1:00 pm 		New Mexico L 74–85  11–4
(2–3) 		Moby Arena (1,166)
Fort Collins, CO
01/19/2022
6:00 pm 		at Utah State W 88–72  12–4
(3–3) 		Smith Spectrum (398)
Logan, UT
01/22/2022
2:00 pm 		at Boise State L 64–69  12–5
(3–4) 		ExtraMile Arena (796)
Boise, ID
01/24/2022
7:00 pm 		at Fresno State W 78–67  13–5
(4–4) 		Save Mart Center (789)
Fresno, CA
01/27/2022
6:00 pm 		Nevada W 66–55  14–5
(5–4) 		Moby Arena (1,542)
Fort Collins, CO
02/02/2022
7:00 pm 		at New Mexico L 73–81  14–6
(5–5) 		The Pit 
Albuquerque, NM
02/05/2022
1:00 pm 		at Air Force L 63–67  14–7
(5–6) 		Clune Arena (468)
Colorado Springs, CO
02/09/2022
6:00 pm 		Utah State
Orange Out 		W 86–83  15–7
(6-6) 		Moby Arena (1,124)
Fort Collins, CO
02/12/2022
3:00 pm 		at San Jose State W 84–70  16–7
(7–6) 		Provident Credit Union Event Center (274)
San Jose, CA
02/17/2022
6:00 pm 		Wyoming W 56–45  17–7
(8–6) 		Moby Arena (1,433)
Fort Collins, CO
02/20/2022
3:00 pm 		at Nevada W 62–55  18–7
(9–6) 		Lawlor Events Center (1,481)
Reno, NV
02/24/2022
6:00 pm 		San Diego State L 61–69  18–8
(9–7) 		Moby Arena (1,081)
Fort Collins, CO
02/26/2022
1:00 pm 		UNLV L 69–80  18–9
(9–8) 		Moby Arena (2,454)
Fort Collins, CO
03/02/2022
6:30 pm 		at Wyoming L 63–69 OT 18–10
(9–9) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,375)
Laramie, WY
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/06/2022
8:00 pm 		(6) vs. (11) San Jose State
First Round 		W 82–43  19–10
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
03/07/2022
9:30 pm 		(6) vs. (3) Wyoming
Quarterfinals 		W 51–38  20–10
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
03/08/2022
8:30 pm 		(6) vs. (2) New Mexico
Semifinals 		W 82–71  21–10
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
03/09/2022
8:00 pm 		(6) vs. (1) UNLV
Championship 		L 65–75  21–11
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/18/2022*
8:00 pm 		at Portland
First Round 		L 63–72  21–12
 Chiles Arena (602)
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

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