2021–22 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's basketball
Year:	2021–22
Prev Year:	2020–21
Next Year:	2022–23
Team:	Wyoming Cowgirls
Conference:	Mountain West Conference
Short Conf:	Mountain West
Record:	17–13
Conf Record:	11–6
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach2:	Fallon Lewis
Asst Coach3:	Ryan Larsen
Bowl:	WNIT, Third Round

The 2021–22 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2021–22 college basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by head coach Gerald Mattinson, in his third season. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and are members of the Mountain West Conference. The Cowgirls finished tied for 3rd in the Mountain West Conference, but exited the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball tournament in the quarterfinal round, losing to Colorado State 51-38 due to an embarrassing 4th quarter performance.^[1]

Previous season

The Cowgirls finished the 2020–21 season 14–10, 8–8 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place in the conference. They defeated Utah State,^[2] UNLV,^[3] Boise State,^[4] and Fresno State to win the 2021 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament, the first in program history.^[5] The Cowgirls lost to UCLA in the Round of 64 of the NCAA tournament.^[6]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jaye Johnson	5	F	5'10"	Sr.		Graduated
	33	F	6'1"	Sr.		Graduated

Arrivals

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Emily Mellema	2	G	5'11"	Fr.		Lynden Christian HS
Tess Barnes	5	F	6'2"	Fr.		Maribyrnong College
Allyson Fertig	45	C	6'4"	Fr.		Douglas HS

Wyoming was selected to finish fifth in the Mountain West preseason poll, and no Cowgirls were selected to the preseason all-conference team.^[7]

Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tess Barnes	19	0	8.7	.186	.200	1.000	1.9	.8	.2	.3	1.3
McKinley Bradshaw	29	29	32.3	.390	.340	.763	5.7	1.4	.8	.2	14.9
Lexi Bull	10	0	3.3	.091	.000	.500	1.4	.3	.0	.2	.3
Grace Ellis	30	8	18.9	.381	.174	.859	3.5	.7	.3	.1	5.6
Allyson Fertig	30	23	21.0	.504	.000	.618	8.4	.2	.3	.9	10.8
Landri Hudson	9	0	2.6	.400	.000	1.000	.6	.2	.3	.0	.6
Emily Mellema	30	0	14.7	.350	.244	.730	1.2	1.2	.4	.1	3.6
Tommi Olson	30	30	32.7	.316	.308	.769	4.5	3.3	1.5	.0	4.3
Paula Salazar	25	0	9.6	.456	.200	.714	2.0	.2	.1	.4	3.8
Alba Sanchez Ramos	29	29	29.8	.369	.329	.769	6.4	2.8	.7	.3	7.9
Marta Savic	8	0	4.4	.500	.000	.000	1.6	.1	.1	.1	1.8
Ola Ustowska	13	1	17.2	.450	.432	.643	.8	1.0	.3	.0	6.1
Quinn Weidemann	30	30	34.7	.420	.419	.879	3.0	2.6	.8	.2	11.0

Schedule

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Rams defense stymies Cowgirls in Mountain West quarterfinals .
2. News: Cowgirls open Mountain West tournament with rout of Utah State . 9 November 2021 . Casper Star-Tribune . 7 March 2021.
3. News: Cowgirls shoot past UNLV, advance to Mountain West tournament semifinals . 9 November 2021 . Casper Star-Tribune . 8 March 2021.
4. News: More suffocating defense has Cowgirls playing for the Mountain West tournament title . 9 November 2021 . Casper Star-Tribune . 9 March 2021.
5. News: Potter . Davis . For Wyoming's own Gerald Mattinson, delivering a historic title is 'extra special' . 9 November 2021 . Casper Star-Tribune . 11 March 2021.
6. News: Potter . Davis . Cowgirls' historic season ends with first-round loss to UCLA . 9 November 2021 . Casper Star-Tribune . 22 March 2021.
7. News: Thorburn . Ryan . Wyoming Cowgirls basketball picked to finish fifth in Mountain West Conference . 9 November 2021 . Casper Star-Tribune . 13 October 2021.