Colorado State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Preview - Wyoming
1/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 24, 2007
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Game 16:
Wyoming (12-5, 3-2 MWC) at Colorado State (6-12, 1-5 MWC)
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007 • 7 p.m. MT
Fort Collins, Colo. • Moby Arena (8,745)
The Series
Overall Record - CSU Leads, 40-30
In Fort Collins - CSU Leads, 21-12
In Laramie - Tied, 16-16
At Neutral Sites - CSU Leads, 3-2
Warden vs Wyoming - 0-2
Radio
Colorado State Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Brian Roth
Color Analyst: Corbu Stathes
Fort Collins: 600 AM KCOL
Denver: 600 AM KLZ
Webcast
www.CSURams.com
The Matchup
The Colorado State women's basketball team looks to snap its five-game conference skid against rival Wyoming in the this season's first installment of the Border War, Thursday night at 7 p.m. from Moby Arena.
The Rams enter the contest with an overall record of 6-12 (1-5 MWC), and face one of the hottest teams in the conference right now in the Wyoming Cowgirls (12-5, 3-2 MWC).
Wyoming opened up conference play this season with a 54-51 home-victory over New Mexico, and following back-to-back road losses at UNLV (51-46) and at BYU (55-52), the Cowgirls got back on track in a big way with home victories over San Diego State (71-47) and No. 23 ranked TCU (66-51).
The Rams, opened up conference play with a 65-56 road win at Air Force, but since then, have dropped five straight at TCU (86-36), Utah (73-57), New Mexico (73-42), at BYU (69-56) and at San Diego State (75-66).
The Cowgirls returned 10 letterwinners and three starters from last season's squad that posed a record of 21-9 (10-6 MWC) and participated in the WNIT.
Head Coach Joe Legerski's squad is led by a pair of junior forwards in Justinya Podziemska, a tranfer from Casper College, and Hanna Zavecz who average 14.9 ppg and 14.4 ppg, respectively. Podziemska, who is expected to come off the bench after missing the previous two games with an injury, also leads the team in rebounding (7.1 rpg) and assists (3.9 apg.).
Wyoming Series
Colorado State has faced Wyoming more times than any other opponent in school history, and holds a 40-30 advantage in the all-time series, including a 21-12 mark against the Cowgirls all-time in Fort Collins. Since joining the Mountain West, the two teams have faced each other 19 times, with the Rams holding a 13-6 advantage in those contests. Prior to last season's home loss, 87-81, at Moby Arena, the Rams had never fallen to the Cowgirls at Moby Arena in Mountain West Conference action.
Wyoming Series Results 40-30, 21-12 Ft Collins, 16-16 Laramie, 3-2 Neutral 1/29/74 W 69-46 Laramie 3/1/75 W 40-39 Fort Collins 12/12/76 L 40-50 Fort Collins 2/21/76 W 48-38 Laramie 12/18/76 W 70-58 Laramie 2/12/77 L 52-55 Fort Collins 12/5/77 W 87-75 Laramie 2/25/78 L 74-89 Fort Collins 2/28/79 L 62-74 Fort Collins 1/25/80 L 83-93 Laramie 2/23/80 L 74-88 Fort Collins 1/6/81 W 78-73 Laramie 1/17/81 W 86-59 Fort Collins 2/21/81 W 69-54 Laramie 1/2/82 L 68-81 Laramie 2/27/82 W 63-62 Fort Collins 2/5/83 W 65-54 Fort Collins 3/5/83 W 85-65 Laramie 1/28/84 W 59-57 Laramie 2/25/84 W 66-55 Fort Collins 2/2/85 W 59-57 Fort Collins 3/2/85 W 51-47 Laramie 2/2/86 W 68-64 Fort Collins 3/1/86 L 64-73 Laramie 1/27/87 L 49-57 Laramie 2/21/87 L 59-77 Fort Collins 1/30/88 W 60-51 Fort Collins 3/5/88 L 45-61 Laramie 2/11/89 W 63-53 Fort Collins 2/25/89 L 56-73 Laramie 2/3/90 L 54-63 Fort Collins 2/17/90 L 76-81 (ot) Laramie 3/8/90 L 65-78 Salt Lake City 1/19/91 L 52-70 Laramie 2/16/91 L 64-71 Fort Collins 2/1/92 L 60-78 Fort Collins 2/29/92 L 57-117 Laramie 1/16/93 L 69-83 Laramie 2/13/93 W 70-58 Fort Collins 2/19/94 L 48-82 Laramie 3/5/94 L 67-70 (ot) Fort Collins 1/20/95 W 59-52 Fort Collins 3/2/95 L 61-71 Laramie 1/20/96 W 83-66 Laramie 3/3/96 W 76-59 Fort Collins 1/11/97 W 75-61 Laramie 2/6/97 L 65-66 Fort Collins 1/24/98 W 99-67 Fort Collins 2/19/98 W 62-43 Laramie 1/23/99 W 93-67 Laramie 2/20/99 W 101-68 Fort Collins 1/15/00 W 86-69 Fort Collins 2/11/00 W 89-48 Laramie 3/8/00 W 79-57 Las Vegas 1/13/01 W 76-51 Laramie 2/10/01 W 69-49 Fort Collins 3/7/01 W 70-59 Las Vegas 1/25/02 W 57-49 Fort Collins 2/23/02 W 64-62 (ot) Laramie 2/1/03 L 64-69 (ot) Laramie 2/28/03 W 73-51 Fort Collins 3/12/03 W 59-56 Las Vegas 3/23/03 W 73-64 Fort Collins 1/30/04 L 53-58 Laramie 2/27/04 W 60-49 Fort Collins 3/10/04 L 61-67 Denver 1/28/05 W 61-51 Fort Collins 2/24/05 L 45-68 Laramie 1/25/05 L 80-87 (ot) Laramie 2/25/06 L 81-87 Fort Collins
Fan Support
Colorado State improved its streak of games home games played in front of more than 1,000 fans to 169 games. The last time that the Rams played in front of fewer than 1,000 fans at Moby Arena was Jan. 5, 1996 against Idaho State.
Magic Number: 60
The Rams are 5-1 this season when reaching the 60-point mark, but 1-11 when scoring less than 60.
Rams vs. MWC
Colorado State women's basketball is 56-50 (.528) all-time in Mountain West Conference action.
Rams vs. MWC at Home
Colorado State women's basketball is 35-16 (.686) all-time at Moby Arena in Mountain West Conference action.
McFarland, Moulton Magnificent
Freshman guard Ashley McFarland and Senior center Marilyn Moulton each posted career-highs in scoring on Saturday at San Diego State. McFarland, whose previous career-best was seven points, notched the seventh 20-point game of the season for the Rams with her 24-point outburst in which she shot 8-for-9 from the field and 4-for-4 from 3-point range. Moulton added a career-best 18 points, eclipsing her old high of 15 points.
Moulton Snags 400...Twice
Senior center Marilyn Moulton notched her 400th career rebound at Colorado State on Thursday night at BYU and eclipsed 400 career points on Saturday at San Diego State.
Cornell Crashing Boards
Freshman forward Juanise Cornell reached 100 rebound in the Rams game against New Mexico on Jan. 13 and following last weekend, she has 106 boards in her short career, just 28 rebounds shy of cracking the top-10 in the single-season freshman record books. Her current rebounding average of 6.2 rpg. ranks seventh on the freshman charts.
Rams From Downtown
Colorado State has connected on 85 3-pointers this season which ranks 16 on the all-time single season charts at Colorado State and the Rams' .323 3-point percentage currently ranks 12th in school history.
Nohr Looking For 600
Entering Thursday's matchup with Wyoming, senior guard Molly Nohr sits just one point shy of 600 for her career at Colorado State.
Hunter Back on Track
Junior guard Sara Hunter snapped a streak of eight consecutive games without scoring in double-figures, dating back to Nov. 29 at Colorado, with a 16-point effort against Utah on Jan. 11. Hunter led the Rams with her 16 points, including a 2-for-3 mark from 3-point range and also pulled down five rebounds in the contest. The eight-game drought was the longest since Hunter's freshman season when she went 10 games between double-digit-scoring games.
Hunting for 3's
Junior guard Sara Hunter continues to climb up the career 3-point rankings. Her 139 career 3-point makes ranks sixth all-time and her 371 carer attempts is seventh. Her career 37.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc ranks tied for sixth entering Thursday's matchup with Wyoming.
McFarland's First Starts
Freshman guard Ashley McFarland earned her first start of the season in the Rams' 69-56 loss at BYU. The Layton, Utah native led the team with three assists in the contest. In her second career start, McFarland led the Rams with a 24-point performance at San Diego State on Saturday.
Double-Double...Almost
Frehman forward Juanise Cornell recorded a game-high 12 rebounds, one shy of her career-best, and added nine points in 37 minutes against New Mexico, narrowly missing her first career double-double by only one point. It was Cornell's fourth career double-digit rebounding game.
Senior center Marilyn Moulton narrowly missed her third career double-double in the Rams' loss at BYU on Thursday. Moulton, recorded 11 rebounds and added nine points in the contest.
Block Party
With three blocks over the weekend, senior center Marilyn Moulton eclipsed 50 for her career and currently ranks 13th on the career-charts at Colorado State. Moulton needs just eight blocks to crack the career top-10.
