Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, January 4
Laramie, WY
2 PM MT
Colorado State
at
Wyoming
Rams Travel North for Saturday’s Border War
1/3/2020 11:38:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Colorado State and Wyoming Set for Saturday at 2 p.m.
Game 15: Colorado State Rams (7-7, 1-2 MW) vs. Wyoming Cowgirls (7-5, 3-0 MW)
Date & Time: January 4, 2019 | 2 p.m. MT
Live Stats: https://col.st/WZkQO
Live Stream: https://col.st/yK0k9
Radio: KMAX 94.3 FM | https://col.st/itwSR | https://col.st/D5ptf (TuneIn App)
Game Notes Attached
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – For the second game of 2020, the Rams will travel approximately 65 miles northwest to Laramie, Wyo. to battle in the season's first Border War matchup against Wyoming. Tip-off inside the Arena-Auditorium is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. MT.
Last time out, Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams moved to 8-0 at CSU in first games to start a new year. The Rams defeated Nevada, 75-70, on New Year's Day at Moby Arena thanks largely to a 52.5 percent shooting clip.
The Wyoming Cowgirls (7-5, 3-0 MW) halted its two-game losing streak with a 73-68 win against Boise State (10-5, 2-1 MW) at home on New Year's Day.
Game 101 for the Colorado State-Wyoming series awaits and it's a true rubber game if you ask the Rams. There is a Border War disagreement in the record as Wyoming counts two games in 1973-74, while Colorado State recognizes 1974-75 as its first official team. By CSU's books it is deadlocked at 50-50.
Coach's Corner
Head Coach Ryun Williams
On the rivalry…
"It has always been a competitive and fun game for our student-athletes to play in. Wyoming is having a great season. They have a lot of shooters that they put on the floor, which makes it difficult to defend. We'll have to have a really good plan and execute it to get a win in the AA."
On coming off the Nevada game with confidence…
"It was good to play well against Nevada. Our players did play with a lot of confidence and hopefully that springboards us into better play as we grind through this conference season. Obviously, we go one game at a time, and we have a tough one on Saturday in Wyoming. We are excited to go up there and compete."
Off The Tip
• In the New Year's Day win, CSU outshot Nevada 52.5 percent to 45.3 percent in a display of offenses. The Rams did damage in the paint to a tone of 38 points - the most since the season opener's 42-point output. Graduate Makenzie Ellis dropped 10 points in the first quarter en route to a career-best 19 points. CSU led 44-33 at the half, making the Rams 6-2 when leading at the break. Redshirt-senior Andrea Brady notched her third double-double of the season, while redshirt-junior Jamie Bonnarens reached double digits with 17 points after three games south of 10 points.
• Rams are getting it done defensively. Seven times this season CSU, the MW third-best scoring defense (60.7 ppg), has held an opponent to less than 60 points. Four times this season the Rams have kept its counterpart below 50 points - a feat not replicated in the conference. Eleven times this season, CSU held its opponent to under 10 points in a quarter including four times it has been under five points.
• Ball control continues to thrive for the Rams. CSU has had less turnovers than its opponent in all but two games (UIW, BSU), ranking first in the Mountain West in turnovers per game (11.2), which checks in fourth nationally. The turnover margin (+4.64) is fourth in the MW and 40th in the NCAA. In all but three games (SDSU, BSU, TUL), the Rams have scored more points off of the turnovers than its counterpart.
• Redshirt-senior forward Andrea Brady has pulled in a team-high 120 rebounds, which ranks second in the Mountain West and 38th in the NCAA. Average-wise that pans out to 8.6 a game for third in the conference and 87th nationally. She has four double-digit board games with a high of 15 and has had at least six in every game except against Tennessee when she had an outlier of four boards. For the season, she is on pace for 257.6 rebounds which would put her seventh on CSU's all-time single-season record list for boards.
Scouting the Wyoming Cowgirls
• Wyoming secured its New Year's Day victory by going 7-of-10 from the free throw line in the final minute. Wyoming's leading scorer, sophomore forward Tereza Vitulova, was kept at bay by the Broncos with five points, breaking a six-game double-digit scoring streak. Fellow sophomore Quinn Weidemann stepped up with a season-high 19 points for her sixth double-digit game of the season. The Cowgirls were pinned to finish fourth in the MW after finishing third last season.
• Wyoming has a two-game win streak in the series and has won four of the last five meetings. Additionally, the game serves as a rubber match for head coach Ryun Williams with his CSU record at 8-8 versus the Cowgirls.
• To start off Mountain West play, Wyoming defeated Air Force and New Mexico on the road by a combined five points.
• Gerald Mattinson is in his first year as the head coach of the Wyoming Cowgirls. He has spent the previous 16 seasons on the Cowgirl bench as an assistant coach and then an associate head coach. CSU's Chad Lavin holds the UW record for wins by a first-year head coach at 15.
• The Cowgirls return nine letterwinners, two starters and welcome five newcomers to a team that went 25-9 last season with a trip to the quarterfinals of the WNIT.
What to Watch for?
• Wyoming Scoring Defense (1st in MW) vs. Colorado State Scoring Offense (6th in MW)
• Wyoming FG % Defense (2nd in MW) vs. Colorado State FG% Defense (1st in MW)
• Wyoming Rebounding Margin (2nd in MW) vs. Colorado State Rebounding Margin (10th in MW)
A Colorado State Win on Saturday Would Mean…
• Colorado State's first back-to-back Mountain West wins since the 2017-18 season.
Series History: Colorado State vs. Wyoming (More on pg. 9 of Game Notes)
Overall: 50-50
In Fort Collins: 26-20
In Laramie: 19-27
Neutral Sites: 5-3
Current Streak: WYO, 2
Last Meeting: CSU 32, WYO 56 (2/23/19) at WYO
Largest Margin of Victory: 41; CSU 89, WYO 48(2/11/00) at WYO
Largest Defeat: 60; CSU 57, WYO 117 (2/29/92) at WYO
For More on Colorado State Women's Basketball follow: Twitter – CSUWBasketball | Instagram – csuwbasketball | Facebook – @CSUWBasketball
Date & Time: January 4, 2019 | 2 p.m. MT
Live Stats: https://col.st/WZkQO
Live Stream: https://col.st/yK0k9
Radio: KMAX 94.3 FM | https://col.st/itwSR | https://col.st/D5ptf (TuneIn App)
Game Notes Attached
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – For the second game of 2020, the Rams will travel approximately 65 miles northwest to Laramie, Wyo. to battle in the season's first Border War matchup against Wyoming. Tip-off inside the Arena-Auditorium is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. MT.
Last time out, Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams moved to 8-0 at CSU in first games to start a new year. The Rams defeated Nevada, 75-70, on New Year's Day at Moby Arena thanks largely to a 52.5 percent shooting clip.
The Wyoming Cowgirls (7-5, 3-0 MW) halted its two-game losing streak with a 73-68 win against Boise State (10-5, 2-1 MW) at home on New Year's Day.
Game 101 for the Colorado State-Wyoming series awaits and it's a true rubber game if you ask the Rams. There is a Border War disagreement in the record as Wyoming counts two games in 1973-74, while Colorado State recognizes 1974-75 as its first official team. By CSU's books it is deadlocked at 50-50.
Coach's Corner
Head Coach Ryun Williams
On the rivalry…
"It has always been a competitive and fun game for our student-athletes to play in. Wyoming is having a great season. They have a lot of shooters that they put on the floor, which makes it difficult to defend. We'll have to have a really good plan and execute it to get a win in the AA."
On coming off the Nevada game with confidence…
"It was good to play well against Nevada. Our players did play with a lot of confidence and hopefully that springboards us into better play as we grind through this conference season. Obviously, we go one game at a time, and we have a tough one on Saturday in Wyoming. We are excited to go up there and compete."
Off The Tip
• In the New Year's Day win, CSU outshot Nevada 52.5 percent to 45.3 percent in a display of offenses. The Rams did damage in the paint to a tone of 38 points - the most since the season opener's 42-point output. Graduate Makenzie Ellis dropped 10 points in the first quarter en route to a career-best 19 points. CSU led 44-33 at the half, making the Rams 6-2 when leading at the break. Redshirt-senior Andrea Brady notched her third double-double of the season, while redshirt-junior Jamie Bonnarens reached double digits with 17 points after three games south of 10 points.
• Rams are getting it done defensively. Seven times this season CSU, the MW third-best scoring defense (60.7 ppg), has held an opponent to less than 60 points. Four times this season the Rams have kept its counterpart below 50 points - a feat not replicated in the conference. Eleven times this season, CSU held its opponent to under 10 points in a quarter including four times it has been under five points.
• Ball control continues to thrive for the Rams. CSU has had less turnovers than its opponent in all but two games (UIW, BSU), ranking first in the Mountain West in turnovers per game (11.2), which checks in fourth nationally. The turnover margin (+4.64) is fourth in the MW and 40th in the NCAA. In all but three games (SDSU, BSU, TUL), the Rams have scored more points off of the turnovers than its counterpart.
• Redshirt-senior forward Andrea Brady has pulled in a team-high 120 rebounds, which ranks second in the Mountain West and 38th in the NCAA. Average-wise that pans out to 8.6 a game for third in the conference and 87th nationally. She has four double-digit board games with a high of 15 and has had at least six in every game except against Tennessee when she had an outlier of four boards. For the season, she is on pace for 257.6 rebounds which would put her seventh on CSU's all-time single-season record list for boards.
Scouting the Wyoming Cowgirls
• Wyoming secured its New Year's Day victory by going 7-of-10 from the free throw line in the final minute. Wyoming's leading scorer, sophomore forward Tereza Vitulova, was kept at bay by the Broncos with five points, breaking a six-game double-digit scoring streak. Fellow sophomore Quinn Weidemann stepped up with a season-high 19 points for her sixth double-digit game of the season. The Cowgirls were pinned to finish fourth in the MW after finishing third last season.
• Wyoming has a two-game win streak in the series and has won four of the last five meetings. Additionally, the game serves as a rubber match for head coach Ryun Williams with his CSU record at 8-8 versus the Cowgirls.
• To start off Mountain West play, Wyoming defeated Air Force and New Mexico on the road by a combined five points.
• Gerald Mattinson is in his first year as the head coach of the Wyoming Cowgirls. He has spent the previous 16 seasons on the Cowgirl bench as an assistant coach and then an associate head coach. CSU's Chad Lavin holds the UW record for wins by a first-year head coach at 15.
• The Cowgirls return nine letterwinners, two starters and welcome five newcomers to a team that went 25-9 last season with a trip to the quarterfinals of the WNIT.
What to Watch for?
• Wyoming Scoring Defense (1st in MW) vs. Colorado State Scoring Offense (6th in MW)
• Wyoming FG % Defense (2nd in MW) vs. Colorado State FG% Defense (1st in MW)
• Wyoming Rebounding Margin (2nd in MW) vs. Colorado State Rebounding Margin (10th in MW)
A Colorado State Win on Saturday Would Mean…
• Colorado State's first back-to-back Mountain West wins since the 2017-18 season.
Series History: Colorado State vs. Wyoming (More on pg. 9 of Game Notes)
Overall: 50-50
In Fort Collins: 26-20
In Laramie: 19-27
Neutral Sites: 5-3
Current Streak: WYO, 2
Last Meeting: CSU 32, WYO 56 (2/23/19) at WYO
Largest Margin of Victory: 41; CSU 89, WYO 48(2/11/00) at WYO
Largest Defeat: 60; CSU 57, WYO 117 (2/29/92) at WYO
For More on Colorado State Women's Basketball follow: Twitter – CSUWBasketball | Instagram – csuwbasketball | Facebook – @CSUWBasketball
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