LARAMIE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team will continue its month-long road trip on Sunday when they face South Dakota at noon.
Wyoming will be coming off a nine-day stretch in between games and a 62-50 loss at Missouri State on Dec. 6. The Cowgirls had four players in double figures that game, as Allyson Fertig led UW with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Tess Barnes and Emily Mellema had 11 points each and Malene Pedersen added 10. Barnes,
So far this season, Fertig ranks in the top three in the Mountain West in 12 statistical categories. She is second in the league in scoring with 18.1 points per game, while her 11.1 rebounds a contest leads the MW and ranks fifth in the nation. Fertig’s five offensive rebounds per game ranks seventh-best in the country. Fertig also leads the league with a 57% field goal percentage, and is second in field goals made.
Mellema and Pedersen enter Sunday scoring in double figures this season, averaging 12.6 and 11.2 points per game, respectively.
South Dakota is led by its do-it-all guard Grace Larkins, who leads the Coyotes in points, rebounds, assists and steals. She averages 22.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 5.7 apg and 1.6 spg. USD has two other athletes, both scoring 12.5 points per game, in Carley Duffney and Alexi Hempe. Hempe has a team-high 27 made 3-pointers on the year while shooting 37.5% from beyond the arc.
The Coyotes are scoring at a clip of 70.6 points per contest while allowing 76.7 a game. South Dakota shoots 41.6% from the field.