Wyoming
Lobo women’s basketball lassos Cowgirls, running past Wyoming
Sitting at about 7,220 feet above sea level, the University of Wyoming is one of the toughest places in the country to play, with the highest altitude gym in Division I. The Lobos all- time are 15-27 in Laramie, and are 4-4 under Head Coach Mike Bradbury when visiting Wyoming.
But on Wednesday, Feb. 4, the Lobo Women’s basketball team threw those stats aside and put Wyoming to the test, surging past the Cowgirls in the second quarter to take control of the game, and winning 58-51.
Sophomore guard Nayli Padilla helped spur the Lobos to victory, scoring 13 points, going five of eight from the field, three of five from the three and chipping in for two assists. Three Lobos were able to score in the double figures and the bench contributed 29 points, leading to a balanced offensive performance.
When the game started, momentum swung like a pendulum ,as both teams would trade runs but by the end of the first quarter. Wyoming was able to edge out UNM 11-10, but both teams were unable to connect at a high level — UNM shot 27% from the field and 22% from three, compared to Wyoming’s 35% from the field and 13% from three in the first quarter.
When the second quarter came around the Lobos outscored the Cowgirls 19-8, createing a hill Wyoming was unable to climb.
UNM scored 26 points of their total points in the paint, a presence which has been vital to the Lobos being able to knock down threes due to forwards Emma Najjuma and Jessie Joaquim collapsing the defense.
The third quarter saw the Cowgirls pick up the pace offensively, going 56% from the field and 20% from three, but it wasn’t enough. The Lobos outscored the Cowgirls for the second consecutive quarter 17-14, as Padilla was able to score eight points in the quarter, stunting the Cowgirls momentum.
Wyoming was finally able to outscore the Lobos in the fourth and final quarter, but the Cowgirls had already let the game slip out of reach. Despite outscoring UNM 18-12 in the final quarter, it wasn’t enough to mount a real shot at a comeback.
The Cowgirls were able to cut their double digit deficit to just eight with nearly three minutes left, but were unable to capitalize, as once again Padilla sunk the dagger into the Cowgirls’ comeback hopes with a vital three and giving the Lobos the ability to run away with a win on the road, 58-51. With the win, the Lobos move to 16-7 and 8-4 in conference play.
The Lobos will remain on the road this week, going up against the Boise State University Broncos on Saturday, Feb. 7.
Wyatt S. Padilla is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @wyattspadilla
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LARAMIE, Wyo. — A bull moose was spotted roaming the streets of Laramie early Tuesday morning before being safely tranquilized and relocated by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Photos from the University of Wyoming Police Department and Laramie residents show the creature curiously wandering through the university campus, where he was tranquilized before heading to a strip mall along Grand Avenue and taking a nap.
“Biologists got the call this morning that the moose was wandering in the UW Apartments neighborhood,” Laramie Region Game and Fish Information and Education specialist Hannah Smith said. “They responded to the scene and were able to dart the moose.”
While he was darted near the apartments, he didn’t stand around and wait for the tranquilizer to take effect. Smith said he worked his way east for about 20 minutes before ending up, coincidentally, in front of Sportsman’s Warehouse.
Lilly Avila, a Laramie resident working at a nearby coffee shop, told Cap City News the animal was sluggishly wandering the parking lot and rubbing against cars before the tranquilizer got to him.
“They brought him to the office and got him cooled down,” Smith said. “They don’t want to be in town. It’s a stressful situation for them, too. They can overheat really easily, so we get them cooled down before we transport them.”
Game and Fish couldn’t say as of Tuesday where the moose came from. Smith said he could have come east from the Pole Mountain area between Laramie and Cheyenne or up the Laramie River from the Snowy Range. Either way, his new home will be around Medicine Bow Mountain.
He also shouldn’t be feeling the effects of the tranquilizer for too much longer. Biologists gave him a reversal drug that should have prepared him to return to the wild.
“He should be pretty normal in terms of the medication. I think, in terms of his day, hopefully he goes back to living his happy moose life munching on some willows and doesn’t go for too many more walkabouts,” Smith said.
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Wyoming State Historic Sites Superintendent Sharie Mooney Shada made an appearance on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse to speak on the upcoming Immersion in Crow Culture program at Fort Phil Kearny on July 16.
The event begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16 at the Fort Phil Kearny Interpretive Center.
S. Mooney Shada
The rangers host free, family-friendly evening talks and presentations throughout the summer. Shada said the Native American Student Interpretive Ranger Program has enriched the visitor experience at Fort Phil Kearny. In its fourth year at the fort, the program allows a perspective from the indigenous side of history.
Keep up with events at Fort Phil Kearny by clicking here.
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