Saturday’s contest that pits the No. 24 Colorado State Rams (15-4, 3-3 MWC) against the Wyoming Cowboys (10-9, 3-3 MWC) at Arena-Auditorium has a projected final score of 79-70 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of Colorado State. Tipoff is at 4:00 PM ET on January 27.
There is no line set for the matchup.
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Wyoming vs. Colorado State Game Info & Odds
Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM ET
TV: MW Network
Where: Laramie, Wyoming
Venue: Arena-Auditorium
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Wyoming vs. Colorado State Score Prediction
Prediction:
Colorado State 79, Wyoming 70
Spread & Total Prediction for Wyoming vs. Colorado State
Computer Predicted Spread: Colorado State (-9.1)
Computer Predicted Total: 148.8
Wyoming has put together a 6-10-0 record against the spread this season, while Colorado State is 8-8-0. A total of nine out of the Cowboys’ games this season have gone over the point total, and seven of the Rams’ games have gone over. In the past 10 contests, Wyoming has a 3-7 record against the spread while going 4-6 overall. Colorado State has gone 3-7 against the spread and 6-4 overall in its last 10 matches.
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Wyoming Performance Insights
The Cowboys are being outscored by 1.3 points per game with a -25 scoring differential overall. They put up 73.6 points per game (207th in college basketball) and allow 74.9 per outing (262nd in college basketball).
Wyoming pulls down 34.6 rebounds per game (254th in college basketball) while allowing 32.9 per outing to its opponents. It outrebounds opponents by 1.7 boards per game.
Wyoming hits 7.5 three-pointers per game (187th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 7.5 on average.
The Cowboys rank 197th in college basketball with 94.2 points scored per 100 possessions, and 297th in college basketball defensively with 95.9 points conceded per 100 possessions.
Wyoming loses the turnover battle by 2.7 per game, committing 14.2 (339th in college basketball) while its opponents average 11.5.
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This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.
The former director of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) agency is joining Wyoming’s Game and Fish Department.
9-News reported that Jeff Davis was hired as the department’s deputy director in late December. That’s after Doug Brimeyer retired.
He starts the job in February.
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Davis resigned from CPW last year instead of being fired as part of a settlement agreement. The settlement agreement Davis signed did not directly cite a reason for his termination.
Davis joined CPW as the state reintroduced wolves. His resignation came shortly after Washington state said it would not provide wolves to Colorado’s reintroduction program.
Before joining CPW in 2023, Davis had a long career in the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. While there, he focused on coordinating conservation initiatives involving interdisciplinary teams and salmon recovery.
BILLINGS— Activists on both sides praised and criticized the Wyoming Supreme Court’s ruling of abortion bans as unconstitutional on Tuesday in a 4-1 majority.
The ruling marks the end of a four-year legal battle in Wyoming since the state’s 2022 abortion ban went in place with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned abortion rights on a federal level.
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Activists react after Wyoming high court rules abortion ban unconstitutional
The ban was put on hold after Wyoming’s only abortion clinic, Wellspring Health Access in Casper, led a suit against the state.
“I was holding my breath as I opened it and read it. But soon that turned to being rather elated. We couldn’t be more pleased with the opinion,” said Julie Burkhart, the clinic’s president.
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The decision comes after a years-long fight and setbacks, including an arsonist who set the clinic on fire in May of 2022.
“We were set to open that next month, but unfortunately that arson set us back by 11 months. We weren’t able to open that until 2023. It was quite devastating,” said Burkhart.
“I don’t think it’s moral, ethical, appropriate for anyone to tell another person what they can or cannot do with their own body,” she added.
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Wellspring Health Access after 2022 fire
For a Montana advocacy group, it was a different story.
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“I was very disappointed,” said Amy Seymour, president of Yellowstone Valley Christians for Life, an anti-abortion advocacy group.
“These pre-born children who are unique, complete, living, individual human beings from the moment of their conception, they can be protected if Wyoming decides to have a constitutional amendment to that degree,” she added.
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Wyoming state Speaker of the House Chip Neiman, a Republican, echoed Seymour’s sentiments with a written statement.
“Today’s decision is an abomination. Four unelected justices thwarted the will of the people to establish a ‘right’ to kill an innocent baby. Thanks to these justices, Wyoming has some of the most radical abortion laws in America. I will not stand for that, and will continue fighting for innocent unborn babies,” said Neiman.
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Wyoming Supreme Court strikes down abortion bans, keeping procedure legal
GLENROCK, Wyo. — A 55-year-old Wyoming man died Monday night after his vehicle went over a bridge rail and caught fire on Interstate 25 near Glenrock.
Gavin Stanek was traveling north in a Cadillac Escalade around 9:13 p.m. when the vehicle drifted into the median near milepost 156, according to a Wyoming Highway Patrol report. The vehicle continued through the median until it struck a bridge retaining wall.
The driver’s side of the Escalade scraped along the rail before the vehicle went over the edge toward the river. The Cadillac rolled toward the passenger side and landed on its roof on the river embankment, where it was engulfed in flames, the report states.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol identified driver fatigue or the driver falling asleep as a possible contributing factor in the crash. Road conditions were dry and the weather was clear at the time of the incident.
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This story contains preliminary information as provided by the Wyoming Highway Patrol via the Wyoming Department of Transportation Fatal Crash Summary map. The agency advises that information may be subject to change.
