The 2019–20 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by first-year head coach Gerald Mattinson, hired following the retirement of longtime coach Joe Legerski. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming and were members of the Mountain West Conference.
The Cowgirls finished the season 17–12, 12–6 in Mountain West play, to finish in third place. They defeated Utah State in the Mountain West tournament before losing to Boise State in the semifinals. They did not play in a postseason tournament.
Previous season The Cowgirls finished the 2018–19 season 25–9, 13–5 in Mountain West play, to finish in third place. They defeated Utah State and San Diego State in the Mountain West tournament before losing to Boise State in the championship game. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT before losing to the eventual champion, Arizona. Longtime head coach Joe Legerski retired at the end of the season after 16 years as head coach.
Offseason Wyoming was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West Conference by coaches and media.
Roster
Statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG McKinley Bradshaw 29 0 12.5 .361 .390 .756 2.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 4.7 Emily Buchanan 5 0 5.6 .333 .000 1.000 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 Karla Erjavec 22 18 26.9 .331 .309 .821 3.0 3.2 0.4 0.1 6.3 Jaye Johnson 24 0 7.0 .275 .231 .500 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.1 Selale Kepenc 27 0 8.6 .426 .378 .818 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 3.1 Tommi Olson 29 11 20.4 .350 .107 .250 3.4 2.5 1.2 0.1 1.6 Elisa Pilli 6 0 3.0 .500 .000 .000 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 Paige Powell 3 0 6.7 .714 .500 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.7 Taylor Rusk 29 29 33.1 .450 .406 .647 4.9 2.6 1.0 0.2 10.2 Alba Sanchez-Ramos 29 29 30.7 .344 .257 .628 4.9 1.6 0.7 0.4 7.2 Jaeden Vaifanua 29 0 12.9 .487 .235 .870 4.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 7.1 Tereza Vitulova 29 29 25.1 .548 .442 .870 5.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 14.2 Quinn Weidemann 29 29 32.0 .421 .397 .878 2.6 1.8 1.0 0.2 10.2
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#492f24; color:#ffc425;"| Mountain West women's tournament
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See also 2019–20 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team
References