The 2021–22 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2021–22 college basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by head coach Gerald Mattinson, in his third season. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and are members of the Mountain West Conference. The Cowgirls finished tied for 3rd in the Mountain West Conference, but exited the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball tournament in the quarterfinal round, losing to Colorado State 51-38 due to an embarrassing 4th quarter performance.
Previous season The Cowgirls finished the 2020–21 season 14–10, 8–8 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place in the conference. They defeated Utah State, UNLV, Boise State, and Fresno State to win the 2021 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament, the first in program history. The Cowgirls lost to UCLA in the Round of 64 of the NCAA tournament.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Jaye Johnson 5 F 5'10" Sr. Casper, WY Graduated Dagný Lísa Davíðsdóttir 33 F 6'1" Sr. Hveragerði, ISL Graduated
Arrivals Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School Emily Mellema 2 G 5'11" Fr. Lynden, WA Lynden Christian HS Tess Barnes 5 F 6'2" Fr. Gisborne, AUS Maribyrnong College Allyson Fertig 45 C 6'4" Fr. Glendo, WY Douglas HS
Wyoming was selected to finish fifth in the Mountain West preseason poll, and no Cowgirls were selected to the preseason all-conference team.
Roster
Statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tess Barnes 19 0 8.7 .186 .200 1.000 1.9 .8 .2 .3 1.3 McKinley Bradshaw 29 29 32.3 .390 .340 .763 5.7 1.4 .8 .2 14.9 Lexi Bull 10 0 3.3 .091 .000 .500 1.4 .3 .0 .2 .3 Grace Ellis 30 8 18.9 .381 .174 .859 3.5 .7 .3 .1 5.6 Allyson Fertig 30 23 21.0 .504 .000 .618 8.4 .2 .3 .9 10.8 Landri Hudson 9 0 2.6 .400 .000 1.000 .6 .2 .3 .0 .6 Emily Mellema 30 0 14.7 .350 .244 .730 1.2 1.2 .4 .1 3.6 Tommi Olson 30 30 32.7 .316 .308 .769 4.5 3.3 1.5 .0 4.3 Paula Salazar 25 0 9.6 .456 .200 .714 2.0 .2 .1 .4 3.8 Alba Sanchez Ramos 29 29 29.8 .369 .329 .769 6.4 2.8 .7 .3 7.9 Marta Savic 8 0 4.4 .500 .000 .000 1.6 .1 .1 .1 1.8 Ola Ustowska 13 1 17.2 .450 .432 .643 .8 1.0 .3 .0 6.1 Quinn Weidemann 30 30 34.7 .420 .419 .879 3.0 2.6 .8 .2 11.0
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non–Conference
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West Conference
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| WNIT
References