The 2022–23 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2022–23 college basketball season. The Cowgirls were led by first-year head coach Heather Ezell. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming and were members of the Mountain West Conference. The Cowgirls finished second in the Mountain West Conference, and lost in the championship game of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament to UNLV. The Cowgirls were invited to the WNIT, and lost in the second round to Kansas State.
Previous season The Cowgirls finished the 2021–22 season 17–13, 11–6 in Mountain West play, to finish tied for third place in the conference. They lost in the quarterfinal round of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament to Colorado State. Head coach Gerald Mattinson announced his retirement from coaching at the conclusion of the season, and Heather Ezell was hired as the new head coach the same day.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Alba Sanchez Ramos 11 G 6' 0" Sr. Madrid, Spain Graduated McKinley Bradshaw 12 G 5' 11" Jr. Lyman, WY Mission (LDS Church) Landri Hudson 21 G 5' 9" So. Aurora, CO Transferred to CSU Pueblo
Arrivals Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Bailey Wilborn 1 G 5' 8" So. Wichita, KS Maine Grace Moyers 3 G 5' 8" Fr. Erie, CO Erie HS Malene Pedersen 12 G 5' 11" Fr. Aabyhøj, Denmark Kansas State
Roster
Statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tess Barnes 34 2 19.1 .383 .324 .727 2.6 1.2 .6 .5 4.6 Lexi Bull 4 0 2.3 .500 — — .8 .5 .0 .0 .5 Grace Ellis 34 34 25.8 .483 .360 .723 4.5 1.7 .4 .2 8.7 Allyson Fertig 34 34 24.3 .586 .154 .697 8.7 .8 .7 2.0 13.3 Emily Mellema 34 0 19.5 .400 .353 .736 1.6 1.7 .9 .2 6.3 Grace Moyers 13 0 4.0 .188 — .750 .4 .0 .2 .0 .9 Tommi Olson 34 34 26.0 .378 .403 .760 3.5 2.8 .7 .1 4.4 Malene Pedersen 34 34 28.9 .467 .321 .882 4.0 2.4 .5 .1 11.0 Paula Salazar 8 0 5.4 .500 .000 .750 1.5 .0 .1 .3 1.4 Marta Savic 34 0 12.1 .500 1.000 .703 3.8 .9 .6 .4 4.1 Ola Ustowska 29 0 11.9 .228 .193 .727 .9 .8 .3 .2 1.9 Quinn Weidemann 32 32 32.8 .397 .356 .847 2.4 2.4 1.0 .2 10.9 Bailey Wilborn 10 0 6.7 .313 .333 .750 .3 .1 .1 .0 1.8
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
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