Wyoming Cowgirls coach Joe Legerski picked up his 100th victory Friday night in the win over Denver.
DENVER -- Joe Legerski and his Cowgirls had 100 reasons to celebrate Friday’s season-opening win over Denver. Legerski gained his 100th victory as Cowgirls’ coach in the 61-54 win over the Pioneers.
“I thought we played exceptional tonight,” Legerski said. “When you don’t see film on a team, it’s hard to know what they will do out there, but we held our own. This is a game of runs, teams will make them, as a team you have to make a few more plays to come away with the win. We did a good job the last minute of holding our own and making the adjustments when we needed to.”
Three players finished the night in double figures for the Cowgirls, as they were led by freshman Kristen Scheffler, who scored 18 points, while shooting 6-of-9 from the field in 27 minutes of play.
Senior post Elisabeth Dissen and freshman wing Emma Langford each added 11 points. Langford also had six rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Senior Rebecca Vanderjagt led the way with seven rebounds. Wyoming shot 22-of-50 (.440) from the field, 11-of-16 (.688) from the charity stripe and brought down 35 rebounds.
“Our seniors came up big tonight as well. Elisabeth (Dissen) got us off to a great start, and Megan (McGuffey) came in and hit those big free throws,” Legerski said. “We also know that Kristen Scheffler has the ability to shoot the ball. She stepped and had no hesitation to hit those shots.”
Denver was led by Ashly Robinson with a team-high 13 points and six rebounds. Brianna Culberson followed with nine points and four boards, while Sara Bents added eight. The Pioneers were 20-of-49 (.408) from the field and had 28 rebounds.
The Cowgirls stormed out early in the game as they scored nine unanswered points as it took the Pioneers over four minutes before a Sara Bents basket put them on the board. Denve then pulled within one as Wyoming went cold, going five minutes without scoring until a three-point play by Langford ended the drought.
The two teams then stayed close the rest of the first half and the game was tied at 26-26 at halftime.
The Cowgirls led by as much as 10 in the second half before Denver came back to cut the lead to 51-48. It was still just a five-point game before McGuffey hit four straight free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
The Cowgirls stay on the road and face Montana in Missoula on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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