Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Cowgirls head to North Dakota

The Wyoming Cowgirls will be back out on the road for the next to games. taking on North Dakota Wednesday night at 6 p.m. in Grand Forks and North Dakota State Friday night at 5 p.m. in Fargo.

Wyoming is 2-0 overall after earning a 65-62 victory over Denver on Friday and a 68-38 win against Montana,on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Emma Langford leads the way averaging 14 points and six rebounds. She is followed closely by juniors Hillary Carlson and Aubrey Vandiver. They are each adding 11.5 points and a team leading seven rebounds. The Cowgirls are shooting .415 (54-130) from the field and 16-121 (.762) from the charity stripe.

UND is 0-2 overall and is led by Mallory Youngblut, who is averaging 12.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game. They return three starters and seven letterwinners to a team that went 18-11 overall and 5-1 in the Great West Conference a year ago. This is only the second meeting between the two schools. Wyoming won the only game on Nov. 20, 2008 by a score of 100-75 in Laramie. North Dakota is coached by Gene Roebuck, who is in his 23rd season with the program.

NDSU is 1-1 overall ad is led by Abby Plucker, who is averaging 15 points and six rebounds. They return four starters and nine letterwinners to a team that went 16-13 overall and 12-6 in the Summit League a year ago. This is the second meeting between the two schools. The last time the two teams met was Dec. 13, 2008, as the Cowgirls defeated the Bison 68-51 in Casper. NDSU is coached by former Cowgirl assistant Carolyn DeHoff, who is in her second year with the program.

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