Photo by John McKnight/Wyoming sophomore Leah Fitzgerald goes up for a shot Monday night against Idaho State.UW-Idaho State boxscore
by Bobby Abplanalp
Wyoming Sports.org
The Wyoming Cowgirls opened the game on a 17-2 run and cruised past the Idaho State Bengals for a convincing 76-40 win at the Arena-Auditorium Monday night.
Wyoming is now 6-0 for the second time in the last three seasons, while Idaho State drops to 1-5.
The Cowgirls led 34-18 at the break behind 12 points from Hillary Carlson and 10 points chipped in by Aubrey Vandiver. As a team, Wyoming shot 46 percent in the first half and held Idaho State to just 27 percent from the field.
The second half would not be any better for the Lady Bengals, as the Cowgirl defense continued to wear down Idaho State by forcing several turnovers to increase the motion in their transition game, resulting in wide open shots from the perimeter.
Carlson finished with a season-high 25 points on nine of 11 shooting, including two-out-of-three from beyond the arc. Wyoming shot eight of 20 from 3-point land and made 52 percent of its field goals overall, while the Bengals only managed 29 percent.
“I thought tonight our defensive effort was tremendous for 40 minutes,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said. “To be able to hold a team to 29 percent shooting, really shows the dedication we have to playing defense. I thought Hillary Carlson established herself on the inside. What Hillary was able to accomplish tonight going nine of 11 from the field, it puts a tremendous amount of pressure on everybody. We started getting things open on the perimeter, we shot 40 percent from 3-point range and then all of a sudden you have an inside-outside game that makes it very difficult to stop.”
“Whenever I got the ball, I tried to see if had an opening to score and if I did, I went ahead and took it,” Carlson said. “It felt good tonight. They (the coaches) definitely have been on me to do anything more, especially in that situation when I have that green light to shoot.”
Vandiver ended the night with 13 points, as 10 Cowgirls scored in the game and Wyoming led by as many as 39 points. Oana Iacovita led the Bengals with nine.
Wyoming also shared the wealth earning 19 assists with eight players recording at least one assist. The Cowgirls also took the battle of the boards 39-27.
The Cowgirls will hit the road for the rest of the week when they head to the Pacific Northwest to tangle with the Idaho Vandals on Wednesday at 8 p.m., in Moscow, Idaho before crossing the Palouse River into Pullman, Wash., to face the Washington State Cougars Saturday at 3 p.m.
by Bobby Abplanalp
Wyoming Sports.org
The Wyoming Cowgirls opened the game on a 17-2 run and cruised past the Idaho State Bengals for a convincing 76-40 win at the Arena-Auditorium Monday night.
Wyoming is now 6-0 for the second time in the last three seasons, while Idaho State drops to 1-5.
The Cowgirls led 34-18 at the break behind 12 points from Hillary Carlson and 10 points chipped in by Aubrey Vandiver. As a team, Wyoming shot 46 percent in the first half and held Idaho State to just 27 percent from the field.
The second half would not be any better for the Lady Bengals, as the Cowgirl defense continued to wear down Idaho State by forcing several turnovers to increase the motion in their transition game, resulting in wide open shots from the perimeter.
Carlson finished with a season-high 25 points on nine of 11 shooting, including two-out-of-three from beyond the arc. Wyoming shot eight of 20 from 3-point land and made 52 percent of its field goals overall, while the Bengals only managed 29 percent.
“I thought tonight our defensive effort was tremendous for 40 minutes,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said. “To be able to hold a team to 29 percent shooting, really shows the dedication we have to playing defense. I thought Hillary Carlson established herself on the inside. What Hillary was able to accomplish tonight going nine of 11 from the field, it puts a tremendous amount of pressure on everybody. We started getting things open on the perimeter, we shot 40 percent from 3-point range and then all of a sudden you have an inside-outside game that makes it very difficult to stop.”
“Whenever I got the ball, I tried to see if had an opening to score and if I did, I went ahead and took it,” Carlson said. “It felt good tonight. They (the coaches) definitely have been on me to do anything more, especially in that situation when I have that green light to shoot.”
Vandiver ended the night with 13 points, as 10 Cowgirls scored in the game and Wyoming led by as many as 39 points. Oana Iacovita led the Bengals with nine.
Wyoming also shared the wealth earning 19 assists with eight players recording at least one assist. The Cowgirls also took the battle of the boards 39-27.
The Cowgirls will hit the road for the rest of the week when they head to the Pacific Northwest to tangle with the Idaho Vandals on Wednesday at 8 p.m., in Moscow, Idaho before crossing the Palouse River into Pullman, Wash., to face the Washington State Cougars Saturday at 3 p.m.
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