Women's Basketball | 12/07/2017

MOSCOW, Idaho--Idaho returns to Memorial Gym on Saturday to take on the University of Wyoming. The Vandals and Cowgirls have met on a yearly basis dating back to 2009.

Follow: Live streams, when available, can be found at GoVandals.com/WatchWBB. All home and conference games will be streamed live on the Pluto TV app, as well as online at WatchBigSky.com. Follow along with live stats at GoVandals.com/WBBStats. In-game updates will be posted all season long on Twitter, @VandalsWBB.

Tom Purvis will have the radio call for you all season long on across the Idaho Radio Network. Pregame starts 15 minutes before each tip.

The Game: The Vandals renew their yearly series with the Wyoming Cowgirls on Saturday. Idaho and Wyoming have played each of the last eight seasons.

Idaho Basketball Coaches Show


About the Vandals: Idaho opened the season with a road-win at four-time Mountain West champion Colorado State. Idaho returned home 2-3 after playing the first five games on the road. The Vandals have been led by its core of Mikayla Ferenz, Geraldine McCorkell and Taylor Pierce. The group has scored 74.0 percent of Idaho's points this season (382 combined).

About the Cowgirls: Wyoming coming off a 61-53 win over Idaho State. Junior Bailee Cotton scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds to lead Wyoming. The win snapped a three-game losing streak.

Last Time: Taylor Pierce went 9-of-10 from 3 against Cal State Fullerton, tying the Big Sky and Idaho individual record 3-point record. She matched her career-high with 27 points to help Idaho to its first home win of the season.

Commonalities: Saturday's game will be Wyoming's third in a row and fourth overall against a Big Sky opponent. The Cowgirls are 2-1 against Big Sky teams this season. They picked up wins over Montana and Idaho State, both in Laramie. They fell on the road to Montana State.

Scouting the Cowgirls
• Wyoming is ranked 28th in the NCAA with a 76.0 FT percentage
• Ranked 31st in the NCAA (1st MWC), allowing just 55.5 ppg
• Taylor Rusk ranks 30th in the NCAA with 3.00 assist/turnover ratio
• Wyoming is third in the Mountain West this season with a 41.1 FG%
• Have stuck with the same starting five for all eight games this season (Baker, Cotton,
Rusk, Roberts, Tapia)