LARAMIE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team opened play in the 2024–25 season on Friday night with an exhibition-game win over Chadron State, 78–39.
The Cowgirls played strong defense in the exhibition, especially in the second and third quarters. Wyoming also shared the ball effectively, assisting on nearly 68% of its made field goals against the Eagles.
UW shot a strong percentage from the field and held Chadron State to just 1-of-18 shooting from 3-point range.
“I thought we started a little slow, but no matter how old you are, even if it’s an exhibition, the first game there’s always some jitters,” head coach Heather Ezell said. “It’s the first time turning the lights on, having the fans there and those first couple of minutes I thought we needed to settle in and understand what we were doing. Once we started figuring that out, I thought our offense was running really well and once we started to communicate on the defense end, our defense stepped up as well.”
Allyson Fertig led all scorers on the night and finished with a double-double. Tess Barnes and Malene Pedersen had strong offensive games and shot well from the field. A total of seven Cowgirls scored off the bench on the night. At time of publication, full statistics from the game were not available.
Things tip off for real on Monday as Colorado comes to town for a 5:30 p.m. season-opening contest.
