Clark Pours in 28 as Cowgirls Stymie UT Arlington

10 total Cowgirls score in the win

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 10, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowgirls shot 52.2-percent from the field and Norah Clark scored a career-high 28 points as Wyoming picked up its first victory the season Tuesday night, hanging out for a 75-64 win over UT Arlington. UW also racked up a season-high 17 assists in the victory.

Both teams struggled to hit shots out of the gate before a Clark layup broke the seal. The Cowgirls scored the first seven of the game and led 7-2 at the first media timeout. Out of the timeout, turnovers continued to plague Wyoming, but when it did get shots, the offense was efficient. The Lady Mavs got their offense going toward the end of the quarter as well and things were tied at 13-13 after one. The Cowgirls committed seven turnovers in the first 10 minutes, while shooting 5-for-8 from the floor.

The second quarter began disjointed on offense again before a Clark corner 3-pointer got the scoring going first again. From there, the two exchanged buckets back-and-forth as the offenses got traction before the media timeout as UW led 24-20 at the timeout. After the media, Clark buried another 3-pointer and UT Arlington called a timeout with 3:39 left in the half and Wyoming leading 28-22. The rest of the second saw the Cowgirls push the pace off strong defense in the paint as the lead was up to double digits. However, the Lady Mavs ended the half strongly as the UW lead was down to 32-26 at halftime.

A Taylor Donaldson 3-pointer opened the scoring in the third before a couple of Wyoming baskets got the lead up to 11. From there, UT Arlington came roaring back by hitting tough shots before the Cowgirls leveled out again. UW led 44-37 at the media. Following the timeout, a pair of Wyoming layups and three free throws from Hayley Johnson got the lead back to double digits, 51-37. In the final minute, the Lady Mavs got a free throw, followed by a Peyton Wohlford 3-pointer and the Cowgirls led 54-38 going to the fourth.

Ophelia Powell and Zoey Blackwell opened the fourth by hitting 3-pointers and Wyoming held a 20-point lead. UT Arlington called a timeout with 8:34 to play down by 18. After the timeout, the Cowgirl offense continued to hum but the Lady Mavs kept hitting tough shots to hang around as the UW lead was down to just 66-52 at the media timeout. After the media, UT Arlington kept coming as the deficit was trimmed to 10 before a Clark driving layup settled UW down a bit. The Lady Mavs would call a timeout with 3:10 left as Wyoming led 68-58 as UTA kept making tough midrange shots and getting to the free-throw line.

UW turnovers cropped up again as UT Arlington continued to storm back following the timeout. The Cowgirls got a couple of free throws, but the Lady Mavs kept crashing the offensive glass and making shots to whittle down the deficit. After a pair of free throws from Kati Ollilainen, Wyoming got a defensive stop and another free throw. Following another pair of empty trips for the Lady Mavs, Clark hit two at the line to put the Cowgirls back up 75-64 with 20.9 seconds to play. After two more stops, Wyoming put the rest of the game away.

“I think the biggest thing is, to take what we’ve done the last two days in practice and really execute that in a game is the biggest thing,” said Head Coach Heather Ezell postgame.

“I really challenged our players like ‘hey, be ready to take the shots that we’re capable of making’. And I thought that we really did that tonight. We were feet set, ready to shoot and made the extra pass. That really on the offensive end is when we are most successful. Then on the defensive end, what we really emphasized was, we have to know the scout, we have to know personal, we have to really know what we’re doing and I thought we really executed that.”

Clark’s 28 came on 10-of-14 shooting from the floor and 2-for-3 from beyond-the-arc. She also made 6-of-7 at the free-throw line and added a pair of assists. The 28 points are the most for Clark in a Cowgirl uniform and one off her career-high of 29, that she set in 2024 at UT Martin.

Ollilainen was the other Cowgirl to finish in double figures with an even 10. Ollilainen also pulled down five boards and led the team with five assists on the night. Payton Muma scored nine and had two assists while off the bench, Johnson made a big impact with nine points of her own, four rebounds, a block and a steal. Liv Blomkvist had five rebounds and three assists while Wohlford grabbed a career-best and team-leading seven rebounds. In all, 10 Cowgirls scored in the victory.

The Cowgirls shot 24-for-46 from the floor and made 8-of-14 from 3-point range. UW held UT Arlington to 24-of-68 (35.3-percent) and just 3-of-19 (15.8-percent) from deep. The Lady Mavs were 13-of-18 at the line while Wyoming shot 19-for-25. The Cowgirls also had a 36-34 edge in rebounding.

Next up, UW travels to Fort Collins to face Border Rival Colorado State in a 6:30 p.m., contest Friday.

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