Cowgirls Travel for Border War Friday Night
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119th meeting with rival Colorado State
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 11, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowgirls head to face a familiar foe Friday night as they travel to take on Border War rival Colorado State at 6:30 down in Fort Collins November 13.
Friday’s game will be broadcast live on YouTube’s Pac-12 channel and can be heard across the Cowgirl Radio Network with David Settle on the call.
ABOUT THE COWGIRLS
Wyoming picked up its first win Tuesday night in Laramie over UT Arlington, leading from start-to-finish in a 75-64 victory over the Lady Mavs. Norah Clark scored a career-high 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the floor on the night. Clark also shot 2-of-3 from 3-point range and made 6-of-7 at the free-throw line. Clark leads the Cowgirls in scoring this season, averaging 17.3 points per game and leads the Mountain West in total points with 52 and in made free throws with 19.
The Cowgirls recorded a season-high 17 assists Tuesday and shot 52.2-percent (24-46) from the floor overall and hit 8-of-14 (57-percent) from beyond-the-arc. UW made a season-best 19 free throws in the contest and had 10 different players score in the victory. Wyoming got 23 bench points on the night and got nine points from Hayley Johnson, who scored her first-career points for the Brown & Gold. Also off the bench, Peyton Wohlford grabbed a game- and career-high seven rebounds.
Through the first three games of the season, Wyoming’s 77-percent team free-throw percentage ranks fifth in the league while its 34.6-percent shooting from 3-point range is fourth in the Mountain West. The Cowgirls’ six 3-pointers per contest are sixth-most in the league. UW, as always, defends without fouling, ranking second in the league committing just 13.7 fouls a contest.
SCOUTING COLORADO STATE
Colorado State has a well-balanced offense at the top of its lineup, with four players scoring at least 11 points per game on the early season. Camryn Runner leads the Rams with 18 points and 3.3 assists per game on 56-percent shooting from the floor and is 6-of-10 from 3-point range. Kloe Froebe is averaging 15 points a game and has nine assists. Caitlin Kramer is scoring 12.3 per game and leads the Rams with 7.7 rebounds a contest, five blocks and seven made 3-pointers. McKenna Murphy, meanwhile, is averaging 11 points a game. Former Cowgirl Heidur Karlsdottir is averaging 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.
The Rams are averaging 70.7 points per game and allowing 56 a contest. CSU is shooting nearly 49-percent from the floor and 38-percent from beyond-the-arc. Colorado State opponents are shooting 36-percent overall and just 24-percent from 3-point range. The Rams are minus-1.6 in rebounding margin but commit just 10.3 turnovers per contest and average 10 assists per game. CSU averages just over seven steals per game. Colorado State is 1-0 at home this season.
SERIES HISTORY AGAINST COLORADO STATE
Wyoming and Colorado State will meet for the 119th time Friday night in Fort Collins. The Rams won both contests last season, the last as conference foes, to break the all-time series tie and leads the series 60-58. The Cowgirls are 22-31 at CSU all time and have lost 6-of-7 in Fort Collins of late in the series.
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