Cowgirls Welcome Lady Mavs Tuesday Night

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 8, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowgirls will play their third consecutive home contest to open the 2026-27 season Tuesday night as UT Arlington comes to town for a 6:30 contest inside the Arena-Auditorium.

Tuesday’s game will be broadcast live on MW+ and can be heard across the Cowgirl Radio Network with David Settle on the call.

ABOUT THE COWGIRLS
Wyoming (0-2) is coming off a 72-37 loss last time out against Conference USA favorite Missouri State on Saturday night. Kati Ollilainen had a career night in the loss as she scored 17 points, including the first 13 for the Cowgirls in the second quarter. Ollilainen’s six made field goals and four made 3-pointers are also career bests for her.

Through the first two games of the season, Ollilainen and Norah Clark lead UW averaging 12 points per game. Clark also leads the Cowgirls with four steals and is averaging four rebounds per game this season while going a perfect 13-of-13 at the free-throw line. In Saturday’s loss, Taylor Donaldson recorded three assists and is one of three Cowgirls, along with Liv Blomkvist and Ollilainen with three assists this season.

As a team, Wyoming is 21-of-21 at the free-throw line, shooting it at a 77.8-perent clip as a team at the line.

SCOUTING UT ARLINGTON
UT Arlington will be playing its first road contest of the season Tuesday in Laramie. The Lady Mavs are averaging 70 points per game and are allowing 65.5 a contest. UTA is shooting 42.4-percent from the field and 30.3-percent from 3-point range. Lady Mavs opponents are shooting 39.1-percent overall and under 26-percent from beyond-the-arc. UT Arlington is averaging 13.5 assists per game and are forcing its opponents into nearly 20 turnovers per contest. The Lady Mavs are averaging 10.5 steals per contest and average 36.5 rebounds per game, including nearly 15 per on the offensive glass.

The Lady Mavs have three players averaging in double figures in scoring this season. Jalyn Brown leads the team averaging 15.5 a contest. Journee Hampton and Ava Raymond average 13.5 and 12.5 per game, respectively. The trio also are all shooting 50-percent-or-better through two games. Raymond leads the team in rebounding with six boards per contest. Brown has a team-best five steals this season while Chelsea Bishop is averaging 3.5 assists a contest.

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST UT ARLINGTON
UT Arlington leads the all-time series with the Cowgirls, 2-1. This will be UTA’s second trip to Laramie, having won the previous contest, 74-70 back in 1990. Last season, the Lady Mavs defeated Wyoming in Arlington, 64-44. Payton Muma had seven points, three assists and a pair of steals off the bench in last season’s meeting.

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