As I suspected, Ike is a terrible fit for how they play. He's turning in decent stat lines but it's coming at the expense of slowing their style of play way down.

Ike is not great in transition and he's not a pick and roll type of big. He can't stretch the floor with an outside shot and there is no risk of any pick and pop actions when he's on the court.

Ike played well defensively and will always be a good rebounder, but what a shame he turned out to be ****.

Gonzaga will not win their league this year.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 20, 2023) – Wyoming quarterback Andrew Peasley was named to the Manning Award Stars of the Week list on Monday after having a career day on Saturday in Wyoming’s 42-9 win over Hawai’i on Saturday. It was the second time he was named to the list this season and third time as quarterback of the Cowboys.



Quarterback Andrew Peasley had a career day against Hawai’i. He threw for a career-high 319 yards in the game and tied a career-high with three touchdowns. He threw an 89-yard touchdown pass, which was the longest pass and touchdown pass of his career. The 89-yard touchdown was the longest touchdown pass since a 92-yard pass from Cam Coffman to Tanner Gentry against North Dakota on Sept. 5, 2015. He was 14-of-17 passing in the contest for 82 percent, which was also a career.



The Cowboys offense led by Peasley had a big day against Hawai’i. The offense recorded a season-high 472 yards of total offense. The offense was rolling in the first half scoring 35 points for the most since the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in 2021.



he Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has named eight quarterbacks as its “Stars of the Week.” College football fans can follow the Manning Award on social media (@ManningAward) to vote for what they think was the best performance from this past weekend. When voting closes on Thursday at 9 a.m. (Central), the top vote-getter will be announced as the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week.



VOTE HERE!

https://allstatesugarbowl.org/poll.aspx?poll=24



The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting. Since the Manning Award started recognizing Stars of the Week in 2011, 521 different quarterbacks from 133 schools have been recognized. Sixty players were honored during the 2022 season while 60 quarterbacks have been recognized so far this year.

CONWAY, S.C. (Nov. 19, 2023) – The Wyoming Cowboys hit 12 three pointers on their way to a 78-71 win over Furman on Sunday morning at the Myrtle Beach Invitational. The Pokes had four players in double-figures along with two players in Sam Girffin and Akuel Kot each added 20-plus points in the contest, as Wyoming moves to 4-1 on the season.



“The biggest thing is we’re really thankful to have the opportunity to come down here and play,” Uw head coach Jeff Linder said. “To be a part of an ESPN Event is a big deal for the program. To have the exposure on TV for our program, you can’t ask for anything better. The hospitality of the entire event, it was a first-class operation. Coming into this deal, we didn’t quite know what we had. Obviously, our schedule the way we had it set up, felt like we needed to try and gain some confidence early knowing we were coming in here with a pretty much brand new team. How would we respond?... You have to evolve. Akuel [Kot] and Sam [Griffin], those guys are really good players. Sam, he really likes this gym. I should have kept the ball in his hands the entire time. I think he’s scored, in four games in this gym, like 120 points. I knew those guys had the ability to score but for us to really become a good offensive team, we have to have the ability to share the ball.”



Griffin recorded a season-high 26 points going 11-of-19 from the field. He also added four assists in the contest. Kot scored 20 points along with four rebounds. He was named to the All-Tournament team and after six games over two seasons in the tournament is the all-time leading scorer. Forward Caden Powell added his first career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, which was a career best. Guard Brendan Wenzel recorded 13 points on 4-of-6 from behind the arc and six rebounds along with two assists.



Wyoming shot 47.5 percent from field and 48 percent from behind the arc. Wyoming was also 10-of-12 from the free throw line and went 45-of-54 for 83 percent for the tournament. Furman held a 36-33 advantage on the glass and shot 41.5 percent from the field and 23.5 percent from behind the arc. Wyoming recorded 18 assists on 28 made baskets.



The Pokes got out to a 7-0 lead thanks to five points Kot. The run was ended by a three pointer by Furman for a 7-3 game nearly four minutes into the contest. Griffin would get into the scoring with five points, as Wyoming would take a 12-3 lead at the 14:12 mark of the first frame.



The Paladins went on an 8-0 run to make it a 12-11 contest with 12 minutes left in the first half. Kot ended the run with a layup. Brendan Wenzel hit a pair of triples and Griffin added a bucket, as Wyoming went on an 8-0 run to take a 25-15 lead with under eight minutes left in the first stanza.



Furman responded with a 7-0 run, but it was halted by a Griffin three pointer for a 28-22 lead for the Pokes with under six minutes left in the first half. Wyoming went over two minutes without a score, but Caden Powell added a pair of free throws and got a huge offensive board and found Wenzel for a three-pointer as Wyoming would take a 37-28 lead into the half.



In the opening minutes of the second half, Wyoming went on an 8-0 run thanks to back-to-back threes from Griffin and Kot for a 45-31 lead two minutes into the half. Griffin made it an 11-0 run for a 48-31 lead that capped an 11-0 run.



Furman went on a 7-0 run to make it a 48-38 game, but Powell added an offensive board and layup for a 50-38 game with under 15 minutes left. The Paladins made it a seven-point game at 53-44 holding Wyoming scoreless for over two and half minutes.



Kobe Newton hit a triple off a pass from Powell for a 62-50 lead with under eight minutes left. The Paladins went on an 8-0 run to make it a 62-58, but a bucket by Powell made it a 64-58 contest with five minutes left. Kot made it a six-point game at 68-62 with four minutes left.



Powell got to his first career double-double with a layup for a 70-62 contest with 2:52 left in the clock. The Paladins kept fighting and made it a three-point game at 70-67 with :140 left. But Wenzel hit a triple for a six-point game and Powell made it a 75-67 game with over a minute left.



The Pokes would get it done at the line and finish the tournament 2-1 with the 78-71 victory.



The Paladins were led by JP Pegues with 22 points. Marcus Foster added 18 points in the game.



The Pokes will return to action a week from Sunday in a road contest at No. 19 Texas in a 1 p.m. MT start on the Longhorn Network.


Wyoming Coach Jeff Linder - “The biggest thing is we’re really thankful to have the opportunity to come down here and play. To be a part of an ESPN Event is a big deal for the program. To have the exposure on TV for our program, you can’t ask for anything better. The hospitality of the entire event, it was a first class operation. Coming into this deal, we didn’t quite know what we had. Obviously, our schedule the way we had it set up, felt like we needed to try and gain some confidence early knowing we were coming in here with a pretty much brand new team. How would we respond?... You have to evolve. Akuel [Kot] and Sam [Griffin], those guys are really good players. Sam, he really likes this gym. I should have kept the ball in his hands the entire time. I think he’s scored, in four games in this gym, like 120 points. I knew those guys had the ability to score but for us to really become a good offensive team, we have to have the ability to share the ball. We have to have the ability to know that if you get off the ball, the ball is gonna come back to you. I thought in the last couple of games we did a really good job of getting the ball to move, which you really see in terms of our three-point shooting when you go 12-for-25…. I’m just really proud of the effort, proud of our guys. Just a really good group of kids that show up everyday, allow us to coach them and play really hard.” (On Brendan Wenzel) “Wenzel, his ability to guard, held the guy from Saint Louis [Gibson Jimerson] to zero points. That hasn't happened since 2020. He did a really good job against College of Charleston. Today, [Furman Guard] Marcus Foster is a hard guard. He’s a big body that has the ability to create contact and get to the foul line. I thought Wenzel’s effort was tremendous.”

Pokes 35 St Louis 34 at halftime.

CONWAY, S.C. (Nov. 16, 2023) – The Wyoming Cowboys dominated the glass, but cold shooting and turnovers were too much to overcome in a 79-69 loss to Saint Louis in the opening round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational in the HTC Center in Conway, S.C.


“First of all, just proud of our guys’ effort coming into kind of like our first away game, even though it was a neutral game,” UW head coach Jeff Linder said. “Our team felt for the first time an experience playing a good A-10 team with a really good coach. We hadn't felt that yet. I knew there was gonna be a little bit of an adjustment to that. Obviously, we didn't handle the pressure like I thought we could have, even though if you go back and watch I don't think it was necessarily from anything that they did crazy. I think it was just a matter of us just getting a little bit sped up. That's going to happen early with such a new team. We'll learn from it. It's hard to win when you turn it over 19 times.”



Wyoming held a 46-33 advantage on the glass including 22 on the offensive glass. The 22 offensive rebounds were the most in a game since having 26 against Middle Tennessee State on Jan. 18, 2004.The Pokes recorded 19 turnovers in the contest. Wyoming was held to 35 percent from the floor and the Billikens shot 47 percent. Wyoming hit only three triples in the game with the Billikens scoring 24 points going 8-of-20 from behind the arc for 40 percent.



“The fact that we got 22 offensive rebounds, it gave us a chance to be in the game,” Linder said. “But it's hard to win when you just give it away 19 times and so we'll learn from it. We got to flush away pretty quick because we got a quick turnaround with College of Charleston.”



Forward Caden Powell recorded a career-high 17 points and tied a career-high with eight rebounds. He was 5-of-8 from the field and 7-of-7 from the free throw line. Forward Cam Manyawu recorded his third-straight double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Sam Griffin added 15 points with Akuel Kot adding 10 points. Guard Brendan Wenzel added six points and nine rebounds.



Griffin scored four-points early to give Wyoming a 6-4 lead in the opening three minutes of play. The Pokes held SLU scoreless for over five minutes and the Pokes went on a 10-0 run fueled by Griffin and Kojenets for a 14-4 advantage with under 14 minutes left in the first half.



Saint Louis would cut the Wyoming lead to three points at 18-15 with just over nine minutes left in the opening frame. SLU would later make three-straight baskets and make it a 23-20 opening 20 minutes of the contest. The Pokes held Saint Louis to no field goals over nearly three minutes and built a 27-22 advantage.



The Billikens took a 28-27 lead with under five minutes left in the first half. Sincere Parker added a triple to cap a 9-0 run for SLU for a 31-27 advantage. Kot would give Wyoming a 32-31 lead with a three-pointer with 85 seconds left in the first half. Powell recorded an and-one play that helped Wyoming take a 35-34 lead into the half.



Parker scored the first seven points for the Billikens in the opening minutes of the second half to give SLU a 41-40 lead. The Billikens would hold the Pokes scoreless for nearly four minutes with SLU taking a 44-40 lead. Wenzel added a pair of free throws for a 44-42 game with 15 minutes remaining.



Turnovers would haunt the Pokes and Saint Louis would take a 48-42 lead and would later push it to nine points at 51-42, as Wyoming went on a 0-of-10 stretch from the field. Griffin would add a three-pointer to cut the Wyoming deficit to six points at 53-47 with under 12 minutes left in the contest.



Wyoming went on a 5-0 run and made the Billiken lead three-points at 55-52. Powell paced the run with his third and-one play of the game. Saint Louis would push the lead back in their favor taking a nine-point lead making three straight shots for a 65-56 game with under seven minutes remaining.



Manyawu would get to the double-double and make it a 72-65 game with three minutes left. The Pokes would cut it to five points, but the Billikens pulled away and took the contest 79-69.



Saint Louis was led by Parker with 22 points and eight rebounds. Tim Dagler recorded 17 points and was 5-of-7 from the field.



The Cowboys will face off against College of Charleston tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. MT in a contest on ESPNU.

Hope everyone is watching this morning. Wyoming just played the most enjoyable half of basketball we've seen since 2022.

Caden Powell hits the glass like a damn freight train. When our guards are playing well we make a joke out of any junk zone thrown at us. Wenzel hit a few that really stressed the Furman defense.

This team is playing with great hustle, and the way our guards can play off the dribble make our offense so much more dynamic than the last couple years.

This is a fun team to watch. Four stars, would recommend.

Beat DU tonight 58-41 Good win! stats

Laramie, Wyo. (Nov. 18, 2023) -- An explosive first half by Wyoming’s offense and a smothering Cowboy defense fueled a 42-9 victory for the Wyoming Cowboys over Hawai’i in the final home game of the 2023 season. Wyoming scored five touchdowns on its first six possessions of the first half, while the Poke defense shutout the Rainbow Warriors in the first half to build a 35-0 halftime lead.



Wyoming’s five first-half scoring drives included numerous big plays as the Cowboys’ scoring drives consisted of 3 plays for 75 yards, 1 play for 89 yards, 6 plays for 69 yards, 4 plays for 66 yards and 3 plays for 39 yards.



The Pokes improved their record to 7-4 on the season and 4-3 in the Mountain West Conference. Hawai’i’s record now stands at 4-8 overall and 2-5 in the Mountain West.



Quotes From Head Coach Craig Bohl

Head coach Craig Bohl was asked after the game how special this day was for his team and for the seniors, who were playing in their final home game.



“It was really special and we’re really pleased with how we came out,” said Bohl. “It was going to be important for us to start fast, and we certainly did that. Our passing game was explosive, and we came up with some big plays on defense.



“Hawai’i is a prideful football team. We knew that they would fight, but the first half I think really secured this victory.”



Bohl was asked how excited he was for the play of quarterback Andrew Peasley in Saturday’s win. Bohl responded, “I certainly am (excited). He played gutty last week (at UNLV), but he was displeased with his performance in that game. He’s a winner, and I thought he played great today.”



Both the Cowboy offensive and defensive lines played key roles in Wyoming capturing Saturday’s victory, as well as the Pokes winning the turnover battle.



“It was going to be critical for us to win in those areas,” said Bohl. “The way that Hawai’i’s offense is structured, it was going to be important for us to establish our defensive line to make them one dimensional, and we were able to do that. We got some good push in the running game on offense today.”



Finally, Bohl was asked what it meant to his team to go undefeated at home and to see Wyoming fans set a new home attendance record.



“It means a lot -- credit our fans,” said Bohl. “I think we have a phenomenal home-game atmosphere, and particularly the students. That’s one of the things that is great about college football and one of the things that is great about the state of Wyoming.”



Cowboy Notes From Saturday

∙Wyoming completed a perfect 7-0 home record with Saturday’s win over Hawai’i. It is the first time in War Memorial Stadium history that the Cowboys won seven home games in a single season. It is the 15th undefeated regular-season home record in War Memorial history and the third in the Bohl era. The 2019 and 2016 Cowboy teams posted perfect 6-0 home records in the regular season.



∙Wyoming fans set a new War Memorial Stadium single-season attendance record this season. With a crowd of 18,233, the 2023 season attendance total finished at 162,144, breaking the previous record of 149, 625 set in a seven-game home season in 1990.



Top Home Attendance Seasons in War Memorial Stadium History

1. 162.144 in 2023 (7 home games)

2. 149,625 in 1990 (7 home games)

3. 148,860 in 2016 (7 home games)

4. 144,299 in 2017 (7 home games)

5. 142,516 in 1988 (6 home games)

6. 138,042 in 2019 (6 home games)



∙The 42 points scored by Wyoming were the most this season and the most that UW has scored since the 2021 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl when the Cowboys scored 52 points in a 52-38 win over Kent State. The Pokes previous high this season was 35 in a 35-33 double overtime win over then #24 Texas Tech and a 35-26 home win over New Mexico.



∙The Cowboy defense held Hawai’i to only 9 points, which is a season low allowed to an opponent. The previous season low for a UW opponent was 15 points by Colorado State in a 24-15 Wyoming win. The last time Wyoming held an opponent to under 10 points was the 2020 season, when UW held Hawai’i to 7 points in a 31-7 Wyoming home win.



∙The 33-point margin of victory (42-9) for Wyoming was its largest since Sept. 18, 2021, when the Pokes defeated Ball State by 33 points (45-12) in War Memorial Stadium.



∙Wyoming’s 472 yards of total offense was a season high. The previous high this season for the Cowboys was 433 total yards vs. New Mexico.



∙UW’s 319 passing yards were also the most for the Pokes this season. Wyoming had 212 passing yards at Air Force earlier this season for their previous best.



∙Cowboy quarterback Peasley played a near flawless game against Hawai’i, completing 14 of 17 passes (82.4 percent) for 319 yards and three touchdown passes. Both his 82.4 completion percentage and his 319 passing yards were career highs for Peasley during his Wyoming playing career. His previous career bests were an 78.3 completion percentage (18 of 23) against Air Force in 2022 and 256 passing yards vs. Tulsa in 2022.



∙Linebacker Easton Gibbs recorded another double-figure tackle game on Saturday, recording 11 tackles. It was Gibbs fifth double-digit tackle game this season and the 18th of his career. He has 101 tackles for the 2023 season. Gibbs now has 354 career tackles as a Cowboy. With his 11 tackles vs. Hawai’i, Gibbs moved into eighth place on the Wyoming career tackle list, passing former Cowboy linebacker greats Lucas Wacha (344 career tackles) and Ken Fantetti (352 career tackles).



∙Wyoming tight end John Michael Gyllenborg had a career day in terms of receiving yards on Saturday, catching three passes for 128 yards and one touchdown. His previous career best was 40 receiving yards vs. Air Force earlier this season. His 89-yard touchdown reception from Peasley was the longest for a Cowboy duo since quarterback Cam Coffman threw a 92-yard TD pass to wide receiver Tanner Gentry vs. North Dakota in the 2015 season.

With AF losing to UNLV and Fresno dropping to the Lobos, are we really looking at SJSU in the title game?

I don't understand all the various scenarios.

What an unbelievable missed opportunity 2023 is!

Cowgirls have won the first two sets against AF (25-13, -25-22). I’d love to see them out the match away in 3.

Tighter third set. Cowgirls need to pull away after the timeout.

It’s been a disappointing season for us, 8th place before tonight’s game. but it’s only Prigge’s first year. The Cowgirl’s final game of the season is at home on Saturday at 5:00 after the Hawaii football game. I hope there will be a good, supportive crowd. They play NM.

Wyo is -14! We don't cover is my feeling--

I am thinking Wyoming 27-Hawaii 21. We do not cover, but we win. Crowd smaller, but last time I was way off!

BTW-My grandsons are in town on Saturday( too young yet to take them to Laramie) so I have my 4 GREAT seats 45 yd line plus stadium parking. Rows 21 and 22-front and back to each other. $100 for all-PM me or email me at Cabocowboy22@yahoo.com. WEST SIDE lower section

What’s our ceiling in the MW?

I think we could be like Utah has been in the PAC12. That absolute pain in the ass team that you hate to play because they’re physical and fundamentally sound on all sides of the ball. They don’t recruit at an elite level, don’t have the sexiest location.

I think we are that to an extent here and there, but obviously we don’t beat the big boys and win championships. Someone can build on some of things Bohl has done, but clearly needs to take it to the next level.

Thanks to Appalachian State.

Is no longer undefeated

The UW official game site says the game is broadcast via Hawaii's Spectrum PPV. No other way to see it?

Hawaii may have the islands but we will always have Laradise!

When I enter the War every time!

You know what to do! Git ‘er done!

Go Pokes!

The 6-foot-9 2024 prospect from Ontario (Canada).

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The PAC 2, won in court today as Judge Libey in a Washington State court has ruled in their favor. Oregon State and Washington State have been ruled to have total control over the PAC conference board of directors which means in essence they have control over everything within the conference meaning the money.

Will this mean that the PAC 2 schools and the MWC will move now to complete their agreements?

Furnan next up for Cowboy basket Sunday at 8:30 am mst.

Listening to sports talk at work and apparently Logan knocked Andrews out for the year with whatever is a "hip drop" tackle; also his tackles injured Lamar Jackson's ankle and OBJ's shoulder. A literal one-man wrecking crew.

Burrow is out for the year.

Go Pokes!

CONWAY, S.C. (Nov. 17,2023) – The Wyoming Cowboys held the College of Charleston to 31.5 percent from the field and held the Cougars without a field goal for nearly the final four minutes of the game in a 67-60 at the Myrtle Beach Invitational in Conway, S.C. on Friday. Guard Sam Girffin scored 24 points in the game with 22 coming in the second half.



“It was one of those games. We knew it was gonna be a fist fight. [College of Charleston Head] coach [Pat] Kelsey and his program, there’s a reason why they’ve won a lot of games,” UW head coach Jeff Linder. “We knew that they were gonna come out, especially after a loss, and play at the standard that they play at. For us going in at half the big thing was can we learn from the Saint Louis game. In the second half against Saint Louis, our defense faltered a little bit. With our collective effort and toughness, we knew we had to exceed Charleston’s to have a chance to beat them.”



Griffin was 6-of-7 from the field in the second half and 3-of-3 from behind the arc in the frame. He was also 7-of-7 from the free throw line. Guard Akuel Kot added 10 points alongside forward Caden Powell. Powell also added seven rebounds. Guard Brendan Wenzel added four points but led the team with eight rebounds and six assists.



The Wyoming defense held Charleston to 19 percent from behind the arc going 7-of-37. The Pokes shot 54 percent from the field going 21-of-39. Wyoming shot 40 percent from behind the arc and were 19-of-25 from the free throw line for 76 percent. The Cougars held a 38-32 advantage on the glass and forced 22 Cowboy turnovers. Wyoming was great in transition with 13 points on the afternoon.



“To find a way to win that game, the only way you can do it is by getting stops and I thought our guys just did a tremendous job on a team that’s really hard to guard,” Linder said. “They got a lot of guys that can space the floor and shoot it. We found a way. It’s a make or miss game. That’s a team that’s going to shoot the ball well over the course of the season, but for right now for whatever reason their balls are not going in.”



The Cougars got off to a 6-0 lead in the opening 90 seconds of the contest. The Pokes went on a 9-0 run battling in the paint and held the College of Charleston scoreless for nearly five minutes for a 9-6 lead. C of C would then take a 12-9 lead after a 6-0 run.



Kobe Newton made a layup as part of a 6-2 run for the Cowboys to take a 15-14 lead with under nine minutes left in the opening frame. The two teams battled back-and-forth in the final nine minutes of the half until Wyoming closed out the half on a 5-0 run fueled by a Kot three pointer and a pair of free throws from Powell for a 30-25 lead at the half.



Wyoming would continue the solid defense holding the Cougars to only one bucket in the opening 3 and a half minutes and built a 33-30 lead. C of C would take a 37-35 lead on a slam with 15 minutes left in the contest.



Griffin would go on an 8-0 run himself with a three pointer and a and-one play for a 43-37 lead with 13:33 left in the contest. Wyoming would enjoy a 46-40 lead but would go scoreless for over four minutes and the Cougars went on a 7-0 run to take 47-46 lead with 8:34 remaining.



A pair of free throws from Cam Manyawu and a bucket from Oleg Kojenets made it a 51-47 game with seven minutes left. Charleston battled to tie the contest at 54-54. The Pokes would take the lead in the contest on a jumper from Griffin and a free throw from Newton with under three minutes left.



Griffin would hit a huge three pointer that gave Wyoming a 62-57 with 1:26 remaining. He added a pair of free throws for a 64-57 advantage with 37 seconds remaining. Wyoming would seal the game at the free throw line and take the 67-60 lead.



The Cougars were led by Ben Burnham with 19 points. He also added eight rebounds in the game to lead the team.



The Cowboys will face either Coastal Carolina or Furman on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. MT in a contest on ESPNU.



Wyoming Coach Jeff Linder -
“It was one of those games. We knew it was gonna be a fist fight. [College of Charleston Head] coach [Pat] Kelsey and his program, there’s a reason why they’ve won a lot of games. We knew that they were gonna come out, especially after a loss, and play at the standard that they play at. For us going in at half the big thing was can we learn from the Saint Louis game? In the second half against Saint Louis, our defense faltered a little bit. With our collective effort and toughness, we knew we had to exceed Charleston’s to have a chance to beat them. To kind of have some adversity in terms of turning the ball over 22 times, which we gotta figure out a way to cut that in half. Then, to give up 23 offensive rebounds after we gave up 22 the night before."

"To find a way to win that game, the only way you can do it is by getting stops and I thought our guys just did a tremendous job on a team that’s really hard to guard. They got a lot of guys that can space the floor and shoot it. We found a way. It’s a make or miss game. That’s a team that’s going to shoot the ball well over the course of the season, but for right now for whatever reason their balls are not going in. I know Coach Kelsey, he’ll figure that out and that’s a good team that we just beat.” (On playing in a tight game)

“That’s what happens when you play good teams in a tournament like this, it prepares you for league play. That’s what Charleston does, the grit, the toughness. You gotta find a way on a quick turnaround, which for us, I was a little concerned, just with being a new team with younger guys. Can you in a 24 hour period forget about what just happened against Saint Louis and then have the maturity and the concentration to put forth. I thought our guys did a really good job of that.” (On the play of Sam Griffin)

“I challenged Sam last night in terms of being a guy that goes from being someone that scores baskets to being a guy that can help a team win games.I thought he really stepped up. He just had that right look. I’ve been around Sam long enough now to know when he has a certain look in his eye, it’s a good thing. I thought he really responded well to the last game… For us just to see some different things against a team like Saint Louis and a team like Charleston, that we maybe don’t see in practice from an athleticism and size standpoint, it’s only going to help us moving forward.”

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LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 14,2023) – The Wyoming Cowboys head to the East Coast for the opening round contest of the Myrtle Beach Invitational facing Saint Louis of the Atlantic-10 Conference on Thursday at Noon in the HTC Center on the campus of Coastal Carolina. It is the first meeting between the two schools since 1954, as Wyoming will face either Vermont or College of Charleston on Friday.



Fans can listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com. The game will be televised on ESPN2 and will be broadcast live on radio over the 26 affiliate stations of the Cowboy Sports Network, as Keith Kelley on the call and Kevin McKinney commentating.



About The Teams

Wyoming heads into the game with a 2-0 record after defeating Cal Poly by a score of 80-66 on Saturday. Wyoming is averaging 92 points per game are allowing 61 per contest. The Pokes are shooting 57.5 percent from the field to rank in the top-five in the nation and are shooting 48.8 percent from behind the arc that ranks seventh in the nation. Wyoming is sharing the basketball with 18.5 assists per game and are defending the rim with 6.5 blocks per contest, which ranks first in the conference.



Saint Louis is 3-0 on the season after defeating Illinois State by a score of 80-71 on Saturday. SLU also has wins over Southern Indiana and Lincoln on the season. Saint Louis is scoring 85.7 points per game and allowing 66.7 points. The Billikens are shooting 46.2 percent from the field and are holding opponents to 37.7 percent. Saint Louis records only 9.3 turnovers per game.



About The Players

Wyoming is led in scoring by guard Sam Griffin and Akuel Kot at 18.5 points per game. Griffin adds 3.5 assists per game along with three rebounds. He is shooting 667.7 percent from the field and 60 percent from behind the arc. Kot adds five assists per game and is 15-of-16 from the free throw line on the season. Forward Cam Manyawu was named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Week averaging a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds a game. He is shooting 80 percent from the field. Forward Oleg Kojenets adds 10 points per game and four blocks per game, as that number ranks in the top-five in the nationa this season.



Saint Louis is led in scoring by Terrence Hargrove Jr at 16 points per game. He also leads the team grabbing 6.7 rebounds per game. Sincere Parker is adding 15.7 points per game for the season and adds 4.7 rebounds. Gibson Jimerson records 15 points per game and is shooting 43.5 percent from behind the arc.



About The Series

The Cowboys are 1-1 all-time against Saint Louis. Each team has won contests in their home arenas, as the two teams have not met since Dec. 18, 1954.



Up Next

The Pokes will face either College of Charleston or Vermont in the second round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Friday with a time to be determined.