Senior forward Leonard Washington scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and grabbed 13 rebounds to guide the 25th-ranked University of Wyoming men’s basketball team to a 59-48 win over Nevada on Saturday afternoon in the Lawlor Events Center.
Cowboy basketball coach Larry Shyatt finished off the 2012-13 recruiting class on Wednesday when Derek Cooke signed a National Letter of Intent to play at the University of Wyoming. The 6’9″ forward will transfer to UW from Cloud County Community College and will have three years of eligibility remaining.
Charles Hankerson, Jr. is becoming a Cowboy. He will transfer to the University of Wyoming from the University of Alabama with two years of eligibility remaining after he sits out the 2012-13 season. Cowboy basketball coach Larry Shyatt made the announcement Monday.
It may not be the postseason berth Cowboy fans were hoping for, but accepting the invitation to the College Basketball Invitational does mean the University of Wyoming men’s basketball team will play at least one more game in the Arena-Auditorium. UW will face North Dakota State on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Laramie.
The Wyoming Cowboys were unable to recover from their worst first half of the season and lost to the UNLV Rebels 58-46 in a quarterfinal game of the 2012 Conoco Mountain West Men’s Basketball Championships on Thursday. Mike Moser scored points for UNLV as they pestered Wyoming throughout the first half, allowing hardly any uncontested shots. As a result, the Cowboys struggled from the field, making only three buckets in the first half on their way to just 11 points, which is the lowest in the history of the MW tournament.
Following a rough couple of seasons on the basketball court for the Wyoming Cowboys and with the addition of several new faces (coaches among them), expectations for the 2011-2012 Cowboys were not as high as in years past. This may be why some have said that the purpose of expectations is for them to be surpassed.
Behind 29 points from Francisco Cruz, the Wyoming Cowboys outlasted CSU-Pueblo, 85-78, in their exhibition game Saturday night at the Arena-Auditorium. Three other Cowboys scored in double figures as Wyoming pulled away in the second half.
Tomorrow is a big day for the Wyoming Cowboys football and basketball teams. On the field the Cowboys will go face to face against the TCU Horned Frogs! The Cowboys and Horned Frogs are tied for first place in the Mountain West Conference and the Cowboys are not wanting to give up a loss. On the court the Cowboys will host the first game of the season with an exhibition match against CSU-pueblo. T