2025–26 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

2025–26 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
2025–26 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	10–20 (7-13 MW)
Head coach	Heather Ezell (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Candace Thornton; Fallon Lewis; Natalie Baker; Taylor Ignoto; Monica Brooks;
Home arena	Arena-Auditorium
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represents the University of Wyoming during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls, led by fourth-year head coach Heather Ezell, play their home games at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming, as members of the Mountain West Conference.

2025–26 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
San Diego State	19	–	1	.950	27	–	6	.818
UNLV	15	–	5	.750	21	–	11	.656
Colorado State †	15	–	5	.750	27	–	8	.771
New Mexico	14	–	6	.700	22	–	10	.688
Boise State	14	–	6	.700	25	–	9	.735
Grand Canyon	11	–	9	.550	13	–	19	.406
Fresno State	8	–	12	.400	15	–	18	.455
Wyoming	7	–	13	.350	10	–	20	.333
Air Force	7	–	13	.350	16	–	19	.457
Nevada	6	–	14	.300	10	–	21	.323
Utah State	2	–	18	.100	6	–	24	.200
San Jose State	2	–	18	.100	4	–	28	.125

† 2026 Mountain West tournament winner

Previous season

The Cowgirls finished the 2024–25 season 22–12, 14–4 in Mountain West play, to finish in second place.^[1] They defeated Air Force,^[2] and Fresno State,^[3] before falling to San Diego State in the Mountain West tournament championship game.^[4] They received an at-large bid to the WBIT,^[5] where they would be defeated by Texas Tech in the First Round.^[6]

Preseason

On October 22, 2025, the Mountain West Conference released their preseason poll. Wyoming was picked to finish sixth in the conference.^[7]

Preseason rankings

MW Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	UNLV	281 (19)
2	San Diego State	240 (3)
3	Colorado State	236 (1)
4	Boise State	210 (1)
5	New Mexico	207 (2)
6	Wyoming	194
7	Grand Canyon	177 (1)
8	Air Force	132
9	Fresno State	95
10	Nevada	92
11	Utah State	54
12	San Jose State	44
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[7]

Preseason All-MW Team

Preseason All-MW Team
Position	Player	Year
Guard	Malene Pedersen	Senior

Source:^[8]

Roster

2025–26 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Logann Alvar	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Casper College	Casper, Wyoming
F	2	Jane Rumpf	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Regis Jesuit High School	Denver, Colorado
G	3	Payton Muma	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Gonzaga	Highlands Ranch, Colorado
F/C	5	Liv Blomkvist	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	RIG Luleå	Stockholm, Sweden
G	6	Aurore Eyango	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	St. Bonaventure	Lille, France
G	10	Lana Beslic	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Western Reserve Academy	Split, Croatia
F	11	Madi Symons	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Coeur d'Alene High School	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
G	12	Malene Pedersen	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Kansas State	Aabyhøj, Denmark
G/F	13	Karoline Lundin	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Marbo Basket	Copenhagen, Denmark
G	14	Kati Ollilainen	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	HBA-Märsky	Helsinki, Finland
F/C	15	Heidur Karlsdottir	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Fjölnir	Reykholt, Iceland
G	21	Katie Harrington	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	ATC Academy	Melbourne, Australia
F	22	Peyton Wohlford	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Smithville High School	Smithville, Missouri
G	25	Mikyn Hamlin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Hugoton High School	Hugoton, Kansas
G	26	Henna Sandvik	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Indiana	Helsinki, Finland

Head coach

Heather Ezell (Iowa State)

Assistant coach(es)

Candace Thornton (Colorado–Colorado Springs)
Fallon Lewis (Wyoming)
Natalie Baker (Wyoming)
Taylor Ignoto (Washburn)
Monica Brooks (Colorado Mesa)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 22, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 24, 2025* 6:30 pm		Fort Lewis	W 54–51	–	–	–	–	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
October 31, 2025* 6:30 pm		Colorado Christian	W 62–45	–	–	–	–	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:30 pm, MWN		Saint Mary's	L 47–56	0–1	14 – Pedersen	6 – Sandvik	2 – Tied	Arena-Auditorium (1,970) Laramie, WY
November 7, 2025* 6:30 pm, MWN		Long Beach State	W 72–39	1–1	15 – Pedersen	8 – Pedersen	7 – Pedersen	Arena-Auditorium (1,974) Laramie, WY
November 11, 2025* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at UT Arlington	L 44–64	1–2	11 – Pedersen	7 – Symons	4 – Symons	College Park Center (695) Arlington, TX
November 14, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Santa Clara	L 45–76	1–3	16 – Pedersen	8 – Beslic	5 – Muma	Leavey Center (415) Santa Clara, CA
November 21, 2025* 11:00 am, SLN/Midco Sports+		at North Dakota	L 45−65	1−4	19 – Pedersen	6 – Sandvik	2 – Tied	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,575) Grand Forks, ND
November 25, 2025* 11:00 am, MWN		Chadron State	W 75−38	2−4	26 – Pedersen	7 – Beslic	6 – Beslic	Arena-Auditorium (5,179) Laramie, WY
November 29, 2025* 1:00 pm, MWN		South Dakota	W 66–59	3–4	25 – Pedersen	6 – Symons	6 – Symons	Arena-Auditorium (2,080) Laramie, WY
December 7, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Colorado	L 46–58	3–5	11 – Tied	5 – Tied	4 – Symons	CU Events Center (2,394) Boulder, CO
December 14, 2025* 4:00 pm, B1G+		at Minnesota	L 34–80	3–6	10 – Pedersen	4 – Sandvik	3 – Sandvik	Williams Arena (3,266) Minneapolis, MN
Mountain West regular season
December 17, 2025 6:30 pm, MWN		San Jose State	W 83–60	4–6 (1–0)	21 – Tied	7 – Tied	6 – Muma	Arena-Auditorium (2,369) Laramie, WY
December 20, 2025 3:00 pm, MWN		at Fresno State	L 36–53	4–7 (1–1)	17 – Pedersen	3 – Tied	3 – Muma	Save Mart Center (1,210) Fresno, CA
December 31, 2025 1:00 pm, MWN		at New Mexico	L 48−62	4−8 (1–2)	22 – Pedersen	10 – Karlsdottir	4 – Beslic	The Pit (4,844) Albuquerque, NM
January 3, 2026 2:00 pm, MWN		San Diego State	L 55–72	4–9 (1–3)	17 – Tied	6 – Pedersen	6 – Beslic	Arena-Auditorium (2,713) Laramie, WY
January 7, 2026 7:30 pm, MWN		at Nevada	L 60–70 ^OT	4–10 (1–4)	18 – Sandvik	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Lawlor Events Center (1,344) Reno, NV
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, MWN		UNLV	L 53–82	4–11 (1–5)	16 – Tied	10 – Rumpf	5 – Muma	Arena-Auditorium (1,981) Laramie, WY
January 14, 2026 6:30 pm, MWN		at Boise State	L 40–77	4–12 (1–6)	14 – Pedersen	7 – Karlsdottir	3 – Karlsdottir	ExtraMile Arena (1,861) Boise, ID
January 17, 2026 2:00 pm, MWN		Air Force	W 67–44	5–12 (2–6)	24 – Pedersen	12 – Rumpf	5 – Sandvik	Arena-Auditorium (1,915) Laramie, WY
January 21, 2026 6:30 pm, MWN		at Utah State	W 63–51	6–12 (3–6)	14 – Sandvik	8 – Rumpf	4 – Rumpf	Smith Spectrum (1,872) Logan, UT
January 24, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah State	W 74-56	7-12 (4-6)	–	–	–	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
January 28, 2026 6:30 pm, MWN		Fresno State	W 47-42	8-12 (5-6)	–	–	–	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
January 31, 2026 1:00 pm, MWN		at Grand Canyon	L 47-57	8-13 (5-7)	–	–	–	Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ
February 4, 2026 6:30 pm, MWN		New Mexico	L 51-58	8-14 (5-8)	–	–	–	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, MWN		at Colorado State Border War	L 53-84	8-15 (5-9)	–	–	–	Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO
February 11, 2026 7:30 pm, MWN		at UNLV	W 82-72	9-15 (6-9)	–	–	–	Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV
February 14, 2026 2:00 pm, MWN		Boise State	L 54-56	9-16 (6-10)	–	–	–	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, MWN		Colorado State Border War	L 48-62	9-17 (6-11)	–	–	–	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
February 25, 2026 11:00 am, MWN		at Air Force	L 61-69	9-18 (6-12)	–	–	–	Clune Arena Air Force Academy, CO
February 28, 2026 2:00 pm, MWN		at San Diego State	L 51-70	9-19 (6-13)	–	–	–	Viejas Arena San Diego, CA
March 3, 2026 5:00 pm, MWN		Grand Canyon	W 59-57	10-19 (7-13)	–	–	–	Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
Mountain West tournament
March 7–10, 2026	(8)	vs. (9) Air Force	L 53-60	10-20	–	–	–	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[9]^[10]

References

↑ "Women's Basketball Standings 2024-25". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "Cowgirls advance to MW semifinals with dominant 2nd half against Air Force". WyoSports. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "Bulldogs postseason run ends in semifinal matchup to Cowgirls". Fresno State. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "SDSU women win Mountain West title game in 3 OTs, earn spot in NCAA Tournament". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "WBIT 2025 schedule, bracket: Game times, TV, streaming for women's tournament". USA Today. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "Lady Raiders advance in WBIT with win over Wyoming, 65-48". KCBD. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
1 2 "UNLV Collects the 2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Preseason Favorite Nod". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "MW Announces 2025-26 Preseason Women's Basketball Honors". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "Wyoming Cowgirls 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[1] "Women's Basketball Standings 2024-25". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[2] "Cowgirls advance to MW semifinals with dominant 2nd half against Air Force". WyoSports. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[3] "Bulldogs postseason run ends in semifinal matchup to Cowgirls". Fresno State. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[4] "SDSU women win Mountain West title game in 3 OTs, earn spot in NCAA Tournament". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[5] "WBIT 2025 schedule, bracket: Game times, TV, streaming for women's tournament". USA Today. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[6] "Lady Raiders advance in WBIT with win over Wyoming, 65-48". KCBD. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[poll-7] 1 2 "UNLV Collects the 2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Preseason Favorite Nod". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[awards-8] "MW Announces 2025-26 Preseason Women's Basketball Honors". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[9] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

[10] "Wyoming Cowgirls 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2026.

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