Fresno State Athletics
Saturday, January 18
Fresno, CA
2:00 PM PT
Fresno State
vs
Wyoming
Photo by: Keith Kountz
Bulldogs host Saturday match-up with Wyoming
1/17/2020 4:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game 18: Fresno State (13-4, 6-0 MW) vs. Wyoming (8-8, 4-3 MW)
Jan. 18, 2020 • 2 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
Stream:Â Mountain West Network
Live Stats:Â bulldogslive.com
Series History:Â Fresno State leads 20-13
Last Meeting:Â Fresno State won 66-64 on Feb. 27, 2019 in Laramie, Wyo.
Promotions
History with Wyoming
While Fresno State entered 2020 with a 1-4 record on the year when trailing at the half, the Bulldogs have quickly changed that in conference play. Fresno State has trailed in each of its last three games but has won all three.
 - In each of the last three games, the Bulldogs have trailed by at least eight points in the third quarter.Â
Pulling the strings                                                                                                          Â
Fresno State's offense has been started by the 5-foot-6 guard trio of junior Aly Gamez and freshmen Haley and Hanna Cavinder. The "Mini Three" all sit in the top seven in the MW in assist-to-turnover with Gamez ranking 30th in the nation at 2.35. Hanna owns a team-best and ranks third in the conference in assists with 4.2 per game.
- Gamez, Haley and Hanna have each posted at least three games with seven assists or more.
- The three have helped Fresno State own the 10th-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the country at 1.38.
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With 691 career points entering this season, Maddi Utti closing in on becoming the 25th Fresno State player to reach 1,000 points. The junior is currently 11 shy of the career milestone.
- Utti's numbers have progressively gotten better throughout her career, averaging 9.3 as a freshman and 12.3 as a sophomore but the biggest jump has come this year as the junior is posting a team-high 17.9.
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Ordering up double-doubles                                                                                       Â
After picking up seven double-doubles during conference play a season ago, Maddi Utti posted her first of the 2019-20 season at Portland on Nov. 17 with an impressive 29-point, 11-rebound performance in front of a pro-Utti crowd for the Seaside, Oregon native. But with only one more in the ensuing month-and-a-half, the junior has broken out for three in the last three games, first recording 18 points and 15 rebounds at San Jose State on Jan. 4. Five days later she posted 28 points to go with a career-best 17 rebounds versus New Mexico. Utti followed that up in the next game with another 17 rebounds to go with 11 points.
- Utti ranks eighth on the Fresno State all-time list for career double-doubles with 17, one back of seventh.
- Utti entered the 2019-20 season with the most career double-doubles of active players in the Mountain West.
- Utti is 1 of 5 players in the MW to post at least five double-doubles this season.
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In a zone
With back-to-back 20-point outings for Haley Cavinder, scoring the majority of those points in the second halves of comeback wins, the 5-foot-6 guard pushed her total to six for the year. That is the most 20-point games by a Bulldog freshman with the program's all-time leading scorer, Jaleesa Ross, who had six during the 2007-08 season.
- Cavinder's sister, Hanna, currently sits one back of Ross and Haley.
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Jan. 18, 2020 • 2 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
Stream:Â Mountain West Network
Live Stats:Â bulldogslive.com
Series History:Â Fresno State leads 20-13
Last Meeting:Â Fresno State won 66-64 on Feb. 27, 2019 in Laramie, Wyo.
Promotions
- 4 Tickets for $12
- Baby Race at halftime
- Postgame autograph session
- Fresno State remains atop the Mountain West standings at 6-0 following a 65-60 win at San Diego State on Wednesday. It was the Bulldogs first win this season when being held below 70 points.
- The Bulldogs have earned its three closest wins of the season in its last three games to (3, 5, 7). The 'Dogs won all three games despite trailing at halftime, a feat they have accomplished four times this year.
- This is the third year in six seasons under head Jaime White that Fresno State has started conference play 6-0.
- The Bulldogs are tied with Boise State for the most overall wins in the league (13).
- Fresno State is 12-0 this season when scoring more than 70 points, yet is 1-4 when it does not reach 70.
- The Bulldogs are averaging a program-best 77.6 points per game, which ranks No. 19 in the NCAA.
- Fresno State lays claim to the only trio in the country that ranks in the top four of any league in scoring with freshmen Hanna Cavinder (16.2) Haley Cavinder (16.3) and junior Maddi Utti (17.5).Â
- Wyoming enters Saturday with an 8-8 record, 4-3 in the Mountain West.
- The Cowgirls sat in first-place tie with Fresno State on Jan. 5 (4-0) but then hit a three-game losing skid, falling to Colorado State before road losses at San Diego State and UNLV.
- Wyoming leads the Mountain West in scoring defense, holding teams to just 58.5 points per game, but with its slower pace of play averages 62.9 per contest.
- The Cowgirls are one of the least penalized teams in the nation, committing the ninth-least amount of fouls at only 13.4 per game.
- Tereza Vitulova is Wyoming's top offensive threat as the sophomore post players ranks ninth in the league with 13.7 points per game, and is second to Maddi Utti in field-goal percentage at 52.5 percent.
History with Wyoming
- Fresno State holds a seven-game lead over Wyoming in the all-time series (20-13).
- Following consecutive losses in the series for the first time since 2013, the Bulldogs grabbed a road win in last year's trip in Laramie, 66-64, on Feb. 27, 2019.
- Fresno State is 9-3 against Wyoming since Jaime White took over. Prior to her time at Northern Colorado, White served as an assistant coach under previous Cowgirl head coach Joe Legerski, and alongside current coach Gerald Mattinson.
While Fresno State entered 2020 with a 1-4 record on the year when trailing at the half, the Bulldogs have quickly changed that in conference play. Fresno State has trailed in each of its last three games but has won all three.
 - In each of the last three games, the Bulldogs have trailed by at least eight points in the third quarter.Â
Pulling the strings                                                                                                          Â
Fresno State's offense has been started by the 5-foot-6 guard trio of junior Aly Gamez and freshmen Haley and Hanna Cavinder. The "Mini Three" all sit in the top seven in the MW in assist-to-turnover with Gamez ranking 30th in the nation at 2.35. Hanna owns a team-best and ranks third in the conference in assists with 4.2 per game.
- Gamez, Haley and Hanna have each posted at least three games with seven assists or more.
- The three have helped Fresno State own the 10th-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the country at 1.38.
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With 691 career points entering this season, Maddi Utti closing in on becoming the 25th Fresno State player to reach 1,000 points. The junior is currently 11 shy of the career milestone.
- Utti's numbers have progressively gotten better throughout her career, averaging 9.3 as a freshman and 12.3 as a sophomore but the biggest jump has come this year as the junior is posting a team-high 17.9.
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Ordering up double-doubles                                                                                       Â
After picking up seven double-doubles during conference play a season ago, Maddi Utti posted her first of the 2019-20 season at Portland on Nov. 17 with an impressive 29-point, 11-rebound performance in front of a pro-Utti crowd for the Seaside, Oregon native. But with only one more in the ensuing month-and-a-half, the junior has broken out for three in the last three games, first recording 18 points and 15 rebounds at San Jose State on Jan. 4. Five days later she posted 28 points to go with a career-best 17 rebounds versus New Mexico. Utti followed that up in the next game with another 17 rebounds to go with 11 points.
- Utti ranks eighth on the Fresno State all-time list for career double-doubles with 17, one back of seventh.
- Utti entered the 2019-20 season with the most career double-doubles of active players in the Mountain West.
- Utti is 1 of 5 players in the MW to post at least five double-doubles this season.
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In a zone
With back-to-back 20-point outings for Haley Cavinder, scoring the majority of those points in the second halves of comeback wins, the 5-foot-6 guard pushed her total to six for the year. That is the most 20-point games by a Bulldog freshman with the program's all-time leading scorer, Jaleesa Ross, who had six during the 2007-08 season.
- Cavinder's sister, Hanna, currently sits one back of Ross and Haley.
"Fresno State Athletics: The Pride of the Valley" – The Bulldog Foundation creates championship experiences for Fresno State student-athletes as they strive for excellence in the classroom, in competition, and in life. To become a BDF member, please call 559-278-7160.
Follow us on:Â
Twitter:Â Â @FresnoStateWBBÂ
Instagram:Â Â fresnostwbbÂ
Facebook:Â Â FresnoStateAthletics
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