UP NEXT FOR NORTH DAKOTA

The Fighting Sioux return to the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center after suffering a 68-43 loss to Big Ten Wisconsin at the Kohl Center in Madison. On Wednesday, Nov. 18 UND will play host to Wyoming for the first time. Tip-off against the Cowgirls is set for 7 p.m.

SERIES HISTORY

Last season North Dakota and Wyoming met courtside for the first time. The Fighting Sioux held a 31-21 lead midway through the first half, but with the help of 26 points from Emma Langford, the Cowgirls rallied back to take a 100-75 victory in front of a crowd of 2,162 at the Arena Auditorium. 

A 13-3 run by Wyoming tied the game up at 34-34 and sparked a new energy for the home team. After being down for the first 15 minutes of the half, Langford drained a three-pointer to give the Cowgirls a 37-34 lead - their first of the game - with less that five minutes left. She dropped in three more in the final minutes to help Wyoming to a 51-38 advantage heading into the locker-room.

Langford was held to just one basket in the second stanza, but Elisabeth Dissen, Jade Kennedy, and Megan McGuffey were there to pick up the slack. Combined, they scored 31 second half points for the Cowgirls.

The Sioux pulled to within 12 points of Wyoming with 17 minutes left to go in the game, but that was as close as they would get as the Cowgirls continued to go on runs. In the last three minutes of the game, they out-scored UND, 10-5 to take the 100-75 decision.

ON THIS DAY IN FIGHTING SIOUX HISTORY

All-time, North Dakota holds a 4-1 record when playing on Nov. 18. The Fighting Sioux are 2-1 at home, 1-0 on the road, and 1-0 when playing on neutral ground.

The last time UND played on the 18th of November was in 2006. On that date, the Sioux came away with a 71-62 victory at Montana State-Billings.

The Fighting Sioux played their first game and registered their first win on the 322nd day of the year in 1983 when they defeated MSU, Moorhead 81-48 in Grand Forks.

The only loss was on Nov. 18, 1995 when UND fell to Minnesota Duluth 75-70 at home.

RECORD REWIND

The University of North Dakota women's basketball program holds a 751-270 (.736) record all-time since the first game was played in 1974. Under head coach Gene Roebuck, UND is 575-106 (.844).

The last time the Fighting Sioux started 0-2 was during the 1992-93 season. The last time they started 0-1 at home was in 1977-78 and the last time they started 0-1 on the road was last season.

NOTING THE FIGHTING SIOUX

North Dakota is on a two-game skid after falling in both the home and road opener. The Fighting Sioux opened the season with a 74-56 loss in Grand Forks to the 11-time defending Horizon League champion Green Bay. Just two days later, the Sioux dropped a 68-43 contest to the Badgers in Wisconsin.

The Fighting Sioux are shooting .290 (31-for-107) from the field,  .318 (14-for-44) from the three-point line, and .535 (23-for-43) from the free throw line.

Junior guard Mallory Youngblut (Davenport, Iowa) leads the Sioux with 12.5 points and 12 rebounds per game. She is shooting 45.5 (5-for-11) from the free throw line and 44.4 percent from both the field (8-for-18) and the three-point line (4-for-9). Youngblut has also registered a team-high seven assists.

Senior Alys Seay (G, Grand Forks, N.D.) holds the team's best shooting percentage after shooting 5-for-11 (.455) over the first two games. Fellow senior Whitney Ledger (Bismarck, N.D.) is the team's top shooter at the free throw line with a .778 (7-for-9) shooting percentage. Both Seay and Ledger have also nabbed a team-high four steals.

Through two games, UND trails its opponents 142-99.

NOTING THE COWGIRLS

The Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team is on a two-game winning streak after defeating Denver on the road in the season opener 65-62 and then taking a 68-38 win over Montana at home.

Three players are currently averaging double-figures with Emma Langford leading the team with 14.0 points per game. Hillary Carlson and Aubrey Vandiver are both averaging 11.5 points and a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game.

The Cowgirls are shooting .257 (9-for-35) from the field and .415 (54-for-130) from the field. At the charity stripe, they have gone 16-for-21 (.764).

After just two games, Wyoming has already accumulated 91 rebounds with five players in double digits.

Following Wednesday's game, the Cowgirls will travel south to take on North Dakota State.

WYOMING HEAD COACH JOE LEGERSKI

Joe Legerski, who coached at Utah for 12 seasons, is in his seventh season as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Wyoming. He was named head coach on May 1, 2003 and became the sixth head coach in Cowgirl history.

In his sixth season with the Cowgirls, they wrapped up the year with a 16-14 record overall and an 8-8 mark in Mountain West Conference. With a victory over Denver (Nov. 14, 2008), he reached his 100th career victory, and became the fastest head coach to achieve that mark in school history. Four Cowgirls earned conference honors as Hillary Carlson was named second team All-MWC, Megan McGuffey was third team All-MWC, Kristen Scheffler was honorable mention All-MWC and Emma Langford was named the program's sixth player of the year.

He recorded his first career coaching victory on Dec. 13, 2003, as Wyoming defeated Montana State Billings, 62-51. His first conference win came on Jan. 17, 2004 against MWC rival BYU.

MEDIA INFORMATION

Wednesday's game will be broadcast on 100.3 FM CatCountry with Paul Ralston handling the play-by-play.

All Fighting Sioux women's basketball games - home and away - can be heard on CatCountry 100.3 FM and on stations across the Fighting Sioux radio network.

Stay tuned for any schedule changes.

Links for live stats and a live audio can be found on the Official Site of Fighting Sioux athletics, www.FightingSioux.com.

Wednesday's game against the Cowgirls will also be available on the Fighting Sioux Sports Network and FOX College Sports.

- Go Sioux -