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Morning Sports: January 3, 2024
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University of Wyoming Basketball: The University of Wyoming Cowboy basketball team copied some of the actions of the football team.
Last night the Pokes were down by 17 points in the 1st half at home vs. San Jose State.
They would rally in the second half and Akuel Kot hit one at the buzzer, and UW would win 75-73 to start Mountain West Conference play.
Sam Griffin would lead all scorers with 23 points.
Oleg Kojenets came off the bench to put in 16.
Kot scored 14 including the buzzer beater.
San Jose State hit 12 3’s in the game, but UW made for it by finding ways to get to the free throw line.
The Brown and gold were 23 of 25 from the charity stripe, while the Spartans were only 9 of 12.
Wyoming’s next game is this Saturday at New Mexico.
Tip off is scheduled for 8pm.
Meanwhile, the Wyoming Cowgirls play tonight at Utah State.
Tip-off is scheduled for 6 o’clock and you can hear that game LIVE on Fox Sports 106.3 FM.
Sheridan High School Basketball: Sheridan will be back in action this weekend as they play 3 games at Cheyenne beginning tomorrow.
The boys are 4-2 so far on the season and coach Jeff Martini says the team needs to do a better job at shot selection and gel a little bit more.
Meanwhile the Lady Broncs are 5-1 on the season and coach Ryan Sullivan says games this weekend will help the team figure out their rotation and when to have the best 5 players on the floor in certain situations.
The schedule makers were kind this weekend as both Sheridan teams will play all of their games at Cheyenne East, instead of having to shuffle between all 3 Cheyenne schools.
On Thursday they play Green River.
The girls tipoff at 3:30pm and the boys will follow.
On Friday Sheridan plays Kelly Walsh beginning at 3pm, and Saturday they take on Evanston beginning at 12 noon.
You can hear all the games LIVE on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.
Big Horn, Tongue River, Arvada-Clearmont High School Basketball: Big Horn and Tongue River will Friday and Saturday vs. all 4 teams out of the 2A Southeast.
The boys will play their games at Lingle-Fort Laramie and at Lusk, while the girls will play either at Wright or at Sundance.
The schedule is still to be announced.
Arvada-Clearmont has no games scheduled for this week.
Wrestling, Boys Swimming, Nordic Ski: The Sheridan boys wrestlers will compete Friday and Saturday at Douglas, while the girls will be in Bozeman, Montana.
Tongue River is also scheduled to compete at Douglas as well.
The Sheridan boys swim team will host their pre-invite on Friday beginning at 4pm and then host the Sheridan Invitational on Saturday beginning at 9am.
The Nordic ski team is scheduled to compete on Casper Mountain this coming Friday and Saturday.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche would prevail in overtime last night at home against the New York Islanders 5-4.
They needed only 32 seconds of the extra period to win.
The Avs next game is tomorrow at Dallas.
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks will be back in action this weekend at Cody, and return home next week Friday and Saturday to play Rapid City.
The team will be having a public open skate tomorrow from 1 until 2:30pm at the M&M’s Center.