Game #1
Saint Mary's Gaels (0-0) vs. Wyoming Cowgirls (1-0)
Friday, November 9, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.
Moraga, Calif. — McKeon Pavilion
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Game #2
Saint Mary's Gaels (0-0) vs. Washington State Cougars (0-1)
Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 1pm.
Pullman, Wash. — Beasley Coliseum
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MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary's begins their 2018-19 campaign this Friday with their home and season opener against Wyoming. Then, the Gaels will head north where they will take on the Washington State Cougars on Sunday.

SCOUTING REPORT
The Gaels enter the 2018-19 season after a second-place finish in the West Coast Conference last year, finishing with 20 or more wins for the seventh-consecutive season.
 
SMC will rely on the experience of five returning seniors (Carly Turner, Morgan Malloy, Sydney Raggio, Katie Rathbun, and Megan McKay) as well as four of the five Gaels named to the 2017-18 All-WCC Team to lead the squad this season. For the full 2018-19 season preview, click here.

WYOMING
The Cowgirls opened their season on Wednesday night, defeating Chadron State 80-33 in their home opener. Wyoming held the Eagles to just 10 points in the first half and 27.5 percent shooting overall. Teresa Vitulova was the leading scorer with 14 points while three others also scored in double-digit figures, including Bailee Cotton who nearly recorded a double-double (11 points, eight rebounds).
 
The Cowgirls finished the 2017-18 season in the third-place in the Mountain West with an overall record of 22-11 and a conference mark of 13-5. Their 13 conference victories tied a program record and the team collected 20+ wins for the fifth-straight year. Wyoming returns three starters and nine letterwinners including junior Taylor Rusk who is the top returning scorer (10.1 points per game last year). Furthermore, senior Marta Gomez averaged 8.5 points per game off of the bench in 2017-18 and was named the Mountain West's Sixth Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season.
 
This will be just the second time that Saint Mary's and Wyoming have gone head-to-head and the first time at McKeon Pavilion. In 2015, the Gaels defeated the Cowgirls 70-64.

WASHINGTON STATE
The Cougars dropped their season opener to Utah State on Tuesday night 72-61 despite a game-high, 27 points scored from Borislava Hristova. Washington State was the more efficient shooting team (47.8), but a late, Utah State run sealed the win for the Aggies.
 
The Cougars finished the 2017-18 season with an overall record of 10-19 and a 3-13 mark in Pac-12 Conference play (10th-place) and fell 47-44 in the first round of the conference tournament. WSU was 4-9 in contests that were decided by two possessions or less. Hristova was the team's scoring leader last year, averaging 17.8 points per game while also contributing 4.0 rebounds each time out.
 
Saint Mary's is 6-3 all-time against Washington State including last season when the Gaels defeated the Cougars in their home opener 81-75.

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