Pair of Cowgirls represent home nations at U20 FIBA Euros

LARAMIE -- A pair of Wyoming Cowgirls represented their home nations earlier this month at the FIBA U20 European Challengers. Marta Savic represented her native Croatia, while Ola Ustowska played for her home country of Poland.

Ustowska, who helped lead Poland to a 4-1 record in Group C, averaged 3.6 points per game while dishing out nearly three (2.8) assists per contest and grabbing 2.2 rebounds. Ustowska's best performance came in the win over Portugal, where she scored eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, pulled down four rebounds and had three assists.

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Meanwhile, Savic averaged 3.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in her five games with Croatia. Savic was a force against Bulgaria, scoring 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field in the victory.

The duo is coming off solid freshman seasons at UW, in which Ustowska played in all 24 games in 2020-21 for the Cowgirls, with Savic appearing in 21 contests. Savic averaged 3.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game during her first campaign in the Brown and Gold while Ustowska averaged 3.5 per contest and made 19 3-pointers on the season.

* University of Wyoming press release

LOOK: Cheyenne Frontier Days 2021 Grand Parades March Through Cheyenne

Four Cheyenne Frontier Days Grand Parades again marched through downtown Cheyenne in 2021, to the delight of thousands of onlookers.

At the parades (July 27, 29, 31), there was an endless array of marching bands, floats, riders on horseback, horse-drawn wagons, and other exhibits too numerous to mention.

The parades alternate with the Frontier Days Pancake Breakfasts which happened on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings of CFD week (July 26, 28, 30) at the Cheyenne Depot Plaza.

- First Cheyenne Frontier Days 2021 Parade Marches Through Cheyenne

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