Big 12 Tournament: ISU women’s tournament highlights

David Merrill

Women’s overall tournament record: 21-12

  • An ISU player has been the leading scorer in the Big 12 tournament three times. Angie Welle in 2001 and 2002 with 16 and 22 points per game. Lyndsey Medders did it in 2007 with 16 points per game.
  • Coach Bill Fennelly’s 21 wins are the most all-time for Big 12 tournament games. He has one more win than Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale.
  • Iowa State has won two Big 12 championships since the start of the conference in 1997. They came back-to-back in 2001 and 2002.
  • Those two games were the third championship appearance in a row for the Cyclones. They lost in the championship in 1999. Iowa State reached the championship again in 2007, losing to Oklahoma.