OKLAHOMA CITY – The game was lost, but the magic isn’t done just yet.

The Oklahoma Sooners topped the ISU women’s basketball team Saturday night, claiming its fourth Big 12 title after beating the Cyclones 67-60 in front of 12,413 fans in the Cox Convention Center.

Iowa State overcame a shaky start, and even took the lead for a little while, but in the end it was the Sooners who used a huge second-half run to overtake the Cyclones and win their second consecutive Big 12 title.

Iowa State, now bound for the NCAA tournament, lost for just the first time in its last nine games.

The Cyclones shot 33 percent in the game and couldn’t establish an inside presence against Oklahoma post player Courtney Paris.

“You shoot 33 percent, and it’s tough to win,” said ISU coach Bill Fennelly. “We went 3-for-17 in the post and that hurt a little bit. They scored in bunches and we couldn’t stop it quick enough.”

After starting out up 11-0, the Sooners went cold and Iowa State capitalized, and led 26-23 at the half. Iowa State built its lead to eight points, but another Sooner rally proved to be too much for the Cyclones.

Even when the Cyclones were down by 15 with less than 10 minutes left, though, they made one last run and cut the lead to six.

It wasn’t enough.

“There were a lot of teams across the country, against a good Oklahoma team, that would have given up a number of times,” Fennelly said. “And the second half we were doing fine, then missed some shots. Then [Oklahoma went] crazy.”

And after that run, the lead was just too much for the Cyclones to overcome.

The Cyclones were led by senior Lyndsey Medders, who knocked down 17 points and had six assists. Freshman Alison Lacey also chipped in 17 for the Cyclones.

Yet, the season isn’t over for the runner-up Cyclones, who find out their NCAA Tournament fate Monday.

And Fennelly is just fine with that, especially with seniors Medders and Ronhovde suiting up for the final time as a Cyclone.

“It’s been an amazing run,” Ronhovde said. “It is special for Lyndsey and myself and Abby [Reinert], when every game that you play is your last. If we’re lucky enough to get into the [NCAA] Tournament, then every game could be our last, so we’re just hoping to carry this momentum with any postseason type play that we do get in.”

As time was winding down, Fennelly took Medders and Ronhovde out of the game, and motioned to ISU fans to stand up and cheer.

It was an emotional moment in the Cox Center, one that will live on in the minds of any Cyclone fan who was in attendance.

“I took them out of the game because I wanted to thank them for getting us here,” Fennelly said. “I took them out of the game because I wanted the fans and I wanted the Oklahoma fans to recognize two of the best people I’ve ever been around in my life and I thanked them for everything they did for me, and I told them they were still stuck with me for a little bit longer because the one thing that will help me get through the night is knowing that I get to see these two in practice next week.”