Cyclones Top No. 15 Sooners, 69-51

AMES, Iowa (AP) - Freshman Lyndsey Medders broke out of a long slump with 20 points, and Iowa State upset a ranked team for the second time in seven days, beating No. 15 Oklahoma 69-51 on Tuesday night.

Iowa State (9-6, 2-2 Big 12) recovered from a miserable start to drop Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale to 0-4 in Hilton Coliseum. The Sooners (13-3, 3-2) have lost those games by an average of 16 points.

Katie Robinette added 11 points and eight rebounds for Iowa State, which beat then-No. 2 Texas Tech 64-63 last week. Another upset seemed improbable after Oklahoma took an 11-1 lead, but the Sooners were befallen by a series of turnovers and missed shots and Iowa State broke it open with a 25-6 run at the start of the second half.

Medders, who had averaged only 4.9 points in the previous eight games, sparked the run with two 3-pointers and a layup and had 15 points in the second half on perfect shooting. She was 5-for-5 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and made both free throws.

Oklahoma, which had been averaging 78 points a game, had just eight field goals and 17 turnovers midway through the second half. The Sooners ended up shooting 34 percent and were 2-for-20 from 3-point range, missing their first 15 shots from beyond the arc.

Leading scorer Maria Villarroel, averaging 15.3 points, scored only seven and committed seven of her team's 23 turnovers. She didn't make a basket until sinking a layup with 11:01 left.

Only Dionnah Jackson showed any consistency on offense for the Sooners, scoring 15 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Teammate Leah Rush had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Leading 24-21 at halftime, Iowa State got a 3-pointer from Medders to start the second half and took off. The Cyclones made eight of their first nine shots in the half and led 49-27 after consecutive 3-pointers by Mary Fox and Megan Ronhovde.

The lead was never below 16 after that.

Iowa State shot 57.7 percent in the second half, a stark contrast to its start. The Cyclones went scoreless on their first 10 possessions and missed their first nine shots, finally getting the ball to drop when Fox made a jumper at the 12:06 mark.

Turnovers prevented Oklahoma from building a bigger lead and then the Sooners went completely sour. They missed eight straight shots after taking the 11-1 lead, enabling Iowa State to get back in it.

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Team Stats

Lyndsey Medders

Katie Robinette

Brittany Wilkins

Mary Fox

Players Mentioned

Mary Fox

Mary Fox

Mary Fox

Lyndsey Medders

Lyndsey Medders

Katie Robinette

Katie Robinette

Megan Ronhovde

Megan Ronhovde

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