K-State Women's Basketball

Coach Deb Patterson - Big XII Coach of the Year

DALLAS - Kansas State's Deb Patterson was chosen as the Big 12 women's basketball coach of the year Friday after leading the Wildcats from last place to the conference championship.

Kansas State (21-8, 13-3) became the first Big 12 basketball team to finish in last place one year and win the championship the following year.

K-State guards Kimberly Dietz and Shalee Lehning represented the Wildcats on the 10-player All-Big 12 first team.

Oklahoma center Courtney Paris, the nation's top rebounder, repeated as the conference's player of the year and defensive player of the year, while teammate Danielle Robinson was voted Big 12 freshman of the year.
 

Kansas State junior Marlies Gibson was a second-team choice, and Kansas sophomore Danielle McCray was an honorable mention pick.

All-Big 12 Women - First team

Rachel Allison, Baylor, 6-1, jr.; Kimberly Dietz, Kansas State, 5-9, sr.; Danielle Gant, Texas A&M, 5-11, jr.; Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska, 6-2, jr.; Shalee Lehning, Kansas State, 5-9, jr.; Jackie McFarland, Colorado, 6-3, sr.; Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 6-4, Jr.; Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State, 5-5, so.; Takia Starks, Texas A&M, 5-8, jr.; Angela Tisdale, Baylor, 5-7, sr.

K-State Women win Big XII Title

For a brief moment Wednesday night, Allen Fieldhouse seemed more like a Kansas State home game than a place where those beware of the Phog.

Chants of "Big 12 Champs" came from the purple-clad Wildcat fans that made up at least half of those in attendance as No. 19 K-State shutout Kansas in the final four minutes of the game to win 61-50 and claim at least a share of the Big 12 championship.

Kansas State, which won its first league title since the 2003-04 season, literally went from worst to first in a year. The Wildcats trudged through a 4-12 conference season a year ago, but came back this year after a slow start in the non-conference and won its second conference title in the last five years.

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