In 1991, the Idaho State Bengals women’s basketball team won the Big Sky Conference championship. This was the first conference championship for the women’s basketball program at Idaho State. The team went on to participate in the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the first round to the University of Texas. The team was led by head coach Julie Holt, who had taken over the program just two years earlier. The championship marked the beginning of a successful era for Idaho State women’s basketball, as the team went on to win several more conference championships and make multiple appearances in the NCAA Tournament.