23 Points From Liv McGill Lead No. 19 Oklahoma State Past Northwestern State 94-56

Photo: Oklahoma State Athletics. Liv McGill, official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.

Liv McGill scored 23 points on 7-of-15 shooting, 3-of-6 from three and 6-of-8 at the line, with seven assists, as No. 19 Oklahoma State beat Northwestern State 94-56 on Monday morning at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., per the ESPN box score. The game was Oklahoma State's Class at the Court school-day game, per Oklahoma State Athletics. The Cowgirls moved to 3-0, all at home. Northwestern State fell to 1-2.

It was Oklahoma State's first game since the AP poll moved the Cowgirls from No. 22 to No. 19, per the NCAA.com ranking released through games of Nov. 8. Northwestern State was unranked.

Yuting Deng and Audi Crooks scored 13 each. Deng added seven rebounds on 5-of-8 shooting. Crooks went 7-of-11 at the line with five rebounds and three blocks, and Oklahoma State Athletics counted the game as her 101st straight in double figures. Nene Ndiaye scored 12 on 5-of-5 shooting, 2-of-2 from three, which makes her 9-for-9 from the field across the last two games, by our count from the ESPN boxes of Friday's win over Morgan State and Monday's game. Stailee Heard handed out eight assists with four steals. LA Sneed added nine points and four steals off the bench.

KP Parr led Northwestern State with 18 points on 5-of-11 shooting, 3-of-4 from three and 5-of-6 at the line, plus six rebounds. Karma Wynn scored 11 on 5-of-6 shooting off the bench. No other Lady Demon scored more than five.

12-2 in four minutes, 44-23 at the half

Liv McGill opened the scoring with a 23-foot three, assisted by Heard, at 9:04 of the first quarter, per the ESPN play-by-play. Deng's driving layup, also assisted by Heard, made it 12-2 at 6:39, the first double-digit lead, by our count. Oklahoma State Athletics noted the 12-2 run forced a Northwestern State timeout four minutes in. The Cowgirls led 16-7 after one.

The second quarter went 28-16. Deng's 24-foot three off another Heard assist with two seconds left in the half made it 44-23, the first 20-plus-point lead, by our count. Callin Hake's 24-foot three at 5:54 of the third, assisted by Deng, made it 59-27, the first 30-plus-point lead, by our count. Oklahoma State led 67-41 after three.

Zoe Canfield's 23-foot three, assisted by Sneed, at 3:05 of the fourth made it 90-49, the 41-point largest lead ESPN lists. The final margin was 38 points, by our count. Northwestern State never led, and ESPN lists zero lead changes with Oklahoma State ahead for 98% of the game. Quarter scores were Oklahoma State 16-28-23-27 and Northwestern State 7-16-18-15, per ESPN.

24 assists on 31 baskets

Oklahoma State shot 31-of-55 from the field (56%), 12-of-25 from three (48%) and 20-of-29 at the line (69%), per ESPN. Northwestern State shot 20-of-58 (34%), 7-of-23 from three (30%) and 9-of-12 at the line (75%).

The ball movement carried the box. The Cowgirls assisted on 24 of 31 made field goals, with Heard at eight and McGill at seven, per Oklahoma State Athletics. Northwestern State had seven assists. Oklahoma State forced 18 turnovers and committed 12, and turned that into a 20-12 edge in points off turnovers and a 21-8 edge in fast-break points, per ESPN. The Cowgirls won the paint 38-24 and the glass 39-30, with 13 steals to seven and seven blocks to none.

The starting five of McGill, Deng, Crooks, Ndiaye and Heard combined for 69 points, and the bench added 25, by our count from the ESPN player box.

Category	Oklahoma State	Northwestern State
Field goals	31-55 (56%)	20-58 (34%)
3-pointers	12-25 (48%)	7-23 (30%)
Free throws	20-29 (69%)	9-12 (75%)
Rebounds	39	30
Offensive rebounds	9	10
Assists	24	7
Turnovers	12	18
Steals	13	7
Blocks	7	0
Points in the paint	38	24
Points off turnovers	20	12
Fast-break points	21	8
Largest lead	41	0

Where the 38 points came from

Three-point shooting supplied 15 points of separation, 36 to 21 on made threes, and the free-throw line supplied 11 more, 20 to 9, by our count from the ESPN box. That leaves 12 points of the margin from inside the arc. The assist gap of 24 to 7 sat underneath all of it. Oklahoma State plays its first road game at Tulsa on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m., per Oklahoma State Athletics.

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Sources:

• ESPN: Northwestern State vs. Oklahoma State box score
• ESPN: Northwestern State vs. Oklahoma State play-by-play
• ESPN: Morgan State vs. Oklahoma State box score
• NCAA.com: AP Top 25 women's basketball poll
• Oklahoma State Athletics: Cowgirls control Northwestern State in Class at the Court, 94-56
• Oklahoma State Athletics: Liv McGill roster page