GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Oklahoma 98, West Virginia 77
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Ana Llanusa scored 28 points, shooting 11 for 13, Madi Williams scored 24 and No. 20 Oklahoma pulled away from West Virginia for a 98-77 win in a Big 12 opener for both teams.
Taylor Robertson scored 18 for the Sooners shooting 6 for 10 from behind the arc. It marked the 41st game of her career that the redshirt senior has made at least five 3s in a game.
Oklahoma posted an 8-0 run in the final 1:45 of the third quarter in what had been a back-and-forth period and led 69-62 at the end of it. The Sooners continued their flurry outscoring West Virginia 11-3 to start the fourth for an 80-65 advantage and cruised from there.
The Sooners shot 11 for 19 in the first quarter including 6 for 8 from beyond the 3-point line. Robertson made all three of her 3s in the quarter, Oklahoma (11-1) built an 18-7 lead and finished up 30-19 after one.
West Virginia countered and seized control of the second and outscored the Sooners 28-14 as JJ Quinerly scored 15 in the quarter making 5 of 7 baskets. Madisen Smith made three foul shots with 1:45 before halftime and the Mountaineers took their first lead at 44-42. West Virginia closed the half up 47-44.
Quinerly finished with a career-high 28 points shooting 10 for 15 and Madisen Smith scored 23 for the Mountaineers (9-3).
December 31, 2022
| Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| L. Scott | F | 14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| A. Llanusa | G | 33 | 11-13 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 4-6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| T. Robertson | G | 30 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 0-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| M. Williams | G | 30 | 10-18 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| N. Tot | G | 24 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Vann | 26 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| K. Tucker | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| A. Joens | 13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| K. Johnson | 7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| B. Culliton | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| R. Scott | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 197 | 38-67 (.567) |
8-13 (.615) |
14-26 (.538) |
12-42 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 98 | |
| West Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Blacksten | F | 26 | 2-5 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| M. Smith | G | 36 | 8-24 | 3-3 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| K. Watson | G | 35 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Quinerly | G | 30 | 10-15 | 5-5 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| J. Hemingway | G | 16 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Nichols | 28 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| S. Samuel | 16 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| T. Diggs | 12 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Totals | 199 | 26-68 (.382) |
17-22 (.773) |
8-25 (.320) |
13-32 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 77 | |
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Attendance: 2,280
