Oklahoma State women's basketball: Cowgirls fail to handle adversity, lack execution

And it made a 31-28 halftime deficit feel like a lot more.

“We just kind of came into halftime looking like we were getting killed,” OSU guard Brittney Martin said, “and, really, we weren't down by that many points. We needed to come back and play our game, and we didn't.”

Conversely, OU (18-5, 8-3) found its stroke in the second half, drilling six of its nine three-point attempts and outscoring the Cowgirls by 16 points en route to the easy victory.

“They played with great energy and enthusiasm,” Littell said of OU. “There's a lot of kids that experienced a lot of success within their program, and I think their leadership showed.

“They kind of saw that we were on a (tough) run, and they took it to us.”