Liv McGill
American basketball player (born 2006)
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Alivia "Liv" McGill (born March 2, 2006) is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls of the Big 12.
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Big 12 Conference | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 2, 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Hopkins (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||||
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Early life and high school career
McGill attended Hopkins High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a five-star recruit and a two-time Adidas All-American player. During her senior year she averaged 22.4 points and 5.1 assists per game, and was named the Metro Player of the Year by the Minnesota Star Tribune.[1][2] She was named to the 2024 McDonald's All-American Girls Game.[3][4]
On March 27, 2023, McGill committed to play college basketball at Florida.[5] On November 8, 2023, she signed her National Letter of Intent (NLI) to play for Florida. She was ranked the seventh best recruit by ProspectsNation, and the highest-ranked recruit in Florida program history.[6]
College career
Freshman season
On November 4, 2024, McGill made her collegiate debut for Florida and recorded 14 points, five rebounds and six assists in a game against Florida Atlantic.[7] On January 12, 2025, in a game against Missouri, she recorded 21 points, 11 rebounds, and ten assists for her first career triple-double. This was Florida's first triple-double since Delicia Washington on November 23, 2017.[8] She was subsequently named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the week ending January 14, 2025.[9] On March 6, 2025, during the second round of the SEC tournament against Alabama, she scored a career-high 29 points, to help Florida advance to the quarterfinals.[10]
In 30 games during the regular season, she led all freshmen in the country in assists (151) and assists per game (5.0). She also ranked in the top-five for scoring among all freshmen, with a combined 486 points. During her freshmen year, she led the team in points (486), points per game (16.2), made field goals (183), assists (151), steals (57), and minutes played (30:32). Following the season she was named to the SEC All-Freshmen Team.[11] She scored in double figures in 33 of her 37 games, including fourteen 20+ point games. She finished her freshman year with 611 points, setting a Florida freshman single-season record.[2]
Sophomore season
On November 3, 2025, during the first game of the season against North Florida, McGill scored 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, nearly posting her second career triple-double.[12] On November 6, 2025, during a game against Chattanooga, she scored a career-high 38 points, ten assists, eight rebounds and seven steals. Her 38 points were the most scored in program history in a Gators' home game.[13][14] Over the first two games of the 2025–26 season, she recorded 64 points, 17 rebounds, 19 assists and 12 steals. Per OptaStats, the only other NBA, WNBA or Division I men's or women's player this century to have 60/15/15/10 in those categories over a two-game span was Dwyane Wade from February 28 to March 2, 2009.[15] She became the third player since the 1999–2000 season in SEC history to record multiple games of at least 25 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals. She was subsequently named the SEC Player of the Week and USBWA National Player of the Week, for the week ending November 11, 2025.[16][17]
On November 28, 2025, during the first game of the Cayman Islands Classic against Memphis she recorded 27 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals. The next day against Georgia Tech she recorded 27 points, three rebounds, six assists, two steals and two blocks.[18] She averaged 27.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4,0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocked shots in two games, and was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.[19]
She averaged 22.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.59 steals per game. She was one of three players in the nation averaging at least 20 points, six rebounds and six assists, joining Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles.[20] Following the season she was named to the first-team All-SEC.[21]
Junior season
On April 14, 2026, McGill announced she would transfer to Oklahoma State for her junior season.[22]
National team career
On May 20, 2024, McGill was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AmeriCup.[23] During the tournament she averaged 3.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 16 minutes per game and won a gold medal.[24]
On June 20, 2025, she was selected to represent the United States at the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[25] However, she was unable to compete in the tournament and was replaced by Maddyn Greenway on the roster.[26]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |