Zediker scores 25 as Creighton women hold off North Dakota State
OMAHA — Ava Zediker scored 25 points, 16 of them in the third quarter, and Creighton forced 24 turnovers as the Bluejays beat North Dakota State 66–60 Monday night at the Scheels Center in Fargo, North Dakota.
North Dakota State scored the game's first five points before Creighton answered with 14 straight. Allison Heathcock's 3-pointer with 6:25 left in the first quarter gave the Bluejays a 7–5 lead, and they never trailed again. Creighton led 18–13 after one quarter and 31–24 at halftime.
The Bison pulled within 35–31 with 7:13 left in the third quarter. Zediker then scored 16 of Creighton's 18 points in the period, on jumpers, layups, a tip-in and a 3-pointer, and her jumper with five seconds left made it 49–40 entering the fourth.
Creighton stretched the lead to 52–40 early in the fourth quarter. North Dakota State got within 62–58 on Marisa Frost's 3-pointer with 28 seconds left, but Zediker, Heathcock and Neleigh Gessert made four of six free throws in the final 25 seconds to close it out.
North Dakota State shot 50% from the field to Creighton's 39%, but Creighton took 67 shots to the Bison's 44. The Bluejays had 21 steals, seven of them by Neleigh Gessert, and outscored North Dakota State 20–12 in points off turnovers. They also grabbed 13 offensive rebounds to the Bison's four.
Zediker made 10 of 22 shots. Heathcock, Neleigh Gessert, Mya Moore and Nia Holloway each scored eight points, and Holloway had 10 rebounds and three steals.
Karrington Asp led North Dakota State with 20 points. Frost added 15, and Miriley Simon had 10 points and eight rebounds. The crowd was 941.
Creighton is 2–0, and North Dakota State is 1–2. The Bluejays face South Dakota at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The team's schedule does not list admission.
Source: Creighton Athletics: official box score, Creighton at North Dakota State, Nov. 9, 2026 and the Creighton women's basketball schedule.
How we checked this: Reported from Creighton Athletics' official box score and play-by-play for Creighton at North Dakota State, North Dakota State's posting of the same box score, and Creighton's schedule and roster, opened Nov. 10, 2026, at 5:26–5:29 a.m. CT, and checked against the record by our copy desk before publishing.