All-American Hannah Hidalgo poured in 27 points as No. 15 Notre Dame cruised to a 98-52 season-opening win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday in South Bend, Ind.

Hidalgo sank half of her 22 field-goal attempts but went just 1-for-7 from 3-point range. She added six rebounds.

Notre Dame also got 22 points from Vanessa de Jesus, 15 from Cassandre Prosper, 14 from Gisela Sanchez and 13 from KK Bransford. Sanchez pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for the Fighting Irish, who led 50-20 at halftime.

Ava Renninger paced the Knights (0-2) with 15 points, and Joi Johnson added 10. Those two combined to hit 12 of 23 field-goal attempts, while the rest of the team went 11 of 39 (28.2%).

No. 14 Iowa State 85, Southern 58

Audi Crooks produced 29 points and 14 rebounds as the Cyclones thrashed

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