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 the Jaguars in Ames, Iowa.

Jada Williams was the only other double-figure scorer for Iowa State (2-0), logging 17 points. The Cyclones spread the scoring among 11 players and shot 56.9% from the floor.

Zaria Hurston led Southern (0-2) with 14 points and six rebounds. Jocelyn Tate and Anaja Hall each scored 11.

No. 22 Oklahoma State 97, East Texas A&M 59

Haleigh Timmer made 7 of 8 field-goal attempts, including 6 of 7 from 3-point range, while scoring 22 points in the Cowgirls’ victory over the Lions at Stillwater, Okla.

Stailee Heard contributed 15 points for Oklahoma State (2-0), and teammates Achol Akot, Amari Whiting and Micah Gray each posted 13. The Cowgirls took advantage of a major free-throw disparity, shooting 23 of 34 from the line compared to East Texas A&M’s 7 of 11.

Rezo Po’s 19 points and Cora Horvath’s 11 points paced the Lions (0-2), who trailed 45-24 at halftime.

–Field Level Media