Hannah Hidalgo posted a season-high 29 points, five assists and five steals, Olivia Miles nearly had another triple-double and No. 6 Notre Dame led wire to wire in a 91-55 thrashing of host Lafayette on Sunday in Easton, Pa.
Miles, playing a homecoming game minutes away from her hometown of Phillipsburg, N.J., racked up 20 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. After missing all of last season due to injury, Miles had a triple-double to open the new campaign on Nov. 4.
Freshman Kate Koval added 11 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocked shots as the Fighting Irish (4-0) held Lafayette to 35.9 percent shooting. Kay Donahue (18 points) and Sauda Ntaconayigize (17 points, eight rebounds) led the way for the Leopards (1-3).
No. 1 South Carolina 95, East Carolina 44
Chloe Kitts recorded team highs of 14 points and seven rebounds as the host Gamecocks sped away from the Pirates in Columbia, S.C.
All 12 players who saw the court for South Carolina (4-0) scored at least two points, with Joyce Edwards and MiLaysia Fulwiley providing 12 apiece off the bench. South Carolina led 20-5 after one quarter and 49-15 at halftime.
East Carolina (2-2) had eight more turnovers (27) than made field goals (19). Amiya Joyner led the Pirates with 25 points on 12-of-20 shooting from the floor and 10 rebounds.
No. 11 Maryland 98, Towson 63
Kaylene Smikle scored 21 points and Christian Dalce and Shyanne Sellers notched double-doubles as the Terrapins defeated the Tigers in College Park, Md.
Smikle, Dalce (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Sellers (10 points, 10 assists) were three of six Maryland players to score in double figures as the Terrapins (5-0) shot 60 percent from the field and assisted on 27 of 39 made baskets.
India Johnston played all 40 minutes for Towson (0-4) and scored a game-high 22 points. Aminata Diakite added 13 points off the bench.
No. 17 Baylor 65, Texas A&M Corpus-Christi 42
Bella Fontleroy scored 12 points on 4-of-10 3-point shooting, Yaya Felder added 12 points off the bench and the host Bears overcame 33.3 percent shooting as a team to defeat the Islanders in Waco, Texas.
Every Baylor starter had at least eight points, with Sarah Andrews compiling 11 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals for the Bears (3-1).
Mireia Aguado was the only player to score in double figures for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3-1), with 11 points. Paige Allen grabbed 12 of the Islanders’ 43 rebounds, but they turned it over 22 times and were outscored 33-3 on 3-pointers.
Indiana 79, No. 24 Stanford 66
Chloe Moore-McNeil had 21 points and four steals, Yarden Garzon shot 4-of-7 from 3-point range to finish with 18 points and eight rebounds and the host Hoosiers handed the Cardinal their first loss in Bloomington, Ind.
The Hoosiers (2-2), who fell out of the rankings after last week’s overtime loss to Harvard and lost by 10 points Wednesday at Butler, showed their mettle against a ranked opponent by shooting 49 percent from the field and 47.4 percent from 3-point range. Shay Ciezki added 19 points for Indiana.
Nunu Agara scored 15 points and Brooke Demetre had 14 for Stanford (4-1), which fell behind by the end of the first quarter and never caught up. The Cardinal shot 2-for-11 from the arc as a team.
–Field Level Media
